“Bring on part 2!” we hurled across the theater when the end credits started rolling for ALIENOID. And behold, here’s the sequel already! That’s very good news for you, BIFFF-audience, but less so for us, the poor schmucks that cobble together the BIFFF texts for 1€ apiece. Because, as we so eloquently put it last year, “describing ALIENOID is like discussing atom splitting with a drunk Fin”. And, judging by this second installment, that Fin has only gotten drunker! Thankfully, the basic premise remains unaltered: extraterrestrial warlords have locked up the losers of an intergalactic battle in the puny minds of the lowliest life forms of the whole universe: Earthlings! Which also asks for demi-godly wardens to beat down uprisings among prisoners. In the chaos that accompanies one such uprising, Ean, the protégé of the guardians, gets tangled up in a time warp and is sent back to Korea’s distant medieval past. Luckily, she knows what to do in such a situation: track down the Divine Blade and get back to the future. Unsurprisingly though, an object carrying such a lofty name is bound to be in high demand and in no time Ean is pursued by a small army of colorful characters. And if the least eccentric of that bunch is a travelling blind swordsman, you just know shit is about to hit the fan!
Once again, a goofy, spectacular Korean fantasy flick and that’s exactly what we wanted: more of the same! Don’t worry if you haven’t seen part 1, because director Dong-hoon Choi added a flashy, epilepsy-inducing sum-up at the start of his new, sprawling opus. Bring on part 3!!!