Yonggary (1999)

Yonggary (Korean: 용가리; RR: Yonggari), released and upgraded in North America as Reptilian in 2001, is a 1999 South Korean monster film directed by Shim Hyung-Rae and is a reimagining/remake of the 1967 monster film Yongary, Monster from the Deep. It was considered the most expensive South Korean film made at the time of its release.

Plot
A team scientists working in a remote dig site find a buried skeleton of an enormous monster, perfectly preserved even after 200 million years. As soon as the remains are uncovered, an alien mothership suddenly arrives and brings the monster back to life. The creature immediately sets out to destroy civilisation and shrugs off the military's best fire power. A lone scientist must now work on decrypting an ancient set of hieroglyphics, before its too late.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) Absolutely terrible and cheap computer animation and effects:
 * 2) * In some scenes you can clearly see that the CGI looks unfinished.
 * 3) *It is painfully obvious to tell that the characters are standing in front of a green screen in certain shots.
 * 4) *Speaking of, Yonggary and Cykor's designs are laughably bad and could give the monsters from Mortal Kombat: Annihilation a run for their money.
 * 5) Despite it being a remake of Yongary, Monster from the Deep, the titular monster looks nothing like the original and has a completely different origin story.
 * 6) Poorly written and uninteresting story that shamelessly rips off The Fifth Element, Independence Day and Godzilla (1998).
 * 7) Atrocious acting that ranges from wooden and dull to hammy and over-the-top.
 * 8) Lots of unbelievably terrible, laughable, and ludicrous dialogue such as "Compared to this guy, Godzilla is a pussy.", "NOOO!!! It isn't real!" and "Do you smell it doctor? It smells so old.".
 * 9) Plot holes. For example:
 * 10) *Why didn't the aliens simply send Cykor to destroy the Earth?
 * 11) It was evidently made to cash on the success of Independence Day, Godzilla (1998) and Godzilla 2000. And it shows.
 * 12) Nonexistent direction from Shim Hyung-Rae, the same director behind D-War.
 * 13) Mindless, repetitive and otherwise lame action scenes.
 * 14) Very poor cinematography that makes it look like an Asylum film.
 * 15) It is completely unnecessary. Yongary, Monster from the Deep was an already horrible, boring and shameless Godzilla rip off nobody cared about, even being featured on MST3K of all shows. Why would they make an even worse remake of an already awful movie?

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The few moments with practical effects and miniatures look good.
 * 2) The movie can be unintentionally hilarious in many places.

Reception
The film currently holds a 2.7/10 on IMDb and holds a 12% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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