

Ĭhoi Jeong-ah reviewing for Sports World praised the acting of Lee Byung-hun, writing "this movie is a comprehensive gift set for Lee Byung-hun’s acting." And also recommend him for the Best Actor Award. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes website, the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 7/30. Īs of September 19, 2023, it is the third highest-grossing Korean film of 2023 with gross of US$28,012,454 and 3,818,970 admissions. The 3 million mark was achieved on August 24, the 16th day of its release. It registered next million in 3 days, thus surpassing 2 million viewers in 7 days on August 15. It opened at first place on the Korean box-office with 231,015 admissions, and surpassed 1 million audience on 12 August, in 4 days of release by mobilizing 1,000,498 viewers. The film was released on August 9 on 1621 screens. The film was pre-sold in 152 countries around the world, including Europe, Asia, and South America. It has also made to the 'Spotlight on Korea section' at the Hawaii International Film Festival, which opens on October 12, 2023. It is also invited to the 'Òrbita competition section' of the 56th Sitges International Film Festival to be held from October 5 to 15. The film theatrically released on August 9, 2023, and was screened at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival in Gala section on September 9 for press and on September 10 for public at Roy Thomson Hall. The filming was finished in the end of August 2021. Principal photography began on April 16, 2021. The music of the film is composed by Kim Hae-won, while Cho Hyoung-rae is the cinematographer. It is distributed by Lotte Entertainment, who also work as international sales agent for the film. The film is directed by Um Tae-hwa and produced by Climax Studio, and co-produced by BH Entertainment. Park Ji-hu and Kim Do-yoon joined the cast in April 2021. Park Seo-joon was also named to star in the film to be based on webtoon Pleasant Bullying by Kim Soongnyung. On August 4, 2020, Lotte Entertainment announced a disaster thriller film with Um Tae-hwa as director and Lee Byung-hun and Park Bo-young in pivotal roles.

Kim Sun-young as Geum-ae: the daughter-in-law of the imperial palace apartment.Park Bo-young as Myeong-hwa: Min-seong's wife who is a nurse.Park Seo-joon as Min-seong: Myeong-hwa's husband who is a public servant.

Lee Byung-hun as Yeong-tak: a new resident representative.Yeong-tak ( Lee Byung-hun) leads them with help from Min-seong ( Park Seo-joon), a public servant, and his nurse wife Myeong-hwa ( Park Bo-young). Survivors of an earthquake shack up at Imperial Palace Apartments in Seoul. The film generally received positive reviews from critics, and was selected as South Korean entry in the Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards on August 17, 2023. It was theatrically released on August 9, 2023. The film is based on the second part of webtoon Pleasant Bullying by Kim Soongnyung, which is about an earthquake and its aftermath. Concrete Utopia ( Korean: 콘크리트 유토피아) is a 2023 South Korean disaster- thriller film directed by Um Tae-hwa and starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young.
