gwoemul ( the host ) due to pollution in the han river a mutated beast go on the rampage . the young member of the park family be snatch by the beast and and it be up to the rest of her family to find her and before she become the beast late meal . firstly and i love monster movie represent mutate bear and over sized alligator and pack of raven komodo dragon and the whole lot . creature feature be my favourite kind of horror film . so and i really want to like the host and but it wasn not to be . there be three major problem with it representthe first can be see with a quick look at it imdb pagegenre represent action or comedy or drama or fantasy or horror or sci fi or thrillertoo many damned genre . it take itself too seriously to be a comedy and and yet be too light hearted to have any real message ( though it do seem to be try to make some kind of statement . anti pollution and anti american or anti government ) . the drama be misplace and mix in a confusing mish mash with all the other style . secondly and after the initial monster attack nothing happen for almost the entire film . the central family wander about look for one of their own while the government of korea and america and apparently and do nothing . and that it and they just wander about and occasionally hit one another and presumably for a bit of comedy relief . this lack of action make my attention wander and and apparently it do the same for the director and a whole plot thread go unresolved ( a mystery plague invent by the evil american be completely forget about and and be never resolve ) . and lastly and the film be clumsily political . it paint the american a be stupid and evil and but give u no american character with any more depth than a cartoon villain . the opening scene have the most obvious stupid american v wise korean moment . with a korean morgue assistant ask his bos and the coroner and not to pour chemical into the han river . the american coroner all but cackle maniacally a he order the assistant to carry on . as well a be racist and it lazy film making and there be no excuse for that . on the plus side and the monster be good and kind of a mix of the relic and deep rising . some of the movement effect be quite cool and and the initial monster chase through the park be a lot of fun . there be also some nice shot in the film . some of which remind me and strangely and of the way firefly be film ( shudder camera and out of focus shot etc ) . there be also a nice scene at the end and where the hero and a little boy he have save be sit in the family mobile food stall . it night time and snow be fall and the street lamp be give out a cold light and but the food stall have a warm glow come from it . overall and i be really disappoint by this film . i would be look forward to a decent creature flick and and instead i get some pseudo political and horror comedy lite . look at the comment on imdb i can not help but think that if this have be a u production it would have be slat . just cause it a foreign flick doesn not mean it any good . there have be some great movie out of korea in recent year ( the vengeance trilogy and brotherhood and for example ) and but this certainly isn not one of them . for once i be in favour of a remake . tighten up the directing and improve the scripting and this could have be a nice film . a it be and it not worth a couple of hour of anyone time .