The story starts out something akin to Oxide Pang’s Who is Running (1997) in which the hero must undergo a series of trials – in other words a story based around a character’s choices as opposed to epic superheroics – but gets sidetracked. Part of this is that it is one type of film – an Eastern parable about the moral trials Cha Tae-hyun’s hero must undergo to earn his reincarnation – but director Kim Jong-hwa keeps wanting to push it into being a superhero film. On the other hand, Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds has some huge problems. Firefighter Cha Tae-hyun (r) guided through the afterlife by guardian Kim Hyang-gi (l) The film creates epic CGI landscapes – a pillar stretching above a sea of souls in lava a court taking place on the edge of a waterfall an icy canyon with walls containing the frozen souls of the condemned the fall down into a vast pit of floating rocks – although these are not quite as technically polished as their Chinese counterparts. Kim Jong-hwa seeks to emulate the model of Western superheroics and in particular the type of fantastique works that Chinese cinema is perfecting these days – see works like League of Gods (2016) and The Monkey King (2014) and sequels – in creating a blend of CGI and live-action that becomes almost edible in its lushness. It was based on a web-based comic-book that has been published since 2010. It was the fifth film of director Kim Jong-hwa who had made a string of commercial successes with the non-genre likes of Oh! Brothers (2003), 200 Pound Beauty (2006), Take Off (2009) and Mr Go (2013). There he investigates the suicide of Ja-hong’s brother Soo-hong shortly after the funeral and the suffering Ja-hong’s mute mother undergoes, all of which is endangering Ja-hong’s chances for reincarnation.Īlong with the Gods: The Two Worlds was a massive hit in South Korea, apparently being the second most viewed Korean film ever. The guardian Gang-rim goes down to Earth to find the cause of this. Meanwhile, a vengeful spirit is causing havoc in Heaven. The three guardians argue that he acted selflessly on all occasions.
Along with the gods the two worlds cast trial#
As the trial progresses, the prosecutors bring out the fact that Ja-hong is guilty of many sins, including lying to others, allowing a colleague to die and attempting to kill his mother. Ja-hong is regarded as a paragon because he died selflessly and if the three guardians can win his case it will add toward their own reincarnations. There he learns that each soul must pass through seven tests over the course of 49 days during which judges decide whether the person is worthy to be allowed to reincarnate. He gets up to find three guardians waiting to guide him into the afterlife. Firefighter Kim Ja-hong falls from a burning building while saving a young girl.
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