Netflix has released the official trailer for the latest film from Hellbound and Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho.
Jung_E is a sci-fi thriller in which humans have fled an Earth which has been devastated by drastic climate change and now live in off-world colonies. With war breaking out in these shelters, scientists come up with a plan to use the brain of a legendary mercenary, Yun Jung-yi, and clone it in order to develop the ultimate A.I. combat warrior. Check out the trailer below…
“With the brain data from Captain Yun Jung-yi, we will create the ultimate A.I. combat warrior.”
Earth has been devastated by drastic climate change, and humankind migrates to new shelters in outer space. The civil war that occurs there continues on for decades, and Yun Jung-yi (Kim Hyun-joo) becomes a legendary mercenary and military strategist with countless victories to her name. But one failed mission puts her in a vegetative state. Kronoid, a military A.I. development company, attempts to create the ultimate combat warrior by cloning her brain.
35 years later, Jung-yi’s daughter Yun Seo-hyun (Kang Soo-youn) participates in this effort as the head researcher of the JUNG_E project. When little progress is made despite numerous cloning and simulation attempts, Kronoid abandons the research to launch another project. Seo-hyun learns of their plans and resolves to save JUNG_E. Thus begins the A.I. combat warrior JUNG_E’s escape from the research lab…
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Jung_E streams on Netflix from January 20, 2023.
