Natural City story
Natural City (Korean: 내츄럴 시티) is a 2003 South Korean science fiction film, set in a dystopian future, about a colony world that integrates cyborgs amongst the population.
15 total · 7 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cyborg | major | The film is set in a futuristic city where humans and human-looking cyborgs coexist. |
| friendship | major | The story follows the troubled relationship between the fellow military policemen and friends R and Noma. In particular, Noma and R clashed because R didn't take his job seriously and seemed only to be interested in his cyborg lover, Ria. |
| human AI relationship | major | R was deeply in love with his cyborg companion, Ria. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | The story follows the efforts of the authorities, two military police officers specifically, to stop a band of rogue cyborgs from taking over the titular "Natural City" - a futuristic city where humans and cyborgs coexist. |
| law enforcement | major | The story follows military police officers who are tasked to hunt down renegade cyborgs. |
| mind transfer technology | major | Much of the story concerned R's efforts to have the mind of his cyborg Ria transferred into the orphaned prostitute, Cyon. The mad scientist Giro had used a special means he'd pioneered to transfer his mind into the body of the cyborg Cypher. |
| tragic love | major | R and Ria's love was not to be, as they both died tragically in the end. |
| computer hacking | minor | The computer whiz Ami admitted to having hacked into Dr. Giro's computer. Ami hacked into a computer system in order to open the police headquarters outer wall. |
| divination | minor | Gongbang interpreted the signs on two sticks to mean that there would be an "unavoidable bond" in Cyon's future. Cyon went on to form just such a bond with R. |
| facing death | minor | Although not much explored in the film, the cyborg Ria lamented that she had only three days to live. |