The road is bumpy at times but it helps that Choi effortlessly maintains a light tone throughout and stacks a star-studded cast that anchors the story that, to say the least, romps around.

| Aug 1, 2024

"Alienoid" is a movie that definitely deserves a watch for its individual elements, particularly on the big screen, but does not make much sense as a whole.

| Original Score: 5 | Jan 4, 2023

One of the most bonkers movies of the year. A sci-fi spectacle filled with time travel, aliens, robots, and magical cats. It can get overwhelming at times, but is an overall entertaining over the top watch.

| Dec 5, 2022

Alienoid can be a little too convoluted with plot developments that are jumbled into different timelines. However, this sci-fi adventure has plenty of orginal storytelling and interesting characters to keep viewers intrigued.

| Nov 21, 2022

I’m not sure all those different parts all fit together very well, but the parts themselves are often a lot of fun, fast-moving and inventive.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 16, 2022

Writer/director Choi Dong-hoon is comfortably at home with big, fast-moving tales populated by fun, shifty characters, and Alienoid is no different — aside from being his biggest film yet.

| Sep 15, 2022

Overall, Alienoid is a fun ride with so much crammed in it that the almost 2.5 hours runtime doesn’t feel that long. It’s entertaining, it’s breathtaking in spots, and funny.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 7, 2022

... A visual spectacle rooted in a compelling story and bolstered by moments of genuine heart, fear, and hilarity.

| Sep 3, 2022

Choi’s dizzying fusion of genres and a nearly two-and-a-half-hour runtime may alienate some viewers, but those who allow themselves to be immersed in the movie will be rewarded with an amazing jumping-off point for part two.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 1, 2022

You can either complain about all its inconsistencies and unevenness or you can choose to surrender to its lunacy and just enjoy. When a film is made with this much gusto and unpretentious energy, I just surrender.

| Sep 1, 2022

A story heavy on set-up, one-note characters, and chunky exposition might lose some people. But the Korean blockbuster sheen and outrageously creative spectacle will win over even more.

| Sep 1, 2022

At once too much and not enough, Choi Dong-hoon’s wacky mash-up of martial arts, cartoon and science fiction is nevertheless sufficiently colorful and energetic to keep you engaged right up to its abruptly inconclusive end.

| Original Score: B | Aug 30, 2022

There’s never a dull moment. This South Korean effort (with English subtitles) is bonkers, mixing science fiction, fantasy, wizards, time travel, aliens, martial arts, cats, robots, and enough story for several movies.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2022

Alienoid is action-packed, full of laughs, and capable of a major twist, but what sets it apart from other films is the right dose of time travel.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2022

With fun performances and well-drawn characters, Alienoid should become one of the more exciting foreign blockbusters of the year.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 28, 2022

One can applaud director Choi’s ambition and imagination in creating such a unique, complex fantasy world while also wishing that Alienoid had just a little bit less packed into its two-and-a-half-hour running time.

| Aug 28, 2022

Writer-director Choi Dong-hoon... lets his madness run free here. He pulls off a couple of nice set pieces.

| Aug 26, 2022

Good luck trying to find another movie this year as creative and unpredictable as Alienoid. There’s a little something for fans of multiple genres.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Aug 26, 2022

The amazing thing is, as dorky and overstuffed as the plot tends to be—Alienoid is also often fast enough to keep pressing forward. What a rush; what a headache.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 26, 2022

The movie is bursting at the seams, as if Choi... was drunk on pure filmmaking pleasure and threw every cinematic genre into a gigantic blender.

| Aug 25, 2022