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Paradise Lost

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From acclaimed master of Korean thriller cinema Yeon Sang-ho comes a gripping psychological mystery. Nine years after her son vanished in a tragic bus kidnapping, grieving mother So-young copes using alternate reality technology. When her missing son suddenly returns as a cold adult stranger, her world fractures between the real, distant man and the virtual child who needs her. So-young is forced into a devastating choice between truth and illusion.
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Robert Daniels Screen International Sep 19, 2026
Psychologically unconvincing and narratively muddled, Paradise Lost lacks the insight to make the most of its potentially provocative premise. Go to Full Review
Cortlyn Kelly RogerEbert.com Sep 18, 2026
Knowing the story is written by a mother-son duo provides some reasoning for the way the story unfolds and resolves, but there is a looming carelessness, an absence of logic. Go to Full Review
Josh Bate ScreenAnarchy 4 hrs ago
2/5
The experience feels more underwhelming than thought-provoking. Go to Full Review
Joshua Polanski In Review Online 5 hrs ago
Beyond the unnuanced anti-AI position, what exactly Yeon [Sang-ho] wants to say is muffled by nonsense — which is regrettable, because the heady concept certainly makes it seem like he wants to say something. Go to Full Review
Mark Dujsik Mark Reviews Movies 10 hrs ago
1.5/4
[The] plot ... makes less and less sense as it goes... Go to Full Review
Joshua Stevens Loud and Clear Reviews 2 days ago
2/5
Director Yeon Sang-Ho wants to contribute to the AI conversation, but his soft sci-fi thriller Paradise Lost is too undeveloped to register. Go to Full Review
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Yeon Sang-ho

Director

Kim Hyun-joo

Actor

Bae Hyun-sung

Actor

Yoo Ji-wan

Actor

Lee Hyun-gyung

Actor

Kim So-wan

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Synopsis From acclaimed master of Korean thriller cinema Yeon Sang-ho comes a gripping psychological mystery. Nine years after her son vanished in a tragic bus kidnapping, grieving mother So-young copes using alternate reality technology. When her missing son suddenly returns as a cold adult stranger, her world fractures between the real, distant man and the virtual child who needs her. So-young is forced into a devastating choice between truth and illusion.
Director
Yeon Sang-ho
Producer
Hailey Yoomin Yang
Screenwriter
Yeon Sang-ho, Ryu Yong-jae
Distributor
Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co
WOWPOINT
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 6, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 41m
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