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As a story, Space Sweepers isn't as adventurous as its star-navigating protagonists -- but relatable characters and impressive effects keep it from drifting out of orbit. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

After snatching a crashed space shuttle in the latest debris chase, Spaceship Victory's crew members find a 7-year-old girl inside. They realize that she's the humanlike robot wanted by UTS Space Guards and decide to demand ransom in exchange.

Genre:

sci-fi
Original Language:

Korean
Director:

Jo Sung-hee
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 5, 2021
Runtime:

2h 16m
Production Co:

Netflix

Cast & Crew

Song Joong-ki
Tae-Ho

Kim Tae-ri
Captain Jang

Jin Seon-kyu
Tiger Park

Yoo Hae-jin
Robot Eobdong
Voice

Park Ye-Rin
Dorothy

Daniel Joey Albright
Reporter 1

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Critic Reviews for Space Sweepers

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (8)

The physics-defying spaceship chases and battles are explosive eye-candy, but it's the well-written characters that are always to the fore.

March 10, 2021 | Full Review…

Brad Newsome
Sydney Morning Herald
Fun, with colorful performances and impressive CGI, and a worthy substitute for a new Star Wars or Marvel movie.

February 19, 2021 | Full Review…

Karen Han
Slate
The interplay between these characters is the film's saving grace, and the reason it's still mostly a joy to watch.

February 9, 2021 | Full Review…

Kambole Campbell
Polygon
It devolves into a movie with a gazillion explosions and nothing thrilling at all.

February 6, 2021 | Full Review…

Amy Nicholson
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
A shiny bit of escapism that, while sweet, probably won't amount to much at the scrap yard.

June 6, 2021 | Full Review…

Selina Lee
In Review Online
Maintains a fast pace, includes plot twists and turns that are not always easy to track, features lots of explosions, lots of robots, and that raw examination of capitalist class structures we have come to expect from the best of South Korea's directors

March 11, 2021 | Full Review…

Charles Mudede
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Generally a fair amount of fun, though with maybe half an hour of edits would have been a much tighter and less inconsistent viewing experience

March 9, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

James Mudge
easternKicks.com
The exciting action shots, the stunning graphics, the found family dynamics; it all makes for a movie that you don't (and shouldn't) think too hard about...

March 3, 2021 | Full Review…

Therese Lacson
The Beat
pace Sweepers is a must-watch for fans of the genre

February 22, 2021 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…

Kate Sánchez
But Why Tho? A Geek Community
The main characters of Space Sweepers are relatably overworked, annoyed, and struggling with debt-and very aware of their place in a toxic capitalist hierarchy. Like Pacific Rim, this film's politics don't need to be subtle to be effective.

February 19, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw
The Daily Dot
Space Sweepers imagines a grimy, rough-and-tumble future where lives are daily on the line, and yet it's one that I wouldn't mind living in.

February 19, 2021 | Full Review…

Emma Stefansky
Thrillist
I was caught off guard by the sheer quantity of badly paced infodumping...there is yet more exposition and backstory well into the second half, every single time dragging the narrative to a crawl.

February 19, 2021 | Full Review…

William Schwartz
HanCinema