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'God Is D_ad' is a 2009 road movie-comedy film by Abraham Lim. It is about a group of young adults on a road trip to attend a comic convention in 1987. In the film, a retail clerk from a comics store and fantasy roleplaying game enthusiast Tim (Cy Shim) aims to win a game design contest with his friend Bob (Derek Hicks), an illustrator. To get gas money, the pair bring along an Evangelical Christian, Alex (Brett Emanuel), an attitude-filled woman, Meredith (Lauren Mayer) and a nervous person, Lindy (Elvis Garcia). As they experience fights and disputes on their road trip, the characters get to know each other better. The filmed footage is mixed with shots of Tim's imaginary world from his game. Other actors include: Brett Emanuel, Joon Hyun Cho, Carlo Corbellini, Yong Jun lee, Ji Hwan Park, Yoo Jin Choi, Tae Gu Eom, and Seong Oh Kim. It was produced by Lim and Kate Hong. It has English and Korean dialogue and it is 95 minutes long.

The film premiered at the 2009 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.

Reception



'Variety' states that while the 1980s-set film was "[a]iming for pop-culture nostalgia", its "period detail...[and] the Korea-shot fantasy sequences" face challenges from the production's "budgetary limits." As well, the review states that "writer-director Lims characters and their dynamics arent developed enough to fully engage, unlike those in his playful prior" film, the 2006 feature 'The Achievers'. Overall it was called "watchable but unmemorable" and "too often humorless, with some ponderous dialogue and not enough character depth".

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