Another Netflix K-Movie From “Omniscient Reader” Director Met With Scathing Reviews

His second “flop,” according to viewers.

On December 19, 2025 (KST), Netflix premiered The Great Flood, a Korean movie promoted as a disaster blockbuster written and directed by Kim Byung Woo—the same filmmaker behind the webtoon-based Omniscient Reader: The Prophet.

“The Great Flood” | Netflix

While the star-studded cast lineup, starring big names like Kim Da Mi and Park Hae Soo, initially built anticipation for this new release…

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…the reviews from the viewers are in and looking grim.

The unexpected SF aspect, as well as the lack of a real plot, and the use of children as “conflict” in the development of a storyline, have all been noted as the reasons this K-Movie has since ended up a “huge failure.”

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• “At this point, shouldn’t the director seriously quit directing and do something else?”
• “The lead actors’ performances were all really good, which makes it even more disappointing.”
• “The story has zero logic, and it feels like they tried to gloss over everything with forced melodrama. If this was the plan, they should’ve just made a straight-up tearjerker.”
• “Wow… guess I won’t be watching.”
• “The moment they used a kid as a ‘nuisance,’ I was already done. Are they trying to turn the child into a punching bag or what?”
• “I usually cry really easily during melodramatic scenes, but I didn’t feel anything at all here. It felt like they were trying to make people cry over maternal love, but not a single tear came out. I just couldn’t connect to the characters’ emotions.”
• “They said it was a disaster movie, but once the ‘real genre’ kicked in, I was just thinking, ‘What am I supposed to be immersed in now?’ The actors aren’t at fault, the script is. And this supposedly came out before Omniscient Reader? How did this manage to secure investment? I can somewhat understand why Korean films are struggling. The judgment of producers and investors is honestly terrible.”

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• “This has people calling Omniscient Reader a masterpiece? LOL. I didn’t even want to watch it based on the stills, and after hearing about the story, I want to even less.”
• “For a disaster movie, the ratings are impressive in a different way LOL.”
• “Feels like the director wanted to make something like Interstellar, but just didn’t have the ability to pull it off.”
  • “Right? I also thought they wanted to do something with AI and Interstellar-vibes LOL.”
• “I was actually kind of looking forward to it… What a shame.”
• “I thought it was a disaster movie, but suddenly it felt like I was watching The Witch.”
• “I actually thought it being sci-fi instead of a disaster movie sounded more interesting, but apparently that didn’t work either. What a waste of a concept.”
• “Omniscient Reader is NOT a masterpiece. The original was fun, sure, but at this point, it feels like the director just lacks talent.”
• “If the director has already had two flops, it’s probably time to stop.”
• “I thought it was a disaster movie… then from the middle onward I was watching like ‘?????’ LOL. I’d rather rewatch the infamous Haeundae.”

Watch the trailer here: