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The Plot: Doomsday Book is an anthology film made up of three distinct stories. Although they are all very different from one another, they each seem to focus on the future and in some ways: the end of mankind. The first story, A Brave New World, tells the story of a black sheep family member who unknowingly inspires a zombie apocalypse. Yoon Seok-woo (Ryu Seung-beom) is the brow-beaten son of a very childish family. Despite being away for a very long time, Yoon comes home to find his family has barely been cleaning after themselves. When he takes out the trash, he doesn’t realize that the rotten apple that he disposes of will later be fed to a farm full of cows that will provide the beef that he is going to inevitably eat while on a very important date. This beef is of course now contaminated, and Yoon slowly comes down with a new form of sickness that eerily resembles the zombie apocalypse. As the world falls apart around him, Yoon finds an old part of him still yearning for something more. The second story in the trilogy is Heavenly Creature. This short focuses on a robot who was sent to work at a monastery, but has seemingly become too self aware. This robot seems to believe that he is the reincarnated Buddha, and the monks within the monastery all seem to agree. The majority of the story follows the debate as to whether the creature simply believes this because he has a short circuit, or whether he believes it because it is true. The third short is a humorous look once again at the end of the world. Happy Birthday tells the story of a little girl who has the most unfortunate birthday known to man. Her special day coincides with the day that a massive meteor is supposed to crash into the earth and destroy all life on the planet. As the meteor drives faster towards our planet, it becomes clear that this little girl has a secret that may actually help save all of mankind.
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