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Today I'll show you a science fiction mystery-thriller film: "Lucid Dream "
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
Dae Ho is a single father who works as a journalist
He exposes dishonest and deceitful businessmen and politicians without hesitation;
that's why he has a lot of enemies
One sunny day, Dae Ho picks up his son, Min Woo, to go to the amusement park
He seldom sees his son because of his busy schedule at work
That's why he would like to make up for the lost time
Min Woo excitedly greets Dae Ho
It seems like they haven't seen each other for ages
Dae Ho gets angry all of a sudden, upon seeing the band-aid on Min Woo's arm
The aunt explains that Min Woo was injured in the playground the other day
Dae Ho anxiously reminds the aunt to be careful next time, because Min Woo cannot bleed
The situation gets a bit awkward
Dae Ho tries to calm down; and the aunt tells him to get going
Dae Ho and Min Woo enter the car
Min Woo asks his father if he is angry, because he fell and was injured
Dae Ho calmly explains to his son that he is not mad at all
He shows a toy to his son to ease the frown on his face
They both wear sunglasses, and excitedly go to the amusement park
Dae Ho and Min Woo cheerfully try the rides in the park
They look extremely happy
Dae Ho goes to a food stall to buy hamburgers,
when he accidentally bumps into a man who is wearing a black cap and long sleeves
Afterward, he looks for Min Woo, and finds him under the fountain,
staring at a family who is happily enjoying their picnic
All of a sudden, Min Woo asks Dae Ho if his mom is really working in America
Dae Ho reminds Min Woo of the cards, and presents his mom is sending him yearly on his birthdays
Curious Min Woo already notices that the cards do not have stamps;
but Dae Ho still denies it, and asks if Min Woo misses his mother
but Min Woo blankly answers no
Despite Min Woo's young age, it seems like he already understands what's going on
Even if the young child didn't grow up with a mother,
Dae Ho makes sure to do his best to fulfill the role of a single parent to Min Woo
They wish the happy moments will last forever; but something unexpected happens
Right then, someone calls Dae Ho on his phone,
while he is taking pictures of Min Woo in the merry-go-round
He ends the call, and continues capturing pictures
but much to his surprise, he cannot find Min Woo anymore
When he is about to check where his son is, he suddenly stops,
and sees a needle on his knee that makes him lose consciousness
Min Woo was abducted in the amusement park
Dae Ho exposed scandals of different politicians and businessmen
that's why he thinks that one of them takes revenge on him by taking his son,
especially when the abductors don't ask for ransom money
Dae Ho is very desperate to find his son
so he tracks down the politicians and businessmen, whom he thinks have a hidden grudge against him
Three years pass by quickly; and there is still no clue regarding the whereabouts of his son
The case has gone cold, so the police officers already lose hope, but not Dae Ho
He knows deep in his heart that his son is still alive, and waiting for him
Alone in his apartment, Dae Ho thinks of his last moments with Min Woo
Dae Ho searches the internet, and finds "Lucid Dream"
It is a new therapy that enables mental health patients to regain important memory
He also finds out that this procedure helps in catching culprits
He continues his research, and to his surprise,
the psychiatrist who started this procedure, is his old friend
He tries to convince the psychiatrist to help him in finding his son by Lucid Dream
At first, the psychiatrist is hesitant,
because the side effects of the procedure have not been established yet;
and it might cause cerebrovascular problems if the rules are not followed correctly
but Dae Ho is very persistent in continuing the therapy,
regardless of the side effects that it might cause
He is really eager to look for his son, no matter what it takes
For him, every day of his life is so painful
for he has no idea of what his son is going through
At last, the psychiatrist is convinced to start the procedure,
to help Dae Ho find clues about his missing child
The psychiatrist reminds Dae Ho of the rules that he needs a reality check,
to tell if he is in a dream or not by checking his watch
In dreams, the hour and minute hands will move, but not the second hand
The psychiatrist also adds that a timer will automatically wake him up in ten minutes,
because longer than that is dangerous
but he can press the chime bell if he wants to wake up before the allowed time ends
The psychiatrist tells Dae Ho to think of the memory that he wishes to recall,
then imagine himself awake in that dream
Dae Ho bravely lies down, and starts the procedure
Dae Ho confirms that he is already in the lucid dream,
because the second hand of his watch has already stopped
In his dream, he sees Min Woo, who enjoys watching the mascot
He excitedly embraces his son, and starts to look around to check any suspicious things
According to the psychiatrist, his brain is 30 times more active in REM sleep;
that's why he might see things that he doesn't remember
Dae Ho is now in the situation, where he is buying hamburgers in the stall
He looks around the area, and bumps into a man who is wearing a cap and long sleeve
He also stares at the man who sells balloons
Then, he sees a mysterious man, who is wearing an all-black suit
The mysterious man notices that Dae Ho is staring at him;
that's why he tries to run, and escape from Dae Ho's eyesight
Dae Ho runs after the man; and when they reach the rooftop, the man suddenly disappears,
and Dae Ho awakens from the lucid dream
Dae Ho tells the psychiatrist about the mysterious man that vanishes
The psychiatrist shows pictures of Dae Ho that left him speechless,
because that is the same man whom he sees in his dream
The psychiatrist advises him to just ignore him,
because he is just sharing the dream just like what he is doing in other patients' dreams
She reminds Dae Ho that if he wants to acquire clues from the abduction of his son,
he needs to leave things in his dream the way they are
Dae Ho tries to enter a lucid dream again
He is now in the scene where he collapses
He sees a man with a tattoo on his hand, who is walking away with Min Woo
So Dae Ho rushes to the precinct,
inform the detectives that he now has a solution on how to find Min Woo
Detective Song handles Min Woo's case for a long time
He eagerly helps Dae Ho in searching for his son
Detective Song also tries the procedure of lucid dreaming
He helps Dae Ho without hesitation, and even encourages him not to give up
Because of lucid dreams, they soon find out that the man who abducted Min Woo,
has a tattoo on his arm; and someone else injured Dae Ho;
that's why he collapsed and lost consciousness at that time
Dae Ho realizes that the person who injured him must be wearing gloves,
for there are no fingerprints found on the sting that brought him down
He enters lucid dream once again, and looks for someone who is wearing gloves,
and finds the man who sells balloons
But He is also the one, who helped Dae Ho when he collapsed
The detectives tirelessly work day and night,
checking every suspect's mug shot that resembles the man
Because of exhaustion, Dae Ho falls asleep in the detective's station
Upon waking up, he sees the picture of Detective Song's young daughter on his work table
Dae Ho goes out of the room, and finds Detective Song talking to his daughter over the phone
His daughter is almost the same age as Min Woo
However, Detective Song changes the topic, and asks if Dae Ho wants to eat
But Dae Ho declines, because he will go to the office of the old private detective,
who is also helping him in looking for his son
There, Dae Ho shows the picture of the man who wears gloves on his dream to the old private detective,
and informs him that he enters the lucid dream; that's why he was able to find out the culprit
The private detective asks his workers to look for the man, that Dae Ho saw in his dreams
Dae Ho's nose bleeds, because he overdoes the procedure of lucid dream
but he cannot stop the search, because he knows deep in his heart that his son is still alive
Dae Ho once again enters the lucid dream,
and sees the man who has the tattoo buying in the hamburger stall
Dae Ho then seeks the stall owner's help, to check the face of the man with the tattoo
The owner agrees to enter the lucid dream, but doesn't recognize the man with the tattoo,
because his face is covered by his cap
But fortunately, they find that he uses a credit card to pay the bill,
so they are able to track him
However, it turns out that the man with the tattoo has been in a coma for two years,
due to a car accident; and he might die soon
Dae Ho is down in the dump
but Detective Song comforts him by telling the story about his daughter,
who has been sick ever since she was born because of her weak heart
Detective Song blames himself, because he used to be an alcoholic and chain smoker
That's why he wasn't able to take good care of his daughter
The two fathers comfort each other that their children will be okay in no time
Later, The old private detective finds out that the man who sells balloons in the amusement park,
is about to escape and will go to another country
Dae Ho hurriedly goes to the airport, chases the man, and corners him at the parking lot
The man tells Dae Ho that his son is already dead
After that, the detective captures him, and sends him to jail
Dae Ho cannot believe what he heard
Everyone is surprised, upon seeing that the man hangs himself in the police station
Dae Ho is devastated
but despite the clues that lead him to nowhere,
he still has high hopes that his son is waiting for him
A while later, Dae Ho's nose bleeds again
His health is getting worse, because of too much exposure to lucid dreams
That time, Dae Ho sees a famous businessman in the psychiatrist's clinic
According to the psychiatrist, the businessman is getting treatment due to his son's death
He is also entering a lucid dream to meet his dead son
Dae Ho suddenly remembers that he is the one who exposed the businessman's stock manipulation,
and revealed his son's exemptions from military duty in the past
The businessman's son got in a car accident three years ago,
and died because he wasn't able to get a blood transfusion due to his rare blood type
The reason why Dae Ho gets angry whenever his own son bleeds,
is because he doesn't want anyone to find out that Min Woo has a rare blood type
Feeling suspicious, Dae Ho follows the businessman in the mall,
but sees a very familiar man inside the elevator
The suspicious man tries to escape from Dae Ho
but Dae Ho captures him
He is actually the mysterious man that disappeared in his dream
He is wearing an all-black suit, and has a good body built in Dae Ho's dream
but in reality, the man cannot even walk, because he lost his legs when he was young
The man shows Dae Ho his hiding place,
and tells him that they meet because he interferes with his dream
He finds out that the psychiatrist is doing the procedure of lucid dreaming;
that's why he hacked her computer, so he can enter the dreams of her patients
Right then, Dae Ho gets the idea to enter the dream of the tattooed man, who is still in a coma
In his dream, Dae Ho finds a list of names of the people, who have rare blood types
He gives the new clues to Detective Song, and informs him about the shared dreaming
Later, Dae Ho finds the name of the businessman's dead son on the list
He then assumes that he is the one behind the abduction of Min Woo;
and his dead son shares the same rare blood type
The businessman denies the accusation,
because his son died in February, while Min Woo was kidnapped in April
In the past, Someone broke into the businessman's office,
and stole the list of names of the people with the rare blood type
so he assumes that the one who did that, must need the blood like him
Hearing that, Dae Ho hurriedly goes into his car to check the list, and finds out a familiar name
He goes to the hospital, and is very surprised when he finds the daughter of Detective Song
The old private detective finds out the truth, and discloses it to Dae Ho
Despite Dae Ho's effort in finding clues in his son's abduction,
it still leads him to the dead end one after another,
because the prime suspect is actually Detective Song
He has an ulterior motive in helping Dae Ho find his son
His daughter is very ill, and needs a heart donor;
and Min Woo is a compatible donor for they share the same rare blood type
When Dae Ho is about to leave the hospital,
Detective Song catches him, and brings him near the river
He admits that he is the mastermind of his son's kidnapping,
because he needs his heart for his daughter's heart transplant
He also adds that everything is already planned;
but the man with the tattoo had cold feet, and escaped with Min Woo
He tries to look for him; and when he finally finds him,
the tattooed man encounters a car accident that left him in coma
Right then, Detective Song tries to kill Dae Ho
but luckily, the old private detective and his fellows come to the rescue and save Dae Ho
Later, Detective Song goes to the man who knows how to share dreams
He enters the dream of the tattooed man
Dae Ho enters the dream as well
There is a commotion between Dae Ho and Detective Song
Before the tattooed man died,
he tells Dae Ho that he left his son in a Catholic orphanage on an island
When Dae Ho is about to press the chime bell to get out of the dream, Detective Song stops him
The chime bell falls on the building
but Dae Ho jumps bravely to get it
Finally, Dae Ho goes out of the dream safely; but Detective Song dies
Dae Ho goes to the island without any delay, and finally reunites with his son Min Woo
The movie ends when the son smiles and greets his father
then the two embrace each other
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