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

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.

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

…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.”

• “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.”

• “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: