South Korean action film Fabricated City is perfect for Inception fans
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Fabricated City, directed by South Korea’s Park Kwang-Hyun, opens with a scene within a scene, a fabrication inside a reality. That reality comes crashing down just as quickly as viewers acclimate to it, revealing a third fabrication. By the end, the situation has gotten even more complicated, raising the question: which reality was true to begin with? Fabricated City is perfect for fans of Christopher Nolan’s Inception. In the same way, it leaves viewers guessing — but perhaps slightly less confused. Maybe it’s actually all a dream. Maybe it’s all…
