Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy
Seen it?2025 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 25% on Rotten Tomatoes and soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans and action fans. If you loved Mad Max: Fury Road or Zack Snyder's Justice League, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- It's in Korean, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
Kim Dok-ja, an ordinary man in his 20s, is the only reader of an obscure web novel titled "Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse". After having read the last chapter, the novel suddenly becomes reality, and its omnipotent hero Yu Jung-hyeok appears before Kim. As the only person who knows how to survive in this world, Kim and his companions strive to save the world by writing his own, new ending.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
25% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
7.6 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 4 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$9 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 290K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kim Byung-woo
- Ahn Hyo-seopKim Dok-ja
- Lee Min-hoYu Jung-hyeok
- Chae Soo-binYu Sang-ah
- Shin Seung-hoLee Hyeon-seong
- NanaJeong Hee-won
- Kwon Eun-seongLee Gil-yeong
- JISOOLee Ji-hye
- Park Ho-sanGong Pil-du
- Choi Young-junHan Myeong-oh
- Jung Sung-ilCheon In-ho