Themes and disasters are movie themes that never lose their appeal. In those movies, it can be a story about a real disaster or just a simulated story about a certain disaster that human future may face. Through films, we can summarize meaningful messages about protecting nature, protecting the environment, life skills, escape skills, and especially, they are embedded in false emotions. Family, human-to-human relationships create films that are visually satisfying but also emotionally satisfying. In terms of emotions, Korean cinema is a "master" when the films they are the subject of are very easy to take away the audience's tears. And in the disaster movie theme, Korea also has typical works that cause a lot of emotion for viewers. Invite you and Topshare to review disaster movies of Korean cinema that cannot be missed.
1 Exit (2019)
Exit (2019) - Teaser trailer
Exit (2019) is about a gas disaster in the city. The film's content is a "quite sad" story about the failed life of Lee Yong-nam (Jo Jung-seok): unemployment, heartbreak, and a deadly gas leak disaster! In school, Lee Yong-nam was quite popular in the climbing club. But his later life was much more grim. Although he graduated from school for many years, Lee Yong-nam was still unemployed and had to ask his parents for a temporary job. On the occasion of his mother's 70th birthday, Yong-nam insists on having a party at the place where Eui-ji (Im Yoona) - the girl he once pursued is working. An unprecedented disaster suddenly struck, the whole of Seoul engulfed in a white gas that is deadly if exposed for a few minutes. Yong-nam is forced to use all his climbing skills, with Eiu-ji's help, to save the lives of his family, all guests, as well as himself.
2 The Flu
The Flu - Trailer
The Flu started from a train carrying people who illegally crossed the border to Korea, unexpectedly carrying in them the seeds of unpredictable danger when one of the people who crossed the border was carrying an epidemic. And what came has come! The people hiding in the container on the ship were all infected and died, only one person remained... Kang Ji-Koo is a firefighter and doctor Kim In-Hae must quickly give first aid and find out the type of virus. potentially lethal after just 36 hours of infection and treatment, with the help of a lifeguard who has a crush on her, Kang Ji Goo (Jang Hyuk).. And time becomes the ultimate issue. when Kim In Hae discovered that her own daughter was also suffering from this virus. "When in a dangerous situation, people can no longer keep their composure" - the line of the character of the Minister of Defense is also the subject of The Flu. Although it is impossible to make the dead rise and become a zombie that craves human brains like many Hollywood movies, the bird flu virus is dangerous in its own way and the consequences that follow are terrifying.
3 Haeundae
Haeundae - Trailer
Haeundae is in the "top 5" of the most popular Korean movies. Dr. Kim Hwi, a seismologist from the International Institute of Oceanography, discovered that the East Sea near Haeundae had unusual signs very similar to those of the previous tsunami in Indonesia. His warning of a large-scale tsunami that was not concerned by the authorities finally came true. The people of Busan are flocking to Haeundae to relax, including the guy Man Sik who is about to propose to Yeon Hee… The terrifying tsunami with a speed of 800,000m/s roared. Will hundreds of thousands of people happily playing on the beautiful sands of Haeundae escape the scythe of death?
4 Train To Busan
Train To Busan - Official Trailer
Train To Busan movie is set in Korea being attacked by a mysterious virus, turning people into aggressive, bloodthirsty zombies. Present on the train from Seoul to Busan was a father and daughter, the couple preparing to welcome their first child and some high school students. When the zombie epidemic suddenly broke out, they were no longer there. There is no other way but to cope with it to protect your loved ones. The 453km journey from Seoul to the Busan safe zone suddenly became a fierce battle for survival.
5 Pandora
Pandora (2016) - Main Trailer
Pandora revolves around the fictional nuclear disaster that occurred in Korea. The main character in the film is Jae Hyuk (Kim Nam Gil), an employee who is working at the Han Byul nuclear plant. The movie begins when the Han Byul factory has a coolant leak. However, because of the negligence and cover-up of the plant heads and the authorities, the leak became an unprecedented nuclear disaster. The factory exploded, killing many people. Increasingly radioactive substances threaten the lives of people, leading to a nationwide riot. Meanwhile, those who are victims such as factory workers or people within a radius of influence of radioactive substances, who should be protected by the government, have to sacrifice their lives to protect their families. his family.
6 The Tower
The Tower _ Trailer
The Tower is one of the top movies worth watching about the disaster of Korean cinema. Director Kim Ji-hoon spent two years in post-production and used a huge investment budget of up to 10 billion won (nearly 10 million USD). The film is set in the context of people celebrating Christmas in a 108-storey twin tower, suddenly the building burned into a giant fire tower that turned Christmas night into hell, tens of thousands of people had to find a way to escape. The Tower took away a lot of tears from viewers when the common people trembled in fear standing between life and death, those who sacrificed for everyone and also many people who were cold and ruthless, abandoning their fellow human beings.
