A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.
Acting
Soo Ae's desperate mother will wreck you completely.
Practical Effects
Mass corpse piles that somehow got greenlit in 2013.
Direction
Kim Sung-soo never lets you breathe for 122 minutes.
Director
Kim Sung-soo
Jang Hyuk
Kang Ji-Koo
Soo Ae
Kim In-Hae
Park Min-ha
Kim Mi-Reu
Yoo Hai-jin
Bae Kyung-Ub
Ma Dong-seok
Jeon Kook-Hwan
Lee Hee-jun
Byung-Ki
Lee Sang-yeob
Byoung-Woo
Cha In-pyo
South Korean President
Kim Ki-hyeon
Prime Minister
Park Hyo-ju
Teacher Jung
Park Jeong-min
Chul-Gyo
Choi Byung-mo
Choi Dong-Chi
Lee Seung-joon
Cop at scene of accident
Jang Kyoung-up
Soldier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released years before COVID, the film's military quarantine violence eerily predicted real pandemic authoritarianism globally.
The stadium corpse pile required 300+ extras lying motionless for hours in summer heat. Method acting or torture? You decide.
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