On his way to work, a bank manager receives an anonymous call claiming there's a bomb under his car seat, and if anyone exits the car, it will explode unless he can pay a ransom.
Acting
Jo Woo-jin's trembling desperation is devastatingly real.
Direction
Kim Chang-ju never lets you breathe for 94 minutes.
Editing
Relentless cross-cutting between car, cops, and crying family.
Director
Kim Chang-ju
Jo Woo-jin
Seong-gyu
Lee Jae-in
Hye-in
Ji Chang-wook
Jin-woo
Jin Kyung
Young-hee
Kim Ji-ho
Yeon-soo
Jun Suk-ho
Jeong-ho
Jeong In-gi
Vice President
Ryu Seung-su
Police Chief
Jeon Kwang-jin
Police Officer
Jung Ae-yeun
Jeong-ho's Wife
Lee Sul
Eun-young
Nam Myung-ryeol
CEO
Park Young-seo
Detective
Choi Yoo-song
Ji-hye
Kim Tae-yul
Lee Min-jun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a Korean remake of the 2015 Spanish thriller 'Retribution,' but swaps the original's psychological dread for pure adrenaline.
The film weaponizes Busan's Gwangan Bridge as both setting and symbol — Korea's most photographed landmark becomes a site of working-class annihilation.
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