![]() The government orders a complete shutdown. As the worst-case scenario precaution, the city of half a million people, just 19 kilometers from Seoul, is about to be sealed off. People are helpless against the airborne disease and the number of infected increases quickly, spreading chaos. Soon after that, the same symptoms are plaguing scores of residents in Bundang. After smuggling illegal immigrants into the country, Byung-woo dies from an unknown virus. The worst epidemic ever seen is sweeping through Bundang, the suburb of Seoul. Korea’s answer to ‘Contagion’ and ‘Outbreak’ doesn’t shy away from melodrama – but still is a tense thrilling disaster movie staged with impressive clarity on a huge scale! Whereas such genre films tend to struggle between keeping an intimate focus on some key characters and retaining the larger expanse of the calamity, this one is staged solidly with impressive clarity from start to finish, never once losing its grip from a tense thrilling ride.
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