Tunnel (film)

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Movie
Original title Tunnel ( 터널 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2016
length 127 minutes
Rod
Director Kim Seong-hun
script Kim Seong-hun
production Lee Dong-yun
music Mok Young-jin
camera Kim Tae-sung
cut Kim Chang-ju
occupation

Tunnel is a disaster film by South Korean director Kim Seong-hun from 2016. It is a film adaptation of the 2013 novel of the same name by So Jae-won. The film was released in South Korean cinemas on August 10, 2016 and reached more than 7 million viewers.

action

Lee Jeong-su is on his way home to his wife and daughter, who is celebrating their birthday. As he drives through a tunnel, it suddenly collapses. Jeong-su is not injured, but is initially buried and locked in his car. With his smartphone he has weak reception in the back seat of the car and reaches the emergency call. When the rescue team arrives, they are initially shocked by the extent of the collapse, as almost the entire tunnel has collapsed. The rescue operation is led by Kim Dae-kyeong. He contacts Jeong-su and tells him to share the two water bottles in his car and the cake, as the rescue operations would take a week. Jeong-su also reaches his wife and daughter. The former is now present during the rescue work and makes food for the team. Suddenly a dog appears in the buried tunnel. Jeong-su frees himself from the car and finds a narrow path to a second person who is trapped in the car. Her name is Mi-na and a stone beam ties her to the seat. Jeong-su cannot free her either, but he gives her water and lets her call her mother with his cell phone. A few days later, she complained of increased pain and that she could no longer breathe. When Jeong-su fetches water for her and comes back, she is no longer conscious. Jeong-su uses all his strength to move the beam and only then realizes that she was badly injured and that iron bars pierced her stomach. She died. Jeong-su puts his jacket over her. The rescue work is taking more and more time. But after 17 days they finally get through. But Jeong-su is not there. You are talking to Jeong-su, who is waiting to be saved. They drilled in the wrong place because the blueprints of the tunnel are wrong, as they finally discovered with the help of a video. Dae-gyeong informs Jeong-su that they have to start again and that he should hold out. After a short time there is a death in the rescue team. The mother of the deceased blames Jeong-su's wife because so many people are working to rescue Jeong-su, but for whom it is too late because he has been buried for so long. At the same time, Jeong-su's smartphone battery runs out, so that he is only informed of the situation via the car radio. In addition, a second tunnel is currently being built, but the work was not continued due to the rescue measures. However, since there is so little hope, those involved decide to stop the rescue and allow work on the second tunnel instead. The latter requires the use of explosives, which could endanger Jeong-su. Dae-gyeong makes one final attempt to get a sign of life from Jeong-su. He succeeds in doing this and the demolition is stopped. However, the first blast injured Jeong-su. After 35 days, Jeong-su can be released from the tunnel. The film ends with a regenerated Jeong-su, united with his family, as they drive through a tunnel.

criticism

Variety's Jay Weissberg described tunnel as an entertaining disaster film. The strength of the film is that the focus is on the characters, and it also has enough distinctive elements. He continued to praise the leading actors and the film staff. Frank Scheck of the Hollywood Reporter draws the conclusion: "This original Korean attempt at the disaster film genre dwarfs most of Hollywood's efforts."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Choi Na-yeong: 배두나, 하정우 와 영화 '터널' 서 부부 호흡 확정. In: Osen. October 14, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2016 (Korean).
  2. ^ Tunnel (2016). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Jay Weissberg: Film Review: 'Tunnel'. In: Variety . August 20, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 .
  4. ^ Frank Scheck: 'Tunnel': Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter . September 2, 2016, accessed November 12, 2016 .