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ThrillerDrama

Tunnel

- When all collapsed, only hope remained.

A man is on his way home when the poorly constructed tunnel he is driving through collapses, leaving him trapped leaving himself for the unexpected whilst emergency services struggle to help.

Release Date : 2016-08-10

Language :Korean

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BA EntertainmentShowbox

Production Country : South Korea

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ha Jung-woo

Character Name : Lee Jung-soo

Original Name : 하정우

Gender : Male

Bae Doona

Character Name : Se-hyun

Original Name : 배두나

Gender : Female

Oh Dal-su

Character Name : Dae-kyung

Original Name : 오달수

Gender : Male

Shin Jung-keun

Character Name : Captain Kang

Original Name : 신정근

Gender : Male

Nam Ji-hyun

Character Name : Mi-Na

Original Name : 남지현

Gender : Female

Jeong Seok-yong

Character Name : Chief Choi

Original Name : 정석용

Gender : Male

Lee Han-seo

Character Name : Soo-jin

Original Name : Lee Han-seo

Gender : Female

Kim Hae-sook

Character Name : Minister

Original Name : 김해숙

Gender : Female

Yoo Seung-mok

Character Name : Reporter Jo

Original Name : 유승목

Gender : Male

Park Hyuk-kwon

Character Name : Government Official

Original Name : 박혁권

Gender : Male

Cho Hyun-chul

Character Name : Young Rescuer

Original Name : 조현철

Gender : Male

Lee Cheol-min

Character Name : Driller Captain

Original Name : 이철민

Gender : Male

Han Soo-hyun

Character Name : Drone Technician

Original Name : 한수현

Gender : Male

Kim Seung-hoon

Character Name : Public Hearing Moderator

Original Name : Kim Seung-hoon

Gender : Male

Ye Su-jeong

Character Name : Old Mother

Original Name : 예수정

Gender : Female

Jin Yong-uk

Character Name : Construction Worker

Original Name : Jin Yong-uk

Gender : Male

Lee Dong-yong

Character Name : Construction Worker

Original Name : 이동용

Gender : Male

Ju Seok-tae

Character Name : Employee of Korea Expressway Corporation

Original Name : 주석태

Gender : Male

Ahn Se-ho

Character Name : Driller

Original Name : 안세호

Gender : Male

Seo Hyun-woo

Character Name : SNC Reporter

Original Name : 서현우

Gender : Male

Lee Sang-hee

Character Name : YTN Reporter

Original Name : 이상희

Gender : Female

Kang Shin-chul

Character Name : Agent

Original Name : Kang Shin-chul

Gender : Male

Jin Sun-kyu

Character Name : Equipment Manager

Original Name : 진선규

Gender : Male

Yeo Min-Gyu

Character Name : Voice of 119 Telephone Operator / Helicopter Agent

Original Name : Yeo Min-Gyu

Gender : Male

Lee Chang-jik

Character Name : Veteran Workman

Original Name : 이창직

Gender : Male

Kim Sung-kyu

Character Name : Civic Group 3

Original Name : 김성규

Gender : Male

Park Jin-woo

Character Name : Government Aide

Original Name : 박진우

Gender : Male

Kim Ooh-jin

Character Name : SNC Anchor

Original Name : Kim Ooh-jin

Gender : Male

Kim Jong-soo

Character Name : Drilling Company Executive

Original Name : 김종수

Gender : Male

Ha Duk-sung

Character Name : Mayor

Original Name : Ha Duk-sung

Gender : Male

Lee Dong-jin

Character Name : Radio DJ

Original Name : 이동진

Gender : Male

Reviews

R

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

**It's not just about survival...** The title says it all. Then I read its synopsis and right away I knew how much should I expect from it. Because this might be a fresh attempt in the Korean film, at least for the first time I'm seeing in a Korean film, but not from the world cinema. Yeah, I have seen plenty, and I'd liked most of them. But this film was much, much better than it had been rated in the internet. The story, the main event starts without wasting any time. There's no initial developments like intros. When the thriller-adventure parts commences, reveals everything you have to know. Just over 2 hours long, the story frequently switches back and forth to where a man got trapped in a collapsed tunnel road and the outside where people and rescue team gathered. Like any other similar themed film, it borrowed a handful of clichés, but still you can witness the effort for the avoidance. Like if you see something or someone's crucial part come into play, usually you would predict what might happen to it in the later part of the story. Since those are unavoidable, they simply skipped in the final act as it is understandable and not to waste developing them to some extent. So a man is fighting for his survival after a disaster strikes. But he got a cell phone signal buried under a deep mountain that I could not get. Anyway, he does make know his state of condition to the outside world. Soon they all rally to get him out. This film is not entirely a serious episode, despite the theme was. A little bit of satire. If that's how the film was intended or not, at least I had a couple of good laughs. Kind of reminded me 'Peepli (Live)', about the media circus in such situation. But that is the truth, what todays media have become, because of competition among themselves. > ❝Don't be weak and say you'll die, just live.❞ The trapped man has to make sure about food and water to survive till the rescue team reaches him down which could take a week or more. Yeah, they kind of mention the recent Chile event which was made into the film, 'The 33'. His portion of the story is like the combination of '127 Hours', 'Buried' and of course that Chilean film. There are lots of things happen, you could say twists and turns. Kind of too much at some point, the way they added more contents to it, but decently it all worked out. Meanwhile, on the outside world, not lags behind. It has its own set of characters and its circumstance events. Lots of fun and also highlights wrongs. Particularly like I said, the media and how politicians make use of such incident for publicity. And the final one about the construction firms and their shoddy works for profits. They have dug on these topics, but did not go deeper, because to keep it lighter and entertaining film than all about awareness. All the way an engaging narrative. Means a long film, but very swiftly told story. Visually, it was a well made film, like everything's looked natural and believable. You could not differentiate the CGI/green screen work and the real objects of those disaster parts. But not the technical details such as drilling or the hollow space where he stays alive. When the narration progresses, it gets even worse, like you would say how could that even possible or just they wanted it that way to end the tale. A small part of the end kind of skips, but that's good for the film than dragging it for another half an hour. The casting was good, they all performed well, but my favourite was Oh Dal-su. As usual, I loved his part, one of the finest supporting characters in the world cinema. It's not a great film, but good, and acceptable as what it is. In the end feels like worth it. So I decided to suggest it for those who are interested, but could not decide whether to go for it or not, and for the Korean film fans outside the Korea. _7.5/10_