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Review: Sector 7 (Kim Ji-hoon, 2011)
Posted on January 4, 2012 | 1 CommentA team working on a sea rig off of the southern tip of Jeju Island fails in their attempts to find oil. When a member of senior management arrives on board it appears that the operation is to be closed down but, surprisingly, they are instead given several more months... -
Non-Korean Review: 252: Sign of Life (Nobuo Mizuta, 2008)
Posted on January 4, 2011 | No CommentsA biblical tidal wave strikes Tokyo. In the aftermath, Shizuma leads a rescue squad from the city Fire Department to Shimbashi Station, now an area of devastated wasteland. Shocked to learn that his younger brother, Yuji, and seven year-old niece are trapped underground, Shizuma mobilises a specialist rescue squad to... -
Non-Korean Review: Sinking of Japan (Shinji Higuchi, 2006)
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsFollowing an earthquake it is revealed that Japan is literally sinking into the ocean. What is initially predicted to take forty years is revealed, by a lone scientist, to actually take less than a year. Suffice to say, Japan finds itself facing its biggest potential disaster since the last time... -
Review: Haeundae (Yun Je-gyun, 2009)
Posted on January 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsScientist Kim Hwi believes that a recent spate of earthquakes are signposts towards an impending disaster. As he puts together evidence for his theory, he tells everyone who should listen that there is crisis ahead. Do they listen? Of course they don’t! This is a disaster flick after all… Some...