Introduction & Context The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos is a South Korean crime-action thriller that hit theaters in 2019. Directed and co-written by Son Yong-ho, it brings to the big screen the story first popularized on the OCN television show Bad Guys. Returning cast members Ma Dong-seok and Kim Sang-joong share the frame with […]
Everest, the 2015 epic survival drama directed by Baltasar Kormákur, draws on real events recounted in Jon Krakauers Into Thin Air and Beck Weathers Left for Dead. The film retells the tragic narrative of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, when an unexpected storm trapped several expedition teams above the death zone and led to severe
Introduction Pompeii is a historical-romance film released in 2014 starring Kit Harington and Emily Browning. The film depicts one of the most tragic natural disasters in history, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which devastated the city Pompiee situated in Italy during the Roman era in 79 A.D. Pompeii attempts to fuse romance with gladiatorial action
Overview Gods of Egypt is a film from 2016 released in the timeless fantasy action genre. The film was directed by Alex Proyas with a screenplay by Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama. It has an ensemble cast featuring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brenton Thwaites, Chadwick Boseman, Geoffrey Rush, and Gerald Buter. Filmed primarily in Australia with a
Introduction Thirteen Lives (2022) is an astonishing tale of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand. Directed by Academy Award-winner Ron Howard and written by William Nicholson, it features a stellar cast including Colin Farrell, Viggo Mortensen, Joel Edgerton, and Tom Bateman who brought to life on screen the daring rescue that took two
Synopsis The Dark Tower is an American neo-Western fantasy film released in 2017, directed by Nikolaj Arcel. The movie is a loose adaptation of Stephen King’s saga consisting of eight books. Unlike the novels which have multiple layers and are complex, the film adapts into a singular concise storyline which is 95 minutes long. Attempting
Released in 2006, Poseidon is an American disaster-action film which Wolfgang Petersen directed. He had previously directed maritime epics such as Das Boot and The Perfect Storm. This film serves as a contemporary adaptation of Poseidon Adventure, a novel by Paul Gallico which was made into a famous movie in ‘72. Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas,
Horizon Line combines romance, action, and disaster into one coherent picture that follows two lovers considered to be estranged as they navigate through their feelings while being trapped in a small airplane with no pilot. Directed by Mikael Marcimain and featuring Allison Williams along with Alexander Dreymon, the film was released in 2020. Horizon Line
7500, the feature debut of Patrick Vollrath, co-written with Senad Halilbašić, is a tense thriller set almost entirely inside an Airbus A319 cockpit. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Tobias Ellis, a first officer forced to navigate a brutal hijacking, and the film charts his step-by-step plunge into panic at 30,000 feet. After premiering at Locarno in
12.12: The Day, released in 2023 and styled in Korean as Seouls Spring, is a taut political thriller from director Kim Sung-su. The movie recreates the December 12, 1979, military coup that shook South Koreas young democracy and set the stage for years of authoritarian rule. Thanks to a stellar cast, sharp direction, and a
