Flu
In Flu an airborne virus spreads at an alarming rate, 3.4 infections per second with 100% fatality and no known cure, the dangerous epidemic threatens to wipe out the population of the Korean peninsula and beyond.
A box office smash when the film opened in South Korea in August, Director KIM Sung-su’s latest film is an impressive disaster movie on a truly epic scale, making it Korea’s answer and equal to Hollywood’s Contagion and Outbreak both in terms of its narrative scope and thrilling tension.
After smuggling illegal immigrants into the country, human trafficker is infected with an unknown virus and dies in a hospital in the highly populated metropolis of Bundang, a suburb of Seoul.
Less than 24 hours after the death of the first patient, similar cases and symptoms are being reported all over the city. Helpless against the airborne virus, the population of Bundang is plunged into chaos as the infection rate soars.
In a desperate measure to attempt to prevent the spread of the outbreak to the capital, the rest of Korea and beyond, the government orders a complete shutdown of the city.
An apocalyptic Bundang is divided into quarantine zones, as the fight for survival become increasingly personal. as some risk their lives to save those they love, while some risk others to save their own lives...
Starring: Jang Hyuk, Su Ae, Park Min-ha, Yoo Hae-jin, Ma Dong-suk
Flu is released 22nd November.