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Synopsis: The film revolves around Park Hee-bong, a man in his late 60s. He runs a small snack bar on the banks of the Han River and lives with his two sons, one daughter, and one granddaughter. The Parks seem to lead a quite ordinary and peaceful life, but maybe they are a bit poorer than the average Seoulite. Hee-bong's elder son Gang-du is an immature and incompetent man in his 40s, whose wife left home long ago. Nam-il is the youngest son, an unemployed grumbler, and daughter Nam-joo is an archery medalist and member of the national team. One day, an unidentified monster suddenly appears from the depths of the Han River and spreads panic and death, and Gang-du's daughter Hyun-seo is carried off by the monster and disappears. All of the family members are in a great agony because they lost someone very dear to them. But when they find out she is still alive, they resolve to save her.
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Joon-ho Bong
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  25 wins & 25 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
2006
120 min
$2,010,000
Website
1,301 Views


But they keep reporting on us.

In addition, the daughter among

the escaped family members...

...is confirmed to be Park Nam-joo,

national bronze medalist in archery.

What the hell?

How come there's nothing about me?

There's nothing special about you.

Plenty of unemployed

university grads these days.

I sacrificed my youth for

the democratization of our country...

...and those f***ers

won't even give me a job.

The passwords are all 1234?

There's a white van outside.

It's a disinfection truck.

You can take it.

- Expressed concern that Korea is...

...not adequately quarantining

the infected. The U.S. Also...

Come on, let's go.

That's the truck?

Does it really work?

This is what you got

after spending all your assets?

This gun is...

F***, we're not boy scouts.

And why only two disinfectant suits?

So two of us should just

creep around hiding?

Dad, shouldn't this be yellow?

If it's not yellow,

they're bound to catch us.

Well, let's think of it

as a different team.

Wow, this map is

the topping on the cake.

The red circles indicate sewers?

- You spent $500 on this?

- Really?

But...

...I got it from a civil servant

who knows the sewer system.

It's photocopied

on the back of used paper.

Hey, a guard post. Get down!

Cover up, quickly!

Your blond hair is showing.

Get down quickly!

Whatever, you two handle it.

What?

If that's their attitude,

why even bother?

Bunch of lazy bums.

Quiet! Stop.

Mr. Park?

Mr. Bacteria?

Lower your mask.

This is definitely

a Daesung disinfectant truck.

But are you Daesung people?

Yes, but we're...

...a different team.

Oh, really?

I'm Manager Cho

from the district office.

Don't you know who I am?

You know that

14 different companies...

...are doing the fumigation on shifts?

But Daesung just

barged in at the end.

To the other companies,

it seems odd.

So I spoke with

President Kwak yesterday.

Not this! No!

Let go.

Manager Cho, this is all I have

with me right now.

Sorry.

I'll see you later.

Hey, Gang-du.

Hyun-seo. It's your dad.

Hyun-seo!

Park Hyun-seo!

Hyun-seo!

Why does he have to do that?

He's not a kid.

Let him be.

He wants to disinfect himself.

He's worried he'll

pass the virus on to Hyun-seo.

Virus.

All of us are fine. Why do they

keep going on about a f***ing virus?

If the government says so,

we have to accept it.

What can we do?

Is it the virus

that's making me so sleepy?

- Hyun-seo!

- Look on the ground for footprints.

Hey, did Hyun-seo describe any

special traits of the sewer?

Special traits?

We need some kind of hint here.

Hyun-seo said it was a big sewer.

Look how big this is.

Yes, it seems we'll find something.

Yeah, sure!

Wandering blindly

through the sewers.

- We need to think of a better way.

- Stop complaining!

Put your time into

searching another sewer instead.

Hey, tortoise, just try to keep up.

Slow-ass bronze medalist.

- You wanna die?

- Wait!

Hyun-seo!

- Hyun-seo!

- Turn it off!

Something moved there.

It's this way!

Get down!

What is this?

It's just water.

Goddamn it.

How typical of you.

Sorry, Dad.

Did you pee?

Because of the bangs, a little.

Why are they

going around shooting?

This cave really does lead

to the Han River.

It's not a cave, it's a sewer.

They're all connected like this.

Gosh, it's hard to make a living.

Do we really have to go?

So you're not hungry?

No, I'm hungry.

If we do this once...

...we'll eat well for a whole month.

- Don't you know that?

- I do.

There's money too.

Don't touch it.

Why not? I'm taking it.

If we take that too, it's theft.

Put it back now, okay?

We're stealing

from this place anyway.

Se-joo...

...this is not theft.

We're now doing seo-ri.

Like melon seo-ri at a farm.

Hey, do you even know

what seo-ri means?

Seo-ri.

No? The generation gap

is pretty big.

It's an old borrowing game kids play.

So seo-ri is a right of the hungry.

Run!

Hey.

Hey...

What should I do?

Are you okay?

Look at that.

Isn't that amazing?

In this situation?

Wake him up, there's no time.

Let him sleep a minute.

He needs to sleep every so often.

Should we leave him here?

He's no help anyway.

Kids, wait a minute.

Sit down.

In your view...

...is Gang-du...

...really so pathetic?

- Yup.

- Yes.

You wouldn't know it...

...but he was a really smart kid.

For example, when he was 2...

...he'd sit

in front of the village store...

...and everyone walking by

would ask him directions.

That's how smart he looked.

As you know,

when he was young...

...I was out of my mind...

...hardly ever coming home,

staying out all night.

And this poor boy with no mother...

...he must have been so hungry.

Going around,

doing seo-ri all the time.

Raising himself on organic farms.

Whenever he got caught,

he'd get beaten up.

In this way...

...he lacked protein...

...when he needed it most.

So that's why, every now and then...

...he dozes off like a sick rooster.

I think something up there...

...must have gone wrong too.

Have any of you heard it?

The heartbreak of a parent

who's lost a child.

When a parent's heart breaks...

...the sound can travel for miles.

So I really need to say this to you.

Be as nice to Gang-du as you can.

Don't scold him, okay?

Like last time, "Why'd you

grab another girl's hand, moron?"

You should never say

things like that to him, okay?

You know?

I spend most of the day

in the small food stand with him.

So whenever I hear him fart...

...I can tell right away if he's in

B-minus or A-plus condition.

What do you two know?

But even still...

...our Hyun-seo...

Hyun-seo?

Hey, you're...

It's watching.

Huh?

It's watching us.

Fire.

F***!

My head!

Do you see it?

What's going on?

Hyun... Hyun-seo!

Hyun-seo!

Quiet.

It's moving.

- What you doing? Make sure it's dead.

- No, wait!

Goddamn it!

That thing's still alive?

Don't get too close!

Don't!

Shoot it in the legs!

Just shoot!

There it is!

Shoot it in the tail!

- The bullets...

- No bullets!

Hey!

My ears! Stop it!

Are you trying to kill us?

Let's go to the truck.

Bring it on!

You all go on!

I'm gonna finish that thing off!

- Just run!

- Anyone got any bullets?

- I've got one left.

- Good.

Give it to me,

and get to the truck.

Dad! Come on!

Don't worry about me,

go to the truck!

Dad! Just come here!

I'll take you down

with one shot this time.

Get up here!

What's that?

Nam-joo!

What are you doing?

- Nam-joo!

- When did she get there?

- Go back!

- Nam-joo!

Oh, no.

Hey!

Somebody come get Nam-joo!

Stop playing around!

Hurry back! Quick!

No! Dad! No!

F***! No!

No!

Dad.

Dad, wake up!

- Dad, the soldiers are coming.

- Dad!

- You two, get out of here! Quick!

- F***!

We should never have...

Dad, what about Hyun-seo?

Hyun-seo. We can't get caught.

Hurry, hurry.

- Run! Run!

- Dad!

What about Hyun-seo? Dad...

Dad.

Freeze.

Infected family located.

One captured, one dead.

Quickly!

Let's begin.

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