Tunnel Page #5

Synopsis: 35 DAYS, A MAN'S DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE Jung-su, an ordinary car dealer, is his way home with a birthday cake for his daughter. As he drives into a tunnel, an unbelievable thing happens; the tunnel collapses on him. Minutes later, he realizes that he is completely caught in between the debris. Outside, this breaking news creates media frenzy and a thoughtless reporter even airs a live phone interview with Jung-su, using up his mobile phone batteries. An emergency response team is immediately organized to rescue him and tries to keep the media under control. As it becomes a national concern, the government promises full support for the rescue. While Jung-su struggles to survive, a series of ridiculous blunders delays the rescue operation and threatens his chances to make it out alive. Soon, he runs out of food, water, and phone batteries, making him totally incommunicado. Days pass without any success and people start to lose hope or interest in rescuing him. Having already passe
Director(s): Seong-hun Kim
  3 wins & 14 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
68
TV-14
Year:
2016
126 min
274 Views


underground tunnel tomorrow.

Lee Jeong Su will be out soon!

Lee Jeong Su will be out soon!

Lee Jeong Su will be out soon!

Thank you. Thank you.

-=Mom:
Mom will be bringing

Dad over there soon.=-

-=Su Jin:
And the puppy?=-

Seonbae.

We think it will be soon.

Let's go.

I guess I fell asleep.

I'm so tired.

Wow. That's too bad.

One more day and he'd break

the record.

The last record was 17 days.

Then Mr. Reporter, would you

like to try for the record?

Everyone move aside!

How can you block this area?

That guy is really...

Why would we need to break

the record?

Who knows?

Who knows?

=Keep watching up above.=

Okay.

=If anything starts to come

through,=

=just get away quickly.=

=just get away quickly.=

=It's only 0.6 meter around,

so you don't have to move much.=

Thank you. Then I'll see you

soon.

It seems like it will come

through here.

We'll be out soon.

Higher, higher, higher!

This is a ventilation fan blade...

and this is asphalt.

Then we must be in the tunnel,

right?

That's right.

We've reached the bottom.

Don't speak too soon.

But we found broken pieces of

the ventilation fan.

Bring over the blueprints.

Yes, here we go.

They're acting kind of strange.

Look and see what's going on.

Lee Jeong Su, did you...

see the drill come through?

I didn't see it.

Are the 2 ventilation fans still

intact?

Yes. Why?

After I confirm things, I'll

call you back.

Wait!

What is this?

This film was taken when the

tunnel was opened.

Watch.

There are several fans showing.

There should be 7.

One is missing.

How is that possible?

There are six. Six.

Damn it! This is worthless!

Worthless!

Check it again.

One. Two. Three. Four.

Five. Six...

We thought there were 7, so we

thought No. 3 was right here.

Actually, it's here.

Then these blueprints are wrong?

Does that make any sense?

It doesn't.

Captain, the fan installation

master said there should be 12.

The team installed one for

every two, in 6 places.

It was the wrong place.

Really?

Yes.

You mean they worked 17 days

for nothing?

Isn't that Lee Jeong Su's wife?

So how far is it from

Lee Jeong Su now?

About 150 meters.

He won't be able to move

that far.

Then, we're going to have

to drill again?

When will you get through?

=I'm sorry.=

What?

=We drilled in the wrong place.=

What do you mean by that?

We got the wrong location and

drilled in the wrong place.

How can it be wrong?

=I'm really sorry.=

If that's the case, then what

should I do?

=First, we will restart the

tunnel intersection project.=

And then?

=We'll start drilling all over

again.=

Starting over?

=We will go as fast as we can.=

=Oppa, are you okay?=

Oppa. What's wrong?

I can't breathe.

Try to calm down and I'll find a

doctor.

I need some help here! He's

acting strange. Hurry!

No, no, no. My battery is going.

Se Hyeon, this is my last call.

Se Hyeon, my battery is dead.

=Give the phone to Su Jin.=

=Give the phone to Su Jin.=

Oppa, Su Jin isn't here.

Oppa! Oppa, be strong.

I can't stay here.

I can't stay here.

=Oppa!=

Se Hyeon, I can't hold on.

=You have to stay strong, Oppa!=

=Just hold on.=

Why do you keep telling me

to be strong?

I said I can't do it.

Honey. Hello? Hello?

Tell me. Tell me, Oppa.

Take good care of Su Jin and

live your life well.

What are you saying?

Se Hyeon, I'm sorry.

I just can't go on.

I really can't go on.

Is that so? Then just do that.

Just go ahead and die. Die!

But... if you die,

Su Jin and I will die too!

Oppa, if you die then all of us

will die! Understand?

I'm not threatening you.

=Otherwise, just keep going.=

Don't talk about dying or

things like that, okay?

You have to keep holding on.

You have to live.

Please just live, okay? Please!

What now? What now?

Madam! Hey! Hurry, hurry!

Call an ambulance!

I'm asking why the snow

blowers aren't here yet!

=Right now they're cleaning

roads in town.=

We don't have any extra

machines to send there.

Shouldn't this place be top

priority?

There have been more than 50

car accidents in the past 2 days.

There was a fatal accident

yesterday.

We're really too busy to die.

I know this isn't good to say,

=but isn't it only one person?=

That person... that one person...

is still alive!

Do you know how long he's

been waiting?

Chief, I'm begging you.

Please send us one snow-

blowing machine!

Is Lee Jeong Su is still alive?

The miners in Chile were

rescued on the 69th day.

=23 days after collapse=

The miners in Chile were

rescued on the 69th day.

=23 days after collapse=

But that involved 33 people.

=23 days after collapse=

Additionally, their food supply

was not a problem.

Additionally, their food supply

was not a problem.

In a case like this without

any food,

the longest record of survival

is 19 days.

And with the extremely

disturbing cold,

on top of any injuries, it would

be even more difficult, right?

I can see that you're

pessimistic, right?

There are always variables,

so we can't jump to conclusions.

Yes.

Today, is Lee Jeong Su's 23rd

day of isolation.

Contact was lost one week ago.

During this time, we don't know

what might have happened to

Lee Jeong Su.

We should not be too hasty

in coming to conclusions,

and consider carefully.

We are more willing to believe

in hope rather than statistics.

=This is a letter from

Lee Jeong Su's wife.=

="Recently, Su Jin said living is

too hard."=

="Why would Su Jin say such

a thing at her age?"=

="She doesn't like studying in

kindergarten."=

="Learning addition and

subtraction is too hard?"=

="It seems she might be good

at your major in liberal arts."=

="Today she said her happiest

time was when she was inside

my tummy."=

="I didn't know whether to laugh

or cry when she said she wanted

to get back inside..."=

="...but she had gotten

too big..."=

=Today, we're going to play a

song that's not usual for our

station.=

=Classical music fans may be

surprised, but please forgive us.=

=Lee Jeong Su, please listen.=

From here on, the tunnel

intersection rescue work,

how is it progressing?

We are about 200 meters away

from Lee Jeong Su's location.

If we go forward 15 meters

a day, we will reach him in

15 days.

After the failure of vertical drilling

at nearly 9 days from the south...

Why did they call us here?

What are they doing?

The 2nd tunnel project has

been stalled for nearly 25 days.

Every day we're losing about

$1.5 million.

Our loss to date has exceeded

$50 million.

Why are you unable to proceed

with the 2nd tunnel?

We need to do blasting with

dynamite, so it's possible

Lee Jeong Su's location would

be impacted.

Then, how much longer do we

have to wait?

Honestly, I came here today

just to look you all in the eyes.

Last time, because of a lizard,

you must remember how the

tunneling was interrupted.

Do you know how much damage

was done to the national economy?

Just because of some lizard?

Hey. Excuse me, but Lee Jeong

Su is not a lizard. He's a person.

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