Teo-neol

Tunnel is a survival/catastrophy movie. And a good one.

In the first scene the movie sets the tone. It has slight comedic elements but mixed with a sad tone and the subtext is about responsibilitys. Who takes responsibility for what? The main character stops at a gas station and an old man works there who makes mistakes all the time. The owner had to pay 8000won because he filled diesel in one's car. After that the main character is trapped inside a collapsed tunnel. Who is responsible for that? The builders?

Unfortunately not. It's the state. In a democracy the people. The rescue teams, the workers and the tax payers. As the movie progresses the politicians, the business men and the press are trying to exploit the situation. The one responsible for the poorly constructed tunnel force the building of another one which means the stop of the rescue mission. But instead they should be the ones clearing up the mess.

Tunnel makes it very clear. The rich make more and more money and try to save money on the lives of middle class people. Their wages are exponentially higher compared to middle class peoples because they argumenting with higher responsibility for hundreds of jobs. But if they fail and hundreds of people loose their jobs it's the state, the welfare, the families who are responsible to take care of them.

Tunnel is a great movie about the unbalanced responsibility situation in the neoliberal world.

In South Korea, the Kia Motors dealer Lee Jung-Soo (Jung-woo Ha) is driving home with a birthday cake to celebrate the anniversary of his daughter. While crossing a tunnel, it collapses and Lee is trapped inside. Using his cellphone, he is capable to communicate with the rescue team leader and with his wife. Now Lee must survive waiting for the rescue.

"Teo-neol", a.k.a. "The Tunnel", is a dramatic thriller about the rescue operation to save a man trapped inside a collapsed tunnel. The storyline is engaging, with good performances and melodramatic dialogs between Lee and his wife. This disaster movie shows a sharp criticism to politicians that wants to use tragedies to show up with the victims; to the press that disturbs people that is seriously working to sell "fresh" news to the audiences; and to the quality of public constructions in South Korea. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil):"O Túnel" ("The Tunnel")

If they have cellphone reception, they could've shared or pinned his location via GPS on Line (The Messenger they use), Google Map, or whatever convenient app they have. In a realistic situation, that is what anybody, let alone a whole team and country of concerned people, should have naturally thought of. Otherwise the movie has decent plot points and twists to keep you engaged.

A husband and father is heading home with his daughter's birthday cake when a tunnel collapses trapping him inside his car.

Disaster movies are meant to be filled with tension and drama. This film did not fail in giving its viewers a healthy dose of both. While it is a bit drawn out, it is a decent movie that I found to be enjoyable. It is hard for me to review disaster movies simply because to have the right amount of tension you need a curiosity as to what might happen next. Knowing too much takes away from the anticipation about what might happen next. So, I'm just gonna be short and sweet about it by saying that it is a good film that had me confidently saying that had I been this fella, I would never have to work again because I would have sued the socks off of everybody.

This is a successful disaster film, dark tunnel, tense atmosphere, but the most desperate is the darkness of the human heart