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Variety by Maggie Lee
The story flatlines as the crisis escalates, falling prey to pedestrian human drama and improbable conspiracy subplots.
The Flu (감기)
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- South Korea
- 2013
- · 122m
Director
Kim Sung-soo
Cast
Jang Hyuk,
Soo Ae,
MinAh Park,
Yoo Hae-jin,
Ma Dong-seok,
Lee Hee-joon
Genre
Action,
Drama
A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.
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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
The romance may be risible, but the scenes of mass panic and political desperation are slickly disturbing.
40
Time Out London
Director Sung-su Kim doesn’t spend long explaining how the heck this ravenous form of avian flu has come about, concentrating instead on the chaos as the epidemic spirals out of control.
40
Total Film by James Mottram
The result? Not so much "World War Z" as World War Zzzz.
40
The Guardian
Coughs and sneezes do indeed spread diseases in this amusingly feverish thriller, a Korean attempt to take back some of those lurgies let loose by Soderbergh's colder-blooded "Contagion."
40
The Guardian by Mike McCahill
Coughs and sneezes do indeed spread diseases in this amusingly feverish thriller, a Korean attempt to take back some of those lurgies let loose by Soderbergh's colder-blooded "Contagion."
40
Time Out London by Alex Plim
Director Sung-su Kim doesn’t spend long explaining how the heck this ravenous form of avian flu has come about, concentrating instead on the chaos as the epidemic spirals out of control.
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