Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Korean
- Country
- South Korea
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Korean — subtitles on.
The story
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
- daughter
- pollution
- monster
- river
- bravery
- sewerage
- formaldehyde
- snack bar
- archer
- family
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ko Asung — Park Hyun-seo
- Oh Dal-su — The Monster (voice)
- Lee Jae-eung — Se-jin
- Lee Dong-ho — Se-joo
- Yoon Je-moon — Homeless Man
- Yim Pil-sung — Fat Guevara
- Kim Roi-ha — Yellow Suit at Funeral
- Koh Soo-hee — Hostage nurse
- Kim Hak-sun — Civilian Military Kim
- Scott Wilson — Douglas
- Brian Rhee — Young Korean Doctor
- Directed
- Bong Joon Ho
- Written
- Bong Joon Ho, Baek Chul-hyun, Hah Jun-won
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 3,207 ratings
- Studio
- Chungeorahm Film, Showbox
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