A newsman discovers he's been rigged with a bomb after he has an exclusive interview with a terrorist who blew up a bridge.
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Title: The Terror Live (2013)
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Won-Jin Ahn | ... | (Juvenile) |
| Duk-moon Choi | ... | Secretary Kim Sang-Mo (voice) (as Duek-mun Choi) | |
| Lee Da-wit | ... | Park Shin-Woo | |
| Jung-woo Ha | ... | Yeong-hwa Yoon | |
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Sung-chun Han | ... | Radio Producer |
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Han Soo Hyun | ... | Radio PD |
| Hye-jin Jeon | ... | Park Jung-Min | |
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Choi Jin-ho | ... | Lee Sang-Jin |
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Jin-ah Kang | ... | Newsroom writer |
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Hae-in Kim | ... | No Hyoun-Jin |
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Hong-pa Kim | ... | Police commissioner (as Hong-Fa Kim) |
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So-jin Kim | ... | Lee Ji-Soo (as Kim So-Jin) |
| Kyeong-Yeong Lee | ... | Cha Dae-eun | |
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Young-hwa Yoon, once a top, national news anchor, gets demoted to radio news. One day, a call comes in during his radio show threatening to blow up Mapo Bridge. While it is brushed off as a prank call, the bridge ends up getting blown to pieces just 10 minutes later. To get his career back on track, Yoon tries to grab an exclusive live broadcast. The terrorist demands a hefty sum in exchange and the exclusive gets aired. The terrorist reveals he is one of the construction workers of Mapo Bridge and demands the President's apology for his coworkers who died on the job. However, the government dismisses the demands, and the terrorist strikes again. While efforts to convince both the government and the terrorist go awry, Yoon realizes there is a bomb rigged on him and falls in sheer terror. Written by Studio
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Yeong-hwa Yoon: You were going to kill them anyway! Son of a... You're sorry? How can you say that?
Park Shin-Woo: I started this just to hear those two words. I said to come quick because it'll collapse. I agreed to the rescue! But where is he? It's out of my hands now.
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Park Shin-Woo: I'm sorry.Yeong-hwa Yoon: You were going to kill them anyway! Son of a... You're sorry? How can you say that?
Park Shin-Woo: I started this just to hear those two words. I said to come quick because it'll collapse. I agreed to the rescue! But where is he? It's out of my hands now.
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Country:
South KoreaLanguage:
KoreanRelease Date:
31 July 2013 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
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The Terror Live is a very tight thriller in the best Korean tradition. It follows a former successful TV news anchor Yoon who has been demoted to a radio host. One day an upset caller threatens to blow up a bridge only to be dismissed, needless to say it was no mere idle threat and in a matter of seconds after the call is over a bridge does did explode.Thus begins a tense back and forth between Yoon and the terrorist while the nation watches in growing horror.
There are many good things going for this movie. The real time format never gives the viewer a break and the tension builds up to such a pitch as to be almost palpable. This comes across through the main's superb acting, the actor's voice and demeanor carry his distress as he scrambles for self-mastery in facing the cameras installed in his radio studio. What at first seemed like the chance of a lifetime as Yoon puts it, the perfect opportunity for going back to his television stardom, degenerates into a veritable nightmare on all fronts. Yoon pays greatly for his choice of exploiting the terrorist attack for his career.
It is interesting how The Terror Live focuses exclusively on domestic terror. The highly contentious neighbor country of North Korea is not even mentioned, the movie is firmly steeped in a South Korean reality through and through. The very premise of the media having such a swaying control fits well with South Korean society.
Strangely enough social media plays no part in this movie but it does feel very modern. The shooting style, with well thought out closeups to heighten intensity and almost exclusively centered on the studio, creates an atmosphere of claustrophobia.
This is a very Korean movie so one should expect a great blurring of the line between terrorism and highly corrupt authorities, there are no heroes here to speak of but the human element comes across through the haze of panic.
A few minor plot points keep this from reaching perfection but it is a remarkably well crafted movie and well worth watching. And it could happen in real life. Almost.