'Great Flood' brings underwater survival thriller to Netflix

As a catastrophic flood submerges the world, a handful of survivors struggle for life inside a waterlogged apartment, setting the stage for a new kind of disaster thriller from director Kim Byung-woo. The director described his upcoming Netflix film "The Great Flood" as a hybrid of the disaster genre and sci-fi, which he believes will appeal to fans of both. "Personally, I hope that viewers will remember it as a mysterious and lovely movie," Kim said Tuesday during a press conference for the movie. Set on what might be the final day of a world devastated by catastrophic flooding, the story centers on a desperate fight for survival inside a submerged apartment building. Kim Da-mi stars as An-na, an artificial intelligence development researcher fighting to stay alive as waters rise. Opposite Kim is Park Hae-soo as Hee-jo, a member of the security team at her research institute who becomes her unlikely partner in this watery nightmare. Regarding the setting of a flood, the director explained that the dual role of water as a life-giving force and an agent of destruction gave the plot uniqueWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times