Ashfall (film)

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Ashfall
File:Ashfall Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lee Hae-jun
Kim Byung-seo
Produced by Lee Hae-jun
Kim Byung-seo
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Production
company
Dexter Studios
CJ E&M
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release dates
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  • 19 December 2019 (2019-12-19) (South Korea)
Running time
 128 minutes[1]
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget US$17.7 million[2][3]
Box office $61.3 million[4]

Ashfall (Hangul: 백두산; hanja: 白頭山; RR: Baekdusan), also known as: Mount Paektu, is a 2019 South Korean disaster film directed by Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byung-seo, starring Lee Byung-hun, Ha Jung-woo, Ma Dong-seok, Jeon Hye-jin and Bae Suzy. The film was released in December 2019 in South Korea.[5][6]

Plot

Paektu Mountain, an active volcano straddling the China–North Korea border, suddenly erupts, causing severe earthquakes in both North and South Korea. Pandemonium ensues on the Korean peninsula, with more eruptions predicted in the area. To prevent another disaster, Jeon Yoo-kyung (Jeon Hye-jin) plans an operation based on a theory by Professor Kang Bong-rae (Ma Dong-seok), who had studied Mount Baekdu and its possible future eruptions.

Jo In-chang (Ha Jung-woo) is assigned to be the captain of a special forces team taking part in the operation. Jo In-chang contacts Lee Joon-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun) who is part of the Korean People's Army in North Korea as a spy. Meanwhile, Jo In-Chang's pregnant wife Choi Ji-young (Bae Suzy) is alone in Seoul and struggling to survive amidst the disaster.

In-Chang departs with his team on a plane, and they parachute after their airplane malfunctions. They locate Joon-pyeong, who was being held in a North Korean prison, and seek his knowledge in finding the correct mine closest to Paektu's caldera. After threatening his dying wife to disclose the location of his daughter, Joon-pyeong guides In-chang's team to a power station, and they extract a piece of uranium from a nuclear missile. This alerts the American garrison in South Korea, which sends soldiers to stop Joon-pyeong from delivering the uranium piece to several gangsters from China.

In-chang and Joon-pyeong evade the Americans and reach Bocheon, a town near Paektu Mountain. Joon-pyeong meets his frightened daughter, and just as the Chinese gangsters almost kill him for failing to deliver the uranium, In-chang gives the uranium, but sets its timer to coincide with Paektu's eruption. Although the American soldiers also arrive to take the uranium, they and the Chinese gangsters flee when Mt. Baekdu erupts again, triggering more earthquakes. In-chang and Joon-pyeong bring the uranium to a mine. Joon-pyeong takes the bomb into the mine's depths, leaving In-chang to go with Joon-pyeong's daughter, whom he adopts. The uranium bomb explodes and stops the earthquakes, saving many lives.

One year later, North and South Korea together oversee the reconstruction of the peninsula. In-chang and Ji-young have a baby son.

Cast

Cameo

Production

Production on Ashfall ended on 21 July after five months of filming.

Release

The film was released 19 December 2019 in South Korea. Internationally, it was released on 20 December in the United States, 24 December in Taiwan, 1 January 2020 in Hong Kong, 2 January in Singapore and Malaysia, 8 January in Indonesia, the day after in Thailand and Australia, and 31 January in Vietnam.[16]

Reception

Critical response

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Box office

On 22 December at 11 a.m. KST, "Ashfall" officially surpassed 2 million moviegoers, taking just four days to reach the milestone. Notably, the film had just reached 1 million moviegoers just the day before.[18][19][20]

Accolades

At the 56th Grand Bell Awards, the movie earned 4 nominations and won 2 awards.[21][22]

Awards Category Recipients Result Ref.
56th Grand Bell Awards Best Actor Lee Byung-hun Won [22]
Technical Award(Visual Effects) Andras Ikladi Won
Best Music Bang Jun-Seok Nominated
Best Lighting Cho Kyu-young Nominated

References

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