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Ashfall
백두산
2019 128 min South Korea 18+
★6.7
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Director: Kim Byung-seo, Lee Hae-jun
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Description
A group of unlikely heroes from across the Korean peninsula try to save the day after a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.
Budget:
$17.7M
US Gross:
$372,562
Worldwide:
$61.32M
Starring
Lee Byung-hun
Actor
Ha Jung-woo
Actor
Jeon Hye-jin
Actor
Awards
Asian Film Academy 2020
— Best Visual Effects
Asian Film Academy 2020
— Best Sound
Key opinion
Ashfall is a big-budget disaster film that effectively mirrors the spectacle and tropes of Hollywood blockbusters. While it offers a highly entertaining mix of action, humor, and high-stakes drama, it faces significant criticism for its scientific inaccuracies, thin logic, and overloaded narrative.
| Production | The film features high-quality CGI and technical production that successfully competes with international blockbuster standards. | |
| Acting | The lead actors, particularly Lee Byung-hun, deliver compelling performances that elevate the material. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative oscillates between comedic levity and intense disaster-movie seriousness, which some find engaging and others find tonally jarring. | |
| Screenplay | The plot relies heavily on derivative Hollywood disaster clichés and lacks scientific or logical credibility. |