Random thoughts while watching the movie:
- Why the F did he honk 5 times? He could've stopped after the second one; Jeong Su already called them on the phone and said he heard a car's horn honking. Also, bringing a clumsy rookie with you when there's a life on the line... Pretty reckless.
- Lol, when the 안전한 ("safe") part of the sign fell down after the second collapse.
- I can somewhat understand why doesn't he turn off the phone (he can have an incoming call from Kim Dae Kyeong anytime), but I would at least turn on the battery saving mode and put the brightness level on the lowest.
- Literally after Mi Na said she wanted to make a call, Jeong Su started dialing. She didn't even say the number she wanted to call, lol.
- It's fine and all that they have a little to drink (and Jeong Su a little to eat), but where do they do their other... needs? Especially Mi Na. Jeong Su can somewhat easily get out of his car to pee/poo, but Mi Na has no options. [Okay, nevermind that. :'c]
- Jeong Su should've checked her pulse first when she didn't respond. That way he could've saved some more water.
- He could've been really bored (and stupid) to try the dog's collar on and even press the button. :'D
- Is his wife alright? She dares to threaten him (don't even try to deny it, Se Hyeon) when he's been isolated, seen a woman die, is dehydrated and starving for almost 3 weeks? WTF is wrong with her?!
- Driving through a tunnel right after his trauma? Man, I wouldn't wish anyone a wife like Se Hyeon.

The movie started out really good. I think it went a little downhill a bit after Mi Na died. They dragged this story on too long, so it became more and more unrealistic as the minutes passed. Realistic is Mi Na's part. You can't survive for more than a month basically alone, without any food, drink and major injuries in a collapsed tunnel - let alone when they blast two pack of TNTs near you. (Don't even get me started with the dog's survival skills.)

Still, it was pretty enjoyable. It kept me on edge several times, and the acting of Ha Jung Woo was amazing. And with all those cool effects and camerawork, it was even more realistic.
Like I mentioned, I would've liked it more if this was at least a little shorter, not dragging on the plot for 30+ days, but it was still a good movie. The ending was a bit abrupt, though.

**It's not just about survival...**

The title says it all. Then I read its synopsis and right away I knew how much should I expect from it. Because this might be a fresh attempt in the Korean film, at least for the first time I'm seeing in a Korean film, but not from the world cinema. Yeah, I have seen plenty, and I'd liked most of them. But this film was much, much better than it had been rated in the internet. The story, the main event starts without wasting any time. There's no initial developments like intros. When the thriller-adventure parts commences, reveals everything you have to know.

Just over 2 hours long, the story frequently switches back and forth to where a man got trapped in a collapsed tunnel road and the outside where people and rescue team gathered. Like any other similar themed film, it borrowed a handful of clichés, but still you can witness the effort for the avoidance. Like if you see something or someone's crucial part come into play, usually you would predict what might happen to it in the later part of the story. Since those are unavoidable, they simply skipped in the final act as it is understandable and not to waste developing them to some extent.

So a man is fighting for his survival after a disaster strikes. But he got a cell phone signal buried under a deep mountain that I could not get. Anyway, he does make know his state of condition to the outside world. Soon they all rally to get him out. This film is not entirely a serious episode, despite the theme was. A little bit of satire. If that's how the film was intended or not, at least I had a couple of good laughs. Kind of reminded me 'Peepli (Live)', about the media circus in such situation. But that is the truth, what todays media have become, because of competition among themselves.

> ❝Don't be weak and say you'll die, just live.❞

The trapped man has to make sure about food and water to survive till the rescue team reaches him down which could take a week or more. Yeah, they kind of mention the recent Chile event which was made into the film, 'The 33'. His portion of the story is like the combination of '127 Hours', 'Buried' and of course that Chilean film. There are lots of things happen, you could say twists and turns. Kind of too much at some point, the way they added more contents to it, but decently it all worked out.

Meanwhile, on the outside world, not lags behind. It has its own set of characters and its circumstance events. Lots of fun and also highlights wrongs. Particularly like I said, the media and how politicians make use of such incident for publicity. And the final one about the construction firms and their shoddy works for profits. They have dug on these topics, but did not go deeper, because to keep it lighter and entertaining film than all about awareness.

All the way an engaging narrative. Means a long film, but very swiftly told story. Visually, it was a well made film, like everything's looked natural and believable. You could not differentiate the CGI/green screen work and the real objects of those disaster parts. But not the technical details such as drilling or the hollow space where he stays alive. When the narration progresses, it gets even worse, like you would say how could that even possible or just they wanted it that way to end the tale.

A small part of the end kind of skips, but that's good for the film than dragging it for another half an hour. The casting was good, they all performed well, but my favourite was Oh Dal-su. As usual, I loved his part, one of the finest supporting characters in the world cinema. It's not a great film, but good, and acceptable as what it is. In the end feels like worth it. So I decided to suggest it for those who are interested, but could not decide whether to go for it or not, and for the Korean film fans outside the Korea.

_7.5/10_