Haeundae Tidal Wave 720p Mkv
Cherly Fleitas
Hwi notices that the Sea of Japan (known as the East Sea in Korea) is displaying similar activity to what was observed in the Indian Ocean five years prior. Despite his warnings, the Disaster Prevention Agency assures him that South Korea is at no risk, but a large megatsunami forms because of a landslide near Japan and starts to travel towards Busan, where millions of beachgoers are vacationing. Hwi realizes that Busan residents have only 10 minutes to escape. A short earthquake (a minor aftershock) hits Busan before the sea starts receding from the shore, causing mass hysteria as people realize a tsunami is coming. Thousands run for their lives before the wave reaches Haeundae and continues into Busan. Dong-choon, Seung-hyun, his grandmother and others on the Gwangan Bridge are swept away by the sea. A telephone pole collapses, electrocuting everyone in the water, but Man-sik and Yeon-hee survive. Dong-choon awakens on the bridge, but when he tries and fails to light a cigarette and subsequently discards the lighter out of frustration, it falls into petrol leaking from a tanker, causing an explosion that severs the bridge in half, sending shipping containers flying into buildings on the shore.
In English-speaking countries, the film was released as Tidal Wave (an incorrect term as such types of waves are actually caused by gravitational influences, not displacement of water). In the United Kingdom, the DVD was released on October 12, 2009 from Entertainment One.[8]
i checked multiple times within the first five minutes alone that i didn't accidentally click on, like, "watch trailer" instead of "play movie" due to its immediately jarring editing, pacing, tonal shifts. giving it two stars because it at least becomes so-bad-it's-funny once the wave hits (it's a grueling journey getting there though).
I appreciate that a lot of time was spent setting up a connection to the characters. The more recent American disaster movies I've seen just seem to want to jump right into a bunch of CGI disaster effects and it ends up feeling less like an actual story and more like an effects reel. However, the story could have been a little less melodramatic and a bit more interesting but at least it had the effect of making the tidal wave event more thrilling.