Upgraded Korean Zombies, proceed with caution!
What started as a job hunting by Professor Kwon Sejeong turned into a survival of the fittest race when the biotechnology seminar that she attended is attacked with a bio-weapon. A former employee of the company holding the seminar, Seo Yeongcheol, had turned the whole building into a quarantined area when he injected a pathogen into the CEO, turning him into a zombie that started a chain of scrambling and biting of the rest of the building’s patrons. Amid the chaos, Prof Kwon with her ex husband and a number of people managed to hide inside a shop. A police detective who is holed up with them revealed that the rescue team will not attempt any pickup unless they bring the vaccine out, which turned out to be the sacked employee, Seo Yeongcheol.
Dangit, when i thought Korean zombie being as fit as Olympic athlete had been scary enough, they then decided to up their game by having them hyper zombies able to read each others mind like a colony of ants! That is like being monitored by thousands of CCTV wherever you go, cuz the zombies that can use computers, handphones and assault rifles are everywhere. How scary is that? Not only are they quick at adapting to their surroundings, they’re also being collectively controlled by the king ant, the zero patient who is very much a high-functioning human being. I am so glad this is only a movie, cuz a prolong 8-10episodes of survival game against such creatures wouldve been too much for me. 🫣
The FL isnt nimble, athletic or possesses any martial ability, but she is one helluva brilliant professor, being able to read and analyze how the zombies function hence providing enough intel for the group of survivors to outmaneouvre them. Our usually badass Ji Changwook is just a security guard here, no special skills or fancy martial moves but he is in total control of his knife when pushed close enough to the edge.
The main villain, Seo Yeongcheol is portrayed to have one pretty twisted mind, something he acquired from a life-long trauma of losing his father in his childhood and being rejected by his boss in his adulthood. He is insanely unhinged, ready to disregard humanity in the name of evolution to creating a better communicative world.
Usually in apocalypse-zombie shows, the authority roles are usually upright, honest and responsible. Well, it is a total opposite here in the show. The detective, the professors, the minister, the police force, are all devoid of humanity very much like the zombies, really, the only thing different between them and the infecteds is their still functioning brain. They have no qualm of leaving citizens behind to the infecteds, as long as they get a hold of the vaccine. Truly detestable, but I would think that is actually the reality if this ever comes true.
Honestly this is one of the pieces that i feel more fitting to be expanded into a miniseries, like 3-4 episodes like how The Tyrant was done. The story felt too abruptly end with just less than 2.5 hours under its belt. I’d really like to see more of Ji Changwook in action, really.
The music score is brilliant by the way. The eerie sound whenever the zombies are getting ‘synchronized’ is truly creepy. I really like when theyre ‘sync’ing with each other, totally giving off what-are-they-up-to-now kind of vibe. Made the hair at the back of my neck stand, by the way.
Dangit, when i thought Korean zombie being as fit as Olympic athlete had been scary enough, they then decided to up their game by having them hyper zombies able to read each others mind like a colony of ants! That is like being monitored by thousands of CCTV wherever you go, cuz the zombies that can use computers, handphones and assault rifles are everywhere. How scary is that? Not only are they quick at adapting to their surroundings, they’re also being collectively controlled by the king ant, the zero patient who is very much a high-functioning human being. I am so glad this is only a movie, cuz a prolong 8-10episodes of survival game against such creatures wouldve been too much for me. 🫣
The FL isnt nimble, athletic or possesses any martial ability, but she is one helluva brilliant professor, being able to read and analyze how the zombies function hence providing enough intel for the group of survivors to outmaneouvre them. Our usually badass Ji Changwook is just a security guard here, no special skills or fancy martial moves but he is in total control of his knife when pushed close enough to the edge.
The main villain, Seo Yeongcheol is portrayed to have one pretty twisted mind, something he acquired from a life-long trauma of losing his father in his childhood and being rejected by his boss in his adulthood. He is insanely unhinged, ready to disregard humanity in the name of evolution to creating a better communicative world.
Usually in apocalypse-zombie shows, the authority roles are usually upright, honest and responsible. Well, it is a total opposite here in the show. The detective, the professors, the minister, the police force, are all devoid of humanity very much like the zombies, really, the only thing different between them and the infecteds is their still functioning brain. They have no qualm of leaving citizens behind to the infecteds, as long as they get a hold of the vaccine. Truly detestable, but I would think that is actually the reality if this ever comes true.
Honestly this is one of the pieces that i feel more fitting to be expanded into a miniseries, like 3-4 episodes like how The Tyrant was done. The story felt too abruptly end with just less than 2.5 hours under its belt. I’d really like to see more of Ji Changwook in action, really.
The music score is brilliant by the way. The eerie sound whenever the zombies are getting ‘synchronized’ is truly creepy. I really like when theyre ‘sync’ing with each other, totally giving off what-are-they-up-to-now kind of vibe. Made the hair at the back of my neck stand, by the way.
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