"I am not trying to save you, but for the countless victims you can save in the future."
"Skyscraper" is a Korean 3D disaster action movie directed by Kim Ji-hoon, starring Xue Jingguo, Sun Yejin, Kim Sang-kyung and others. The film tells of a catastrophic fatal fire that occurred in a 108-story skyscraper in the center of Seoul on Christmas Eve. The film is divided into two lines, telling how people escape and the various human nature and injustices facing endangered disasters. The
film fictionalizes a two-tower giant building with 1,700 residents, Tower Sky. In the first 5 minutes of the movie, multiple shots were used to repeatedly render the environment inside and outside the skyscraper, which enhanced the tension of the movie.
As Christmas Eve is approaching, President Park arranged a dinner and prepared a surprise for everyone as a Christmas gift. The staff of various departments are busy, a careless chef is peeling the onions in the back kitchen, but he did not notice that the oil pan behind him was on fire. Although the
fire was quickly extinguished, Taeho, as the leader of the property management team, questioned the automatic sprinkler system in the restaurant. At this time, Taeho's daughter came to the skyscraper after school to investigate the automatic sprinkler system. Dahao can only temporarily entrust his daughter to Yun Hee, his crush.
After investigation, Tae-ho discovered that the water pipe leading to the outside was frozen, causing no water in the sprinklers on floors 60 to 80. Tae-ho immediately reported the situation to the head of the office and hoped to increase the number of fire extinguishers.
but the head of the room disagrees. Because the airflow at the top of the building was too strong, the scheduled helicopter show at night would be cancelled. President Park was furious after hearing this, and immediately dialed the phone of the director of Seoul, bluntly saying that tonight's plan must be held as scheduled. So the helicopter carried out artificial snowfall over the skyscraper. However,
was halfway through. A helicopter was affected by the updraft and lost control. It hit a skyscraper on the side and exploded. There was a mess at the dinner party, and everyone began to flee frantically.
is a disaster movie, but the director set the background of the story as Christmas Eve, and deliberately chose to release it on Christmas Day, December 25, 2012, also to contrast with the peaceful holiday atmosphere. The
film has two main lines, one is Taeho saving his daughter, and the other is Jiang Yingji's saving. After Captain Jiang deployed the rescue plan, he rushed into the fire and ran into Tae Ho, who had come to rescue his daughter. Kang Young Ki was moved by Tae Ho’s father’s love and handed him the walkie-talkie and told him wherever he was. Fire officers and soldiers will rescue him.
At this time, the two main lines of the movie began to intersect. When Jiang Yingji decided to ignite the blasting device himself and died under the collapsed building, as he strode towards the reservoir, Taeho and the firefighters couldn't help crying. Before igniting the device, Captain Jiang gave his wife a voice message "Wife, I'm sorry, thank you, I love you." After confirming that everyone had escaped safely from the blasting area, he activated the explosives. The image of firefighter created by director
in the movie reveals the existence of goodness in human nature and softens the theme of the whole story.
"Skyscrapers" created a closed extreme environment. An accident turned the closed building into a special space for revealing humanity.
When the helicopter crashed into the building, people rushed to the elevator to maintain order and security to keep everyone from squeezing. The next second they pulled the cleaning aunt in the elevator out and ran in by themselves; when crossing the glass plank road, the room In order to survive, he ran up the plank road regardless of obstruction, and pushed aside the pregnant woman, but fell down with the broken plank road.
The domineering lady, the lofty President Park, the pregnant woman who helps others in times of crisis, the cleaning aunt who works for her son, the chef who never abandons her partner, the old man who encourages each other...
For the portrayal of group portraits, the good and evil of human nature are infinitely magnified. When disaster strikes, people naturally show animality, and the order of maintaining the entire building appears fragile. The
film is mixed with the ugliness and despicability of the privileged class. In the face of disasters, politicians have divided a chain of contempt for rescuers by class. In the temporary rescue center set up by
, the senior official as the commander-in-chief in interviews with reporters kept saying "No more innocent lives will be harmed."
, but secretly has a priority rescue list. Before the disaster, the heart of the fire chief's politician was exposed.
Fire chief Jiang Yingji, who was supposed to be on vacation, led the team resolutely after receiving the call. The chief of the fire department advocated saving people near the fire, but the director said: "Do you think this is a nearby residential building? This is Tower. Sky! The upper class should be rescued first, right?"
The good and evil of human nature is always the highlight of disaster films, but the setting of this film is more ironic.
In order to prevent the building from being completely destroyed, President Park decided to separate the building with a firewall. This meant that the crowd in the tall building had no exits, but the firefighters still suppressed the fire, and the captain was ordered by the leadership. Immediately rescue the congressman and a rich and noble man.
, but when the captain appeared in the place where they were trapped, they discovered that there was no fire, only heavy smoke. Even the captain took too much time in rescuing the people, and was reprimanded by the councillors.
The class collision between the civilians and the powerful, the antagonism between the classes, and the pungent satire of the national government have become part of Korean movies.
As a commercial film with an investment of more than ten billion won, "Skyscraper" shows the standard of the Korean film industry. The special effects of
are realistic and the scene is magnificent. The film uses a combination of live shooting and CG technology to create a 108-story skyscraper, showing disaster scenes such as fires and blasting, creating a visual spectacle. At the same time, the director praised in this film The bravery and fearlessness of the fire fighters also discussed the two grand propositions of love and family.
