Synopsis Of Emergency Declaration Film, Tension Without Rest In The Korean Sky

Film Emergency Declaration

JAKARTA - The film Emergency Declaration is screened in Indonesian cinemas. The almost endless tension plus elements of melodrama colored almost 2.5 hours of scenes from the Ginseng Country film "Emergency Declaration" or "Bisang seoneon" by director Han Jae-rim which officially premiered in Indonesian cinemas on August 16, 2021.

One of these tensions was created by an innocent-looking antagonist named Jin-seok, played by actor Im Siwan. This biochemist who speaks fluent English looks neat and dapper in a suit.

He has a smile and an expression that can invite people to misunderstand him. His figure also has a disposition that tends to be calm but sharp-tongued. Scenes like the Incheon International Airport, South Korea, are proof of that.

Jin-seok has a grudge and plans an attack on plane KI501 bound for Honlulu, Hawaii that endangers more than a hundred passengers including Jae-hyeok (Lee Byung-hun).

Siwan, who is a member of the K-pop idol group ZE:A through an interview with the media in South Korea, claimed to have the freedom to act and create his narrative as the character Jin-seok. In order to get deeper into the character, he tries to find out Jin-seok's emotions and reasons for acting evil. Jin-seok's solo attack involves a deadly virus, just like the conditions that the world's population has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly three years. The suspense in the story continues even after Jin-seok gets into the trouble he expects to happen. How to run from this problem?

"You think I'm on this plane planning to live?" That's what he said in the film, intending to ridicule the frightened passengers, quoted from ANTARA.

Co-pilot Hyeon-soo (Kim Nam-gil) and cabin crew Hae-jin (Kim So-jin) and Seol In-ah must struggle to calm the frightened passengers. In the midst of this effort, one by one the passengers showed symptoms of pain in the form of red skin such as eczema and coughing up blood.

The condition of the plane, threats from outside the plane to the seconds of landing also add to the tension during watching.

On the ground, In-ho (Song Kang-ho), a veteran police detective, works with the South Korean government and team to prevent a terrorist attack. In the end, he became the key figure to overcome the problem even though he had to sacrifice himself.

There was hardly any time to breathe a sigh of relief while watching the film, which received a special screening at the Cannes Film Festival last year. Release one tension, another tension will be present.

Director Han Jae-rim also stirred the audience's emotions, including when Hyeon-soo was in critical condition and the story of his friendship with Jae-hyuk, a former pilot who had aviaphobia, was revealed.

Questions around whether the plane can land at its destination and whether all passengers are safe, including those infected with the virus will be raised and answered over time.

The audience may be furious to see the government's response and the dilemmatic choice in dealing with aviation disasters because of just one person. Perhaps it will come to mind, did the Indonesian government have a similar response when faced with a similar situation in the real world?

In general, the audience doesn't have to try hard to understand the whole story because the plot is made very clear so it tends to be predictable. The element of sadism is indeed present in several scenes, enough to make the audience shudder. Moreover, this scene was performed by Im Siwan, who previously participated in a number of films and television dramas, including "The Mercilles" (2017), "Strangers From Hell" (2019) and "Misaeng" (2013).