Lee Jung-soo is driving home with his daughter's birthday cake. He's driving through a tunnel when it collapses on top of him. His wife Se-hyun is desperate in the outside world. Dae-kyoung leads the effort to rescue him. Jung-soo finds fellow survivor Mina and her little dog.
I was expecting Daylight for some reason and it bothered me that he didn't seem to be trying to dig himself out for a long time. Then he finds Mina and her little dog. It's when he's struggling with the water that I fully committed to the movie. This is not a hero. It helps to have the great Bae Doo-na as the desperate wife. She does the heavy emotional lifting. I could do without the happy ending and a sadder rescue with only the dog would be more compelling. He marks the days on the wall which could show that he almost made it out. That would be the sad ending that this movie deserves.
I was expecting Daylight for some reason and it bothered me that he didn't seem to be trying to dig himself out for a long time. Then he finds Mina and her little dog. It's when he's struggling with the water that I fully committed to the movie. This is not a hero. It helps to have the great Bae Doo-na as the desperate wife. She does the heavy emotional lifting. I could do without the happy ending and a sadder rescue with only the dog would be more compelling. He marks the days on the wall which could show that he almost made it out. That would be the sad ending that this movie deserves.