Emergency Declaration
Official release poster
Hangul
비상선언
Hanja
非常宣言
Revised RomanizationBisang Seoneon
Directed byHan Jae-rim
Screenplay byHan Jae-rim
Produced by
  • Han Jae-rim
  • Baek Chang-joo
  • Eum Zoo-young
Starring
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
  • Park Jong-Chul
Edited by
  • Kim Woo-Hyun
  • Lee Kang-il
  • Han Jae-rim
Music byLee Byung-woo
Production
companies
  • Wooju Film Co., Ltd.
  • Showbox Co., Ltd.
Distributed byShowbox
Release dates
  • July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16) (Cannes)
  • August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03) (South Korea)
Running time
147 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩26 billion[1]
Box officeUS$21.4 million[2][3]

Emergency Declaration (Korean: 비상선언; Hanja: 非常宣言 Bisang Seoneon) is a 2021 South Korean disaster action thriller film written and directed by Han Jae-rim. It starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Im Si-wan, Kim So-jin and Park Hae-joon.[4][5] Filming restarted on September 12, 2020, after a postponement due to the COVID-19 resurgence in August 2020.[6] The film was wrapped up on October 24, 2020.[7]

The film premiered out of competition at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 16, 2021[8] before being released theatrically in South Korea on August 3, 2022.[9] It was screened in various formats, including on a 4DX screen combining 4DX and ScreenX in addition to IMAX.[10][11]

Produced with a cost of ₩26 billion (US$22.73 million), the film opened in first place at the South Korean box office and surpassed two million admissions in 18 days.[12] It is the 8th highest-grossing Korean film of 2022.[3]

Synopsis

An aircraft is forced to declare an emergency when an unprecedented terror occurs in flight.

Cast

Production

On August 29, 2019, Showbox confirmed that Song Kang-ho and Lee Byung-hun have agreed to appear in director Han Jae-rim's next film Emergency Declaration.[22] On 30 March 2020, it was reported that the film has been put on hold due to the outbreak of COVID-19.[23] In May 2020, the cast of the film was finalized as Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Yim Si-wan, Kim So-jin and Park Hae-joon. Filming began in the same month.[24]

The airplane set was made by airlifting the entire waste plane from the United States. The motif of the early model of the Boeing 777, was used to create a set. With the help of a gimbal with a diameter of 7 meters and a length of 12 meters, it was made to rotate at 360-degree rotation.[25][26]

On 31 August 2020, the distributors of the film Showbox informed us that filming was stopped due to the resurgence of COVID-19.[27] The filming restarted on September 12, 2020, and was wrapped up on October 24, 2020. The director on wrap up said, "As a producer and a director, I am very satisfied with the fact that everyone finished shooting well."[28] On post production, the director Han Jae-rim said about the filming and performance, "The set is also a set, but the part to watch out for in the airplane scene is the outstanding performance of the actors. This is what I really want to show off" [29]

Release

Emergency Declaration has been invited to the out of competition section of the 74th Cannes Film Festival to be held from 6 to 17 July 2021.[30][8][31]

It had its world premiere on July 16, at the Cannes Film Festival.[32] It was slated to release theatrically in January 2022,[33] but due to a new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic its release was delayed.[34] It was finally released theatrically in South Korea on August 3, 2022[9] and also in the United States on August 12, 2022.[35] The film was released in Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Malaysia on August 4, and has been invited to the Orbita section, the competition section at the 55th Sitges Film Festival to be held from October 6 to October 16, 2022.[36]

Home media

The film will be released on Coupang Play on September 7, 2022.[37]

Reception

Box office

The film was released on August 3 on 1776 screens.[38] It opened at number 1 place on the Korean box office with 336,751 viewers.[39][40] It logged one million viewers on fourth day of its release after topping the box office for two days.[41] It took 18 days for the film to surpass 2 million viewers.[12]

As of September 26, 2022, it is the 8th highest-grossing Korean film of 2022 with a gross of US$14.7 million and 2.1 million admissions according to the Korean Film Council.[3] With a production cost of about ₩30 million, the film required about 5.2 million (South Korean) admissions to cross the break-even point.[42] At the end of August, the film was sold for ₩13 billion and released exclusively on Coupang Play. By skipping VOD service, the film was able to recover its production costs thanks to the down payment.[43]

Critical response

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 64% approval rating, based on 33 reviews with an average rating of 5.5/10.[44]

Im Soo-yeon of Cine21, stated that the film "resembles director Bong Joon-ho's Monster rather than a Hollywood movie about hijacking or aviation disasters". Concluding, Im wrote, "This is a new film from director Han Jae-rim, who directed Contemplation and The King."[45] Lee Marshall reviewing the film for Screen Daily was critical of the timing of the film. He appreciated the car chase sequence filmed through the windscreen of vehicle in pursuit. Concluding Lee wrote, ".... but the film remains as a series of sketches that are all but erased by the film’s trite and inauthentic ending."[46] Peter Debruge of Variety appreciating the film wrote, "From a storytelling perspective, seeing what Han can do with the interior of a plane — and a whole lot of CGI — is downright inspirational."[47] Jared Mobarak writing in The Film Stage graded the film as B- and wrote, "The plane is in danger. It can't land until a plan to alleviate that danger is made on the ground. Everything that occurs reinforces those two truths. Even so, it's never boring."[48] Laura Sirikul of The Nerds of Color rated the film 3.5/5 and praised, the production design, cinematography, and CGI on the plane interior as "incredible". Sirikul stated, "The film was filled with so many twists and turns that you don’t really notice the long duration. It also amps up the anxiety and stakes by adding more and more surprises."[49]

Therese Lacson writing in Collider graded the film as C+ and wrote, "With so much holding it down, it feels impossible for Emergency Declaration to take flight, and it lives in the shadow of disaster films that capitalize on the hallmarks of its genre, rather than trying to do too much at the same time."[50]

Accolades

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Asian Film Awards 2023 Best Supporting Actor Im Si-wan Nominated [51][52]
Best Supporting Actress Kim So-jin Won
Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 Best Supporting Actor – Film Im Si-wan Nominated [53][54]
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 Best Actor Lee Byung-hun Nominated [55]
Best Director Han Jae-rim Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Im Si-wan Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim So-jin Nominated
Technical Award Ryu Young-jae, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Hong Jeong-ho Nominated
Buil Film Awards 2022 Best Supporting Actor Im Si-wan Won [56]
Best Actress Jeon Do-yeon Nominated [57]
Best Film Emergency Declaration Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kim So-jin Nominated
Grand Bell Awards 2022 Best Actor Lee Byung-hun Nominated [58][59]
Best Art Direction Lee Mok-won Nominated
Best Cinematography Lee Mo-gae, Park Jong-Chul Nominated
Best Film Editing Kim Woo-hyun, Lee Kang-il Nominated
Best Lighting Lee Seong-hwan Nominated
Best Music Lee Byung-woo, Ji Ji-hoon Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Im Si-wan Nominated
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2022 Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seung Emergency Declaration Won [60]
Korean Film Producers Association Award Best Supporting Actor Im Si-wan Won [61]
London Asian Film Festival Buldak Rising Star Award Won [62]

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