The Face Reader and The King director Han Jae-rim will finally have his day this August with theatrical and IMAX releases of his new high-altitude thriller, Emergency Declaration. The film firstly bowed at Cannes last year and efforts to settle on release dates that summer were further extinguished by new variants of the coronavirus which delayed its release plans into the new year at the time.
AN AIRCRAFT IS FORCED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WHEN AN UNPRECEDENTED TERROR OCCURS INFLIGHT
Veteran chief police detective In-ho (SONG Kang-ho) receives a tip about a man threatening a terrorist attack against a plane. While investigating, he discovers that the suspect has actually boarded flight no. KI501. Despite his phobia of flying, Jae-hyuk (LEE Byung-hun) decides to go to Hawaii for the sake for his daughter’s health. At the airport, he is distracted by a strange man who hangs around, speaking to them in a menacing way. Flight no. KI501 departs Incheon Airport for Hawaii, but soon afterwards a man dies for mysterious reasons. Fear and chaos spread quickly, not only inside the plane, but also on land. Hearing this news, Transport Minister Sook-hee (JEON Do-yeon) sets up a counterterrorism task force and calls an emergency meeting in order to find a way to land the airplane.
Emergency Declaration has also been acquired by Well Go USA as of last November. The film stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Park Hae-joon and Kim Nam-gil, with Im Si-wan and Kim So-jin also starring.
