Asian Movies - Sector 7

Sector 7. Just by hearing the name you would think it's probably some action pumped movie about guys running around with guns trying to off each other. Well, you'd be wrong. This is the first Korean movie I've watched that is about an oil platform in the middle of nowhere and some serious problems. Interesting how the danger attached to the oil rig's drilling was a bunch of cute glowing fish. Maybe because they looked like they weren't a threat. Who knew searching for oil could be fun as well, at least until things started to go wrong. The human factor always makes a mess of things, one way or the other, mostly because of greed. It's sad how, without fail, every time innocent people get hurt because of the mistakes of others. Hae Jun's disappointment in her uncle was something to be expected, but it still caught me by surprise. The monster he created was his own undoing. Regarding that monster, it kinda reminded of those from Doom, looked pretty similar. Guess they were lacking in imagination when they were creating this one.

All in all this is a pretty good movie. It has its ups and downs like any other movie. Drama, action, comedy and horror are all intertwined. There is always something going on, not too many dull moments, which is a positive thing. The actors did their jobs rather well and so did the CG team.

Plot

A small team of oil rig workers are searching for undiscovered oil at the oil rig Sector 7, off the coast of Jeju Island. After the tension builds from countless failures, the main character Hae Jun's uncle returns with the hope of finding the untapped wells of oil. What they don't realize is that he has a much different motive. Working together with a researcher on board the rig, he plans to breed a newly discovered life-form whose bodily fluids can burn for longer than 30 hours, as a new form of fuel instead of oil.

But tragedy strikes as the specimen escapes with deaths of the researcher, the doctor, and another worker to follow. With the loss of the main power, the workers become stranded as the creature begins to hunt for its next meal. Armed with nothing but a few guns and the knowledge of the creature's minor susceptibility to flame, the remaining workers must work together to kill the beast before it hunts them down one by one, and escape the oil rig. But with its incredible speed (despite its size), its lightning fast, spear-like tongue, and its nearly impenetrable hide, they may not stand a chance.

Director: Kim Ji-hun
Screenplay: Yoon Je-kyoon
Release Date: August 4, 2011 (South Korea)
Running Time: 104 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean