Pandora

Jae-Hyeok (Kim Nam-Gil) lives with his mother (Kim Young-Ae), his sister-in-law (Moon Jeong-Hee) and nephew Min-Jae (Bae Gang-Yoo) in a small Korean town. He is dating Yeon-Joo (Kim Joo-Hyun), while working at the local nuclear power plant.

Meanwhile, Pyung-Sub (Jung Jin-Young) works at the same nuclear power plant. He is worried about conditions there, but nobody in the government listens to him.

An earthquake strikes the small town where Jae-Hyeok lives and causes explosions at the nuclear power plant. The situation quickly spirals out of control, leading the entire nation to panic.

To prevent another nuclear disaster, Jae-Hyeok and his co-workers return to the nuclear power plant.

Korean Name: 판도라
Episodes: 136 min

Does this movie have a Happy Ending?

Notes

This is a disaster movie. Those are hard to categorize in the way of happy endings. In a way it is one, because the biggest disaster is avoided but it also is not. The main lead had to sacrifice himself for it, leave his family behind and the area around the plant is now polluted and nobody can live there anymore. So to me it’s not a happy ending. And the whole movie is pretty emotional, especially the last half hour. Get your tissues ready. Kim Nam Gil is nailing his part, as always!