Project Silence is an upcoming Korean movie starring the late Lee Sun-Kyun in the lead role. The story revolves around a series of collisions between vehicles in dense fog over a collapsing bridge. While fighting for survival, people also face mysterious and dangerous creatures.
Also titled Escape: Project Silence, the action-thriller film also stars Ju Ji-Hoon, Kim Hee-Won, Kim Tae-Woo, and Park Ju-Hyun in pivotal roles. The official synopsis reads, “A disaster movie that tells about people who are isolated on the airport bridge just before collapse in an indistinguishable thick fog, struggling to survive the unexpected threats lurking in it.”
Project Silence Korean movie: When is the release date?
Escape: Project Silence movie will hit theaters on Friday, July 12, 2024, in South Korea. Although the theatrical release is dated this year, the film was completed last year. It first premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival’s Midnight Screening segment on May 21, 2023.
With a run time of one hour and forty-one minutes, the upcoming movie is a CJ ENM project produced by Kim Yong-Hwa.
Project Silence Korean movie: What is it about?
The Korean movie Project Silence is a disaster drama about people dealing with dangerous creatures on a collapsing bridge. The story begins with an airport bridge that is on the verge of collapsing. Due to dense fog, the situation gets worse. A series of collisions and vehicle crashes, including an explosion, add pressure to the collapsing bridge.
While the survivors try to figure out the solution, a vehicle carrying Project Silence’s military experimental dogs crashes. The creatures are released, adding more to the chaotic situation. The survivors become the dogs’ target.
On Monday, July 8, 2024, Director Kim Tae-Gon explained the vision behind the story in a press conference. He said, “I seem to ask a lot of questions about how to make the audience’s heart pound when strange elements are involved in an everyday space.” He added, “While the first half of the story unfolds explanatorily, the second half unfolds with a sense of urgency. I thought the audience needed time to become immersed. I hoped that the audience would sympathize with their desire to escape at the end.”
Project Silence Korean movie: Who is in the cast?
The new Korean movie, Project Silence, stars the late Lee Sun-Kyun in the lead role. He plays Cha Jung-Won, a security officer administrator trapped on the bridge with his family. Director Tae-Gon remembered the actor at the recent press conference, where he and a few cast members arrived for the movie promotion.
He said, “I think it would have been nice if Sun-Kyun was here. From the time I was preparing the movie, I needed to have an understanding of the equipment and space that take place on the bridge as well as on set. Sun-Kyun Hyung [brother] and I discussed a lot of the parts that I had missed, such as the movement path and the character’s emotions.”
Meanwhile, the film cast also includes:
- Ju Ji-Hoon as tow truck driver Joe Park
- Kim Hee-Won as Project Silence Head Researcher Doctor Yang
- Moon Sung-Keun as Byeong-Hak
- Ye Soo-Jung as Soon-Ok
- Park Hee-Von as Mi-Ran
- Park Ju-Hyun as Yoo-Ra
- Kim Tae-Woo as Jung Hyun-Baek
- Kim Su-An as Cha Kyung-Min
- Ha Do-Kwon as Captain Kang
The disaster survival thriller movie promises to have an incredible storyline and breathtaking visuals. It has also grabbed attention because of Sun-Kyun, who was a popular South Korean actor. Some of his well-known projects include the Oscar-winning film Parasite and K-dramas like Coffee Prince and My Mister. He passed away on December 27, 2023.
