lasttimeisaw Review of Exit

Exit (2019)

EXIT, the debut feature of Lee Sang-geun makes for another persuasive entrant to uphold South Korean cinema's high standard of hammering out worthwhile genre works

[7/10 · 28 March 2020]

"EXIT germinates from a boilerplate blueprint of a disaster movie, when one district of Seoul is shrouded by pestilent gas, released by a vengeful, disaffected scientist, the family of Yong-nam (Jo) happens to celebrate his mother Hyeon-ok's (Ko) 70th birthday in a restaurant there, a former rock climber, Yong-nam has to lead everyone to the roof top of the building before the rapidly ascending gas reaches them, so that they can be medevacked by rescuing helicopters. After a strenuous shinning endeavor, this mission is almost accomplished, save that Yong-nam chooses to stay with Eui-joo (Im), the waitress of the restaurant, also a rock climber, with whom he is infatuated and who has roundly turned down his courtship, when there isn't enough room for all the evacuees."

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