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The Terror Live (2013)

The Terror Live poster
Original title
더 테러 라이브
Directed by
Kim Byung-woo
Genre
detective film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
T
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 281 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An ambitious news anchorman takes over the live broadcast of a terrorist attack after a bridge explodes. He must navigate the crisis from inside his radio booth while trying to manage the situation and his career.

tenseclaustrophobicurgentsuspensefulhigh-stakesstrategicimmediateunsettling

What happens

The Terror Live (Korean: 더 테러 라이브) is a 2013 South Korean action-thriller film written and directed by Kim Byung-woo. It stars Ha Jung-woo as an ambitious news anchorman who monopolizes the live broadcast of a terrorist attack following the explosion of Mapo Bridge on the Han River, as the story unfolds within the narrow confines of a radio booth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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