Overview
- The zombie thriller premiered in Cannes’ Midnight Screenings on Friday and drew a multi‑minute standing ovation, with one report clocking roughly seven minutes.
- Critics at outlets like TheWrap, The Playlist and Little White Lies describe an inventive hive‑mind conceit and strong set pieces but say the characters feel thin and the story overexplains, while JoBlo offers a more upbeat take.
- Set in a quarantined high‑rise after a biotech conference outbreak, the film recasts the infected as a networked intelligence, a choice Yeon links to fears about AI and high‑speed communication eroding individuality.
- Yeon used teams of professional dancers to play the infected, favoring practical choreography over CGI to give the group attacks a coordinated, tactile look.
- Distribution is set, with a South Korea opening on May 21 and a limited North American release on August 28 via Well Go USA, following pre‑festival sales into major territories.