Film Review – The Great Flood

“The Great Flood” has the initial appearance of a traditional disaster movie. There’s a massive global event that triggers a major emergency situation for the characters, as rising waters and numerous tsunamis chase the personalities as they make their way up a large apartment building. Writer/director Byung-woo Kim is certainly inspired by other hits in the subgenre, creating a frightful screen emergency that delivers on unusual survival sequences. However, “The Great Flood” isn’t strictly interested in generating pulse-pounding entertainment with a terrifying situation of planetary extinction. There’s more, much more, to the screenplay than cheap thrills, and it’s debatable if sizable turns of plot actually work for the endeavor or simply overstuff it with needless extensions of concern. It remains an active feature with committed performances, and the helmer is absolutely looking to comment on the future of our shared technological experience. However, after about an hour of near-misses and panic, a good case for simplicity in spectacle is made, finding the offering a bit too knotted for its own good. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com