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One year after he saved half of his crew after a torpedo humped their submarine, ex-commander Kang Do-young is still venerated as a war hero and loved by the media, the population and the army. Yet, he’s brutally going to find out that not everyone shares the same sentiment. An anonymous caller announces that he’s about to experience the worst day of his life. Three bombs have been installed in a sold-out football stadium, at a busy water park and at a children’s playground. The bombs react to sound and every time a noise crosses the 100 decibel bar, the countdown is divided by two. And he can’t warn anyone, because otherwise BOOM! And if our war hero doesn’t want to play along, no problem: his wife and daughter are listening to music next to the bomber. But not too loud, please… Yes, adrenaline flows abundantly in this thriller that does exactly what it promises: crossing a sound version of SPEED with the devious cat-and-mouse game of our friend McTiernan’s DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE. One piece of advice: don’t get a manicure right before the screening, because we’re betting you’re going to need your nails to bite off into bloody stumps in this bloodcurdling – which helps stop the bleeding of your stumps – race against the clock.