Program Note
Kwon Min (Joo Min-ha), a police lieutenant in charge of crimes of violence at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, is in no way out. Here is the story. Running after a serial killer who had escaped, he reached in the north of Paju where broadcasting toward the South Korea was heard clearly, and eventually ended up stepping on a mine. Help! Save me! No one is ever serious about calling. His legs become numb while standing for a long time to prevent the explosion. As hopes fade away, a mysterious woman and a fugitive appear one by one. How can this film make up the running time of one and half hour with that settings above? As a B picture, The DMZ draws many situations in the limited settings with its brazenness and brute force. Suddenly Japanese spy appears who is going to Pyongyang, and a serial killer shows up, making only trouble with no benefit. All these absurd tastes keep us to the end of the film. The DMZ is directed by Oh In-chun, who shows off his versatile appearance such as writing, filming, and production, as well as directing in Nightscape (2017) and Wol-ha : Very Bad Moon Rising (2017). (HUH Nam-woong)