Movie

National Security

2012 · 106 min

A grueling, claustrophobic ordeal that wears you down alongside its captive, leaving a heavy sense of injustice long after.

Tagline: For the sake of my country.
Overview: On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Survival, justice, power, corruption
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
justice
power
corruption
trauma
Places: big city
prison
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none