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Emergency Declaration
2021
· Movie
· 140 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2622
- IMDb #2775
- Letterboxd #2702
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3072
- Kinopoisk #1709
- AlloCiné #2772
+1 more
- Trakt #1396
Every rating
64–75
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 64, highest is Trakt on 75.
See the most agreed on films →A disgruntled man boards a commercial flight from Seoul to Hawaii, threatening to release a deadly pathogen onboard. The plane is forced to make an emergency declaration, but no country will allow it to land due to the bioterrorism threat. Trapped at 30,000 feet, the passengers and crew must fight for survival as the virus spreads and tensions soar.
Details
- Director
- Han Jae-rim
- Writer
- Han Jae-rim
- Studio
- CJeS Studios, MAGNUM9, Cine Joo, Dexter Studios
- Released
- 3 August 2022
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Budget
- $18.1M
- Box office
- $19.2M
- Awards
- 5 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →5 wins from 22 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Asian Film Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | Yim Si-wan | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Actress | Kim So-jin | Winner |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2023 | Best Supporting Actor – Film | Yim Si-wan | Nominee |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 | Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 | Best Director | Han Jae-rim | Nominee |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 | Best Supporting Actor | Yim Si-wan | Nominee |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Kim So-jin | Nominee |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards 2022 | Technical Award | Ryu Young-jae, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Hong Jeong-ho | Nominee |
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Buil Film Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Yim Si-wan | Winner |
| Best Actress | Jeon Do-yeon | Nominee |
| Best Film | Emergency Declaration | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim So-jin | Nominee |
Asian Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim So-jin | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Yim Si-wan | Nominee |
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seung | Emergency Declaration | Winner |
Korean Film Producers Association Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Yim Si-wan | Winner |
London Asian Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Buldak Rising Star Award | Yim Si-wan | Winner |
Grand Bell Awards
7 nominations
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Lee Mok-won | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae, Park Jong-Chul | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Kim Woo-hyun, Lee Kang-il | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Lee Seong-hwan | Nominee |
| Best Music | Lee Byung-woo, Ji Ji-hoon | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Yim Si-wan | Nominee |
Blue Dragon Film Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
| Best Director | Han Jae-rim | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Yim Si-wan | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim So-jin | Nominee |
| Technical Award | Ryu Young-jae, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Hong Jeong-ho | Nominee |
Baeksang Arts Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actor – Film | Yim Si-wan | Nominee |