Netflix bets on an apocalyptic spectacle from director behind 'The Terror Live' and the ill-fated 'Omniscient Reader'
Netflix has been steadily muscling its way into the Korean film business, using its deep pockets to bankroll productions that skip theaters altogether. As multiplexes continue to hemorrhage audiences -- ticket sales for domestic films remain at roughly 60 percent of last year's figures -- the streaming giant is only doubling down.
Its slate of Korean-language originals this year has spanned supernatural thrillers ("Revelations") to frothy high-school romance ("Love Untangled"), and that eclectic spread now culminates in "The Great Flood": a full-throttle apocalyptic spectacle packed with megatsunamis, crumbling high-rises,
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