Sinkhole

Sinkhole is a 2021 South Korean disaster comedy film, directed by Kim Ji-hoon and starring Cha Seung-won, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo and Kim Hye-jun. It is about an average man's house, that took 11 years to obtain, but going down a sinkhole 500 meters underground in a minute. The film with production cost of 15 billion was slated to release in Chuseok holidays of 2020 but its release was postponed due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. It had its world premiere on August 6, at 74th Locarno Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland. It was released in theatres on August 11, 2021. At box office the film crossed 1 million admissions within 6 days of release and became the fastest Korean film in 2021 to do so. , it is the second highest-grossing Korean film of 2021, with gross of US$17.97 million and 2.19 million admissions. Synopsis Park Dong-won (Kim Sung-kyun) and his family move into a house purchased after 11 years of labor. They throw a housewarming party and invite their friends. A heavy overnight downpour creates an extremely big sinkhole, and in a mere minute, it engulfs the house with the people inside it. Deep down the hole, Park, his neighbor Jeong Man-soo (Cha Seung-won) and the guests have to find a way out. As luck would have it, rain again begins to pour down, filling the sinkhole with water. They must find out a solution before time runs out. Cast Cha Seung-won as Jung Man-soo, a resident who struggles day and night to raise his son alone Kim Sung-kyun as Park Dong-won, chief at a company who worked hard for 11 years before purchasing his first apartment Lee Kwang-soo as Kim Seung-hyun, Dong-won's colleague Kim Hye-jun as Hong Eun-joo, Dong-won's colleague Nam Da-reum as Jung Seung-tae, Man-soo's son who is not on good terms with his father Kim Hong-pa as Department head Seo Ko Chang-seok as Rescue captain Kwon So-hyun as Young-yi, Dong-won's wife Lee Hak-joo as Deputy Jung Han Hye-rin as Ahn Hyo-jung Kim Jae-hwa as Kyung-mi Na Chul as Min-joon Jung Yun-ha as Young mother Jang Gwang as Elderly laundryman Jung Young-sook as Elderly woman Oh Jun Eun-mi as Mrs. Oh's daughter Oh Ja-hun as Sung-hoon Lee Joo-mi as Tae-bo fitness member