This Frenzied High-Stakes Political Thriller Is Unrelenting in Its Tension and Edge-of-Your-Seat Action
In Steel Rain, a rogue North Korean agent and a South Korean official race to stop a coup before a nuclear war is triggered.
Political thrillers usually have two speeds, if it’s not set to slow-burning intrigue then it’s high-speed action. Steel Rain is one of those films that refuses to stick to one lane. Instead, it throws espionage, war-room strategy, and action into the mix. The result is a relentless South Korean thriller that comes across as a splice of The Hunt for Red October and The Bourne Identity. At the center of the chaos is Eom Chul-woo (Jung Woo-sung), a North Korean operative who by no means of his own finds himself in charge of an unconscious Supreme Leader. With a coup unfolding back home and enemies around him, his only option is to flee to the South.
