Sector 7 (film)

{{short description|2011 South Korean science fiction action film by Kim Ji-hun}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Sector 7

| image = Sector 7 film poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Korean|child=yes|hide=no|header=none

| hangul = 7광구

| hanja = 七鑛區

| rr = Chilgwanggu

| mr = Ch'ilgwanggu}}

| director = Kim Ji-hoon

| producer = Yoon Je-kyoon

| writer = Yoon Je-kyoon
Kim Hwi

| starring = Ha Ji-won
Oh Ji-ho
Ahn Sung-ki
Park Chul-min

| music = Kim Seong-hyeon

| cinematography = Kim Yeong-ho

| editing =

| studio = JK Films

| distributor = CJ Entertainment

| released = {{Film date|2011|08|04}}

| runtime = 104 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| budget = {{USD|10 million}}

| gross = {{USD|18.6 million}}{{cite web|title=JE 7 SWANGGU (CONTINENTAL SHELF BLOCK 7) |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2011W31&id=_fSECTOR701 |work=Box office Mojo}}

}}

Sector 7 ({{Korean|hangul=7광구}}) is a 2011 South Korean 3D science fiction action horror film directed by Kim Ji-hoon{{cite web |url= https://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=340723|script-title=ja:第７鉱区 (2011)|language=ja|accessdate= October 6, 2011|work=Allcinema.net|publisher=Stingray}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/42377|script-title=ja:第７鉱区|language=ja|accessdate=October 6, 2011|work=Kinema Junpo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406085824/http://www.kinejun.jp/cinema/id/42377|archive-date=April 6, 2012|url-status=dead}} who previously made May 18. The film stars Ha Ji-won, Oh Ji-ho, Ahn Sung-ki and Park Chul-min.

In 2012 Shout! Factory released the film on DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and Blu-ray 3D.

Plot

A small team of oil rig workers are searching for undiscovered oil at the oil rig Sector 7, off the coast of Jeju Island. After the tension builds from countless failures, the main character Hae-joon's uncle returns with the hope of searching the untapped wells of oil. What they don't realize is that he has a much different motive. Working together with a researcher on board the rig, he plans to breed a newly discovered life-form whose bodily fluids can burn for longer than 30 hours, as a new form of fuel instead of oil.

But tragedy strikes as the specimen escapes with deaths of the researcher, the doctor, and another worker to follow. With the loss of the main power, the workers become stranded as the creature begins to hunt for its next meal. Armed with nothing but a few guns and the knowledge of the creature's minor susceptibility to flame, the remaining workers must work together to kill the beast before it hunts them down one by one, and escape the oil rig. But with its incredible speed (despite its size), its lightning fast, spear-like tongue, and its nearly impenetrable hide, they may not stand a chance.

Production

Sector 7's director, Kim Ji-hoon, said that the film was made with the intent to capitalize on the success of Bong Joon-ho's The Host (2006).{{Cite web |date=July 7, 2011 |title=봉준호 감독 이후 괴물 영화 없다? 누가 그래? |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/movies/4950612 |access-date=February 14, 2025 |website=스타투데이 |language=ko}}

Of the 1,800 cuts, the CG accounted for 1,748 cuts.{{cn|date=January 2025}} The monsters appearing in the movie come from the appearance of sea creatures such as sea squirt.{{Cite news|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=201107078688k&nid=007&sid=0107|title='7 block' monster, seafood?|date=2011-07-07|work=The Korea Economic Daily|access-date=2018-05-24|language=ko}}