{"id":52798,"date":"2026-05-16T12:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52798"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:29:40","slug":"review-cannes-2026-colony-movie-review-jun-ji-hyun-returns-in-slick-but-empty-zombie-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=52798","title":{"rendered":"Review | Cannes 2026: Colony movie review \u2013 Jun Ji-hyun returns in slick but empty zombie thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/15\/3f1f04ae-b128-4f5c-8760-f7b2248e535d_f1937dec.jpg?itok=fz5W3q0z&amp;v=1778823393\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\"><strong data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa17\">3\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Korean superstar Jun Ji-hyun makes her long-awaited return to the big screen in <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Colony<\/em>, an action-packed zombie thriller that sees director Yeon Sang-ho revisit the undead mayhem that made his name.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The film just had its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival \u2013 a prestigious bow that neatly mirrors the debut of Yeon\u2019s genre-defining blockbuster <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Train to Busan<\/em><\/span> exactly 10 years prior.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Set apart from the wider <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Train to Busan<\/em> franchise, which also includes <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Seoul Station<\/em><\/span> (2016) and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Peninsula<\/em><\/span> (2020), <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Colony<\/em> unfolds over a single day and almost entirely within the confines of central Seoul\u2019s Doongwoori Building.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Jun plays Kwon Se-jeong, a biotechnology professor battling a hive mind of rampaging monsters infected by a vengeful scientist, Seo Young-cheol (Koo Kyo-hwan, currently also starring in the hit K-drama <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">We Are All Trying Here<\/em><\/span>).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/k-drama\/k-movies\/article\/3353564\/cannes-2026-colony-movie-review-jun-ji-hyun-returns-slick-empty-zombie-thriller?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3\/5 stars Korean superstar Jun Ji-hyun makes her long-awaited return to the big screen in Colony, an action-packed zombie thriller that sees director Yeon 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