Good News Review: When a Japanese aircraft is hijacked by a bunch of communists who try to take the plane to North Korea, things go haywire when a shadowy figure called Nobody holds the reins of the situation.
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Good News Netflix Cast
Sul Kyung-gu, Hong Kyung, Ryoo Seung-bum, Takayuki Yamada, Kippei Shiina, Kim Seung-o, Show Kasamatsu, Nairu Yamamoto
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Good News Movie Director
Byun Sung-hyun
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Good News 2025 Writers
Byun Sung-hyun, Lee Jin-seong
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Original Title
굿뉴스
The disaster black comedy film has a runtime of 136 minutes.
Good News Review
A plane being hijacked is always a terrifying situation, one that movies and shows turn into a watch full of dread and tension. However, Good News, based on the Yodogo Hijacking Incident of 1970, is hilariously chaotic, and the dark comedy elements added to it make for a delightfully tense yet hilarious watch.
From the first minute of its runtime, the editing and direction choices make it clear that the creators wanted to make this as chaotic as possible, and it works in favour of the film too well. Every minute of the runtime is hilariously unhinged as the confused officials on the ground make one silly decision after another, including leaving a jet plane parked in front of the hijacked plane and making a run for it. The reasons seem confusing and foggy, but what follows is nothing short of hilarious.
What works for the drama is its sharp satire and humour that goes beyond a simple political thriller and goes above and beyond to be something more than that. It discusses nuanced topics with a lot of humour that will keep viewers interested throughout the runtime, focusing on complex bureaucratic relationships, what it truly means to be a communist establishment, and the weight of politics in such dire situations will give viewers something intense to witness.
However, the film does a great job of breaking through the weighty subjects with a lot of humour that never goes overboard. It gives the seriousness of the situation enough time to process itself while cutting through the tension, increasing the entertainment factor quite a bit. Moreover, with fantastic performances from the entire ensemble cast of talented individuals, it’s difficult not to be enamoured by the story.
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Lastly, the film is based on a real-life hijacking incident, which definitely adds to the intrigue of the situation. Although fictionalised, the film grounds itself thanks to the real-life incident and makes this even more dire while finding the humour in the bumbling mess that is bureaucracy. In the end, thus, viewers will find themselves waiting for more and to see where the story goes as things go from hilariously bad to worse.
Final Thoughts
Good News is hilariously unhinged and will entertain most viewers with its funny plot that brings out the humour from a serious situation. Get ready to watch something unique that is unhinged in every way.
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