How far can The Great Flood go? Starring Kim Da-mi, Park Hae-soo, and Kwon Eun-seong, The Great Flood is holding a strong global rank despite harsh reviews at home and abroad. Meanwhile, not a single Korean title cracked the TV Top 10.
According to global OTT chart tracker FlixPatrol on the 13th, as of the 12th, The Great Flood sits at No. 3 on Netflix's film chart. The SF disaster blockbuster follows a desperate fight for survival on the last day before a cataclysmic deluge wipes out Earth, as a handful of people stake humanity's final hope inside a flooding apartment complex.
Still, the film has been hit for being a clumsy SF thriller with weak logic and uneven direction, resulting in underwhelming scores. As of the 13th, Naver Movies rates it 4.21/10, while WatchaPedia users give it 1.9/5.
Overseas scores aren't much different. On Rotten Tomatoes, it shows a 54% Tomatometer and 35% Audience Score, and on Letterboxd it sits around 3.1 out of 5.
Despite the criticism, defenders are speaking up. Culture critic Heo Ji-woong wrote on Instagram, "I don't think The Great Flood deserves to be condemned that harshly." Translator Hwang Seok-hee also commented, "Reviews are the audience's right, but the level of bashing feels unnecessarily extreme."
In the film rankings, the romantic comedy Our Tenth Summer (U.S.) holds No. 1. Other titles captivating global viewers include Me Before You (U.S.), Madagascar (U.S.), Sicario: Day of the Soldado (U.S.), The Devil Influencer: Jodi Hildebrandt Story (U.S.), Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man (U.S.), Sarang Jom Hae Jura 2 (India), To Our Perfect Home (U.S.), and hap (India).
On the TV side, Cashero — starring Lee Jun-ho, Kim Hye-jun, Kim Byung-chul, Kim Hyang-gi, Lee Chae-min, and Kang Han-na — was in last week's Top 10 but has now dropped out. The current No. 1 is His Story & Her Story (U.S.), which follows Anna Andrews (played by Tessa Thompson), a TV anchor and reporter who returns from leave to cover the brutal murder of Rachel, a former queen bee from her high school clique, taking her back to her hometown.
Rounding out the Top 10 are The Day You Disappeared (U.K.), Stranger Things (U.S.), Emily in Paris (U.S.), Modern Men (U.S.), The Good Doctor (U.S.), Human vs Baby (U.K.), Jujutsu Kaisen (Japan), 2 Broke Girls (U.S.), and Amor Nine2Five (Mexico).