When a dense fog causes a massive car pile-up on a bridge, disrupting the bridge’s structural integrity (a helicopter crash definitely doesn’t help things either), Jeong-won (Lee Sun-Kyun) and his daughter find their plans of heading to the airport to catch a flight completely wrecked to say the least. To make matters worse, amid the chaos of crashed cars and people screaming in the low visibility fog, a group of mutant attack dogs bred by the military escape from their cages in a transport vehicle that was secretly moving them to a facility where they were to be destroyed. Between the collapsing bridge and the killer canines, Jeong-won and his daughter, along with a group of other survivors (including someone who may know more about the incident that he initially lets on), must band together to live through this intense ordeal in one piece.

Talk about a perfect storm of miserable luck… What did Jeong-won do to deserve getting caught in the middle of this mess? The idea of being trapped on a collapsing bridge surrounded by death and destruction with murderous canines on the loose and unable to see much of anything…. That’s intense. And director Kim Tae-gon never lets up on the pace either. The action comes fast and furious with few breaks as the survivors careen from one perilous situation to another. Interestingly the film doesn’t shy away from its fair share of comical beats as well. In that way it reminds me a little of a Michael Bay film. Despite the clearly lower budget (the CGI dogs definitely look a little rough around the edges at times), Project Silence is a pretty ambitious film from a disaster effects standpoint, and I think it does a solid job of create a real sense of chaos and confusion. I do feel like the script is a bit uneven in how it addresses various subplots. Some characters are very thinly developed while it spends quite a bit of time on the political subplot tying into the origin of the mutant dogs. Honestly the film could have done with less explanation on that front. Pair it down to the basics and offer a high-octane thrill ride. As it is, while it’s not a perfect film, Project Silence is a fun popcorn flick that is easy to recommend for fans of disaster films with a sci-fi twist.

Capelight has brought Project Silence to blu-ray in a very nice, clean digital transfer. Korean films in general are shot in a very slick manner, and that polished look comes across really well in the image quality. The Dolby Atmos 5.1 surround sound audio track also has some nice weight to it and goes a long way toward immersing you in the devastation. The disc has no real extras to speak of.

Not every film needs to be a complex arthouse masterpiece. Sometimes a film like Project Silence that’s just loud, fun and breezy is needed even more. Capelight has delivered just such a film in a very nice, clean visual and audio presentation recommended for any disaster film fan out there looking for a fix.