The Great Flood

THE GREAT FLOOD: Stock Crashes, Soaked Stars & Viral Theories — The Messy Story Behind 2025’s Wildest K-Movie

When Netflix promised a Korean disaster blockbuster, fans expected tsunamis and tears — not stock-market carnage, six months of underwater torture for the lead actress, and fan theories that require a PhD in sci‑fi. latestnetflix.com's take is that Grab a life jacket; the real-world drama around The Great Flood is just as chaotic as the movie.

Scandals & Controversies: When a Flood Sinks a VFX Company

• The loudest drama isn’t on set — it’s on the stock exchange. Korean VFX company M83, which handled the movie’s CG deluge, saw its share price collapse after The Great Flood hit Netflix. By December 27, the stock had crashed to 8,950 won, its lowest level since listing, down nearly 44% from its IPO price of 16,000 won. - Korean outlets reported that some investors in M83 were facing “100% losses,” turning what was supposed to be a prestige Netflix project into a financial horror story. - The real sting? Industry analysts had hyped the film as M83’s big breakout, only for it to become a textbook example of how one overhyped streaming blockbuster can torpedo a company’s market value.

Marketing Meltdown: “We Ordered Disaster, Got Philosophy”

• Korean audiences didn’t just dislike the film — they felt swindled. Trailers and posters sold The Great Flood as a straight-up disaster survival thriller: high-rise drowning, rooftop chases, global cataclysm. - Once viewers pressed play, the movie swerved hard into AI, simulation theory and consciousness uploading. Cue outrage. Facebook threads and Reddit posts filled up with complaints from people who “found it hard to follow” and weren’t prepared for a head-trip sci‑fi puzzle. - A viral Reddit discussion titled “Why is the Great Flood plot so confusing!!” turned into a communal therapy session, with fans trading charts, theories and existential dread just to make sense of the third act.

On-Set Drama: Six Months Underwater & Emotional Exhaustion

• Behind the scenes, this flood was brutal. Multiple BTS pieces and social media posts highlight how much of the shoot involved real water and practical rigs, with lead actress Kim Da-mi reportedly “soaked for nearly six months” due to extensive underwater and wet-set filming. - Park Hae-soo revealed that some scenes required him to keep his eyes open underwater, describing how perception becomes completely different when submerged — not exactly a spa day at work. - Kim Da-mi openly admitted the physical and emotional toll, saying there were many days she was alone on set and would “wait for [Park Hae-soo] to arrive,” adding that just seeing him lifted her spirits when she was exhausted. It’s less “cast feud” and more “trauma bonding in a water tank.”

Romance Rumors & Chemistry Panic

• Officially, there’s no confirmed romance between Kim Da-mi and Park Hae-soo. Unofficially? TikTok has decided they’re the lead couple of the apocalypse. - Edits titled things like “Still Thinking About Their Chemistry a Year Later” keep racking up views, zooming in on shy smiles and soft looks from press events and behind-the-scenes clips. Fans are convinced “something” was there, though nothing has been proven. - Meanwhile, separate chatter on Instagram and fan spaces points to Kim Da-mi being in a relationship with The Call director Lee Chung-hyun — again, unconfirmed, but repeated enough in fandom corners to have its own mini-mythology. - Verdict: no Dispatch exposé, but plenty of slow-motion eye contact for the shippers.

Fan Theories & Fandom Chaos: The Movie That Launched a Thousand Explainers

• Because the plot spirals from flood survival into brain-bending sci‑fi, fans did what fans do best: built enormous conspiracy boards. - One viral TikTok and Reddit combo frames the story as a giant AI training simulation — arguing that nearly everything after the midpoint is an artificial scenario designed to teach an AI about a mother’s love, with An-na and Ja-in’s consciousnesses ultimately living on in synthetic bodies. - Time-loop truthers point to repeated imagery and subtle changes in An-na’s behavior, claiming each “run” of the flood lets the AI remember past iterations and adapt. Entire TikTok playlists are now dedicated to “Theories on The Korean Movie The Great Flood” and decoding the ending. - Other creators go full galaxy-brain, connecting the film to biblical flood myths and apocalyptic prophecy — pure speculation, but undeniably entertaining.

The Kid Who Broke the Internet (and Some Viewers’ Patience)

• Poor Ja-in. The child at the heart of the story became one of the most divisive elements in the fandom. - A widely shared YouTube video calling the film a “HISTORIC FLOP” went so far as to label the kid “the real antagonist,” arguing his constant demands and emotional outbursts derailed the tension rather than enhancing it. - TikTok piled on, with trending clips under tags like “The Most Annoying Kid in The Great Flood,” featuring viewers confessing they almost turned the movie off because of the character. - It’s harsh, especially for a young actor who clearly gave it his all — but the internet shows no mercy, even in the middle of the world’s end.

The Messy Legacy

In the end, The Great Flood pulled off the rare hat trick:

• Global hit for Netflix, topping non-English charts in dozens of countries,
• Domestic punching bag accused of bait-and-switch marketing, and
• Financial sinkhole for its VFX partner, with investors watching their money wash away like set dressing.

No juicy on-set fistfights, no smoking-gun dating scandal — just a soaked cast, furious shareholders, confused audiences, and a fandom still arguing about what the movie even was. For a film about the end of the world, its real-world drama is impressively built to last.