Five friends go looking for nothing more than a good trail. Mount Chiak, director Kim Sun-ung's 2023 survival-thriller, gives them something far worse instead.
What is Mount Chiak about?
The film follows a small mountain-biking club as they head into the wilderness of Chiaksan Mountain, drawn by a relative's isolated vacation home and the promise of a good ride. The trip starts as an ordinary group outing — bikes, trails, a shared cabin — until the group begins noticing that something is wrong with the mountain around them. Odd, unexplained incidents pile up quickly, and it becomes clear the group is not alone out there: something unseen is stalking them through the terrain. What began as recreation turns into a desperate fight to get off the mountain alive, with the group's numbers and options shrinking the longer they stay. Kim Sun-ung leans on the isolation of the setting itself, using dense forest and unfamiliar terrain to strip the group of any easy way out.
About the cast
Yoon Kyun-sang leads the ensemble as one of the club's members caught in the escalating danger, alongside Kim Ye-won and Lee Tae-hwan in central roles within the group. Bae Geu-rin and Yeon Je-wook complete the main cast, playing fellow riders whose weekend plans unravel along with everyone else's.
Context & significance
Mount Chiak belongs to a durable strain of Korean genre filmmaking that strands a small group of ordinary people somewhere remote and lets the setting itself become the threat. At 85 minutes, it keeps the pace tight, favoring a fast, unrelenting escalation over a long build-up. The mountain setting is doing double duty here — a familiar weekend-getaway backdrop turned into a closed, disorienting space with no clear way out, a contrast the film leans on throughout its runtime.
Watching Mount Chiak on Ktime
Mount Chiak streams on K-Time with a free account login, complete with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer either option. K-Time's Farsi-language interface makes it simple to switch between original Korean audio and the Persian dub, or to follow along with Persian subtitles, all as part of a wider library of Korean thrillers and horror titles built for the Iranian diaspora — no separate purchase or trial required, just sign in and choose how you want to watch.