Purgatory: Zone of Murderers

Purgatory: Zone of Murderers is a Korean-language film scheduled for release on May 3, 2026. Set in a near-future South Korea destabilized by economic collapse, the story unfolds after a new authoritarian government enacts the "Permanent Exile Law," banishing death row inmates to a facility known as the Purgatory — a detention zone constructed within abandoned nuclear power plants. The government grants the facility a degree of self-governance, a concession that eventually causes it to spiral beyond external control. Read more…