🛫Good News (2025) – Hijacking, Schemes, and Dark Comedy Take Flight on Netflix

Disaster meets black comedy in the most unpredictable skies. Byun Sung-hyun’s Good News is a daring South Korean film that blends real history, zany satire, and nerve-wracking suspense. After premiering in the Special Presentations section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 5, the film is all set to stream globally on Netflix October 17, 2025.

🎥 A Hijacking with a Twist

Set in 1970, the story begins with a shocking act: members of the Japanese Red Army Faction hijack a passenger plane soon after leaving Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Armed and demanding passage to Pyongyang, their plan quickly unravels as international politics, air traffic complications, and sheer chaos intervene.

But the real twist lies in the arrival of ‘Nobody’ (Sul Kyung-gu), a shadowy figure famous for orchestrating impossible missions. Tasked with ensuring the safe resolution of the crisis, he devises outrageous strategies—rerouting signals, blocking runways, and outsmarting both terrorists and allies in equal measure.

As the film’s tagline might whisper: “In the skies, even the smallest lie can land like a bomb.”

⭐ Cast & Characters

The film features a powerhouse ensemble of South Korean and Japanese actors:

• Sul Kyung-gu as Nobody, the unseen mastermind

• Hong Kyung as Seo Go-myung, an Air Force lieutenant pulled into the chaos

• Ryu Seung-beom as Park Sang-hyeon, the hard-nosed intelligence director

• Yamada Takayuki

• Shiina Kippei

• Kim Sung-oh

• Show Kasamatsu

• Nairu Yamamoto

Each performance balances tension with sharp wit, elevating the hijacking into both a thriller and a satire.

🎬 Behind the Cockpit – The Making of Good News

• Director/Writer: Byun Sung-hyun (The Merciless)

• Screenplay: Byun Sung-hyun, Lee Jin-seong

• Cinematography: Jo Hyoung-rae

• Editing: Kim Sang-bum

• Music: Kim Hong-jip & Lee Jin-hee

Produced by Star Platinum and distributed by Netflix, the film runs at 136 minutes, immersing audiences in a mix of history, politics, and absurdist comedy.

🏆 From TIFF to Netflix

Premiering at TIFF 2025, Good News immediately stood out in the Special Presentations lineup, praised for its bold mix of history and satire. Critics highlighted its ability to take a grim event—the hijacking of a Japanese passenger plane in March 1970—and twist it into a high-stakes yet offbeat rescue drama.

Now, Netflix brings it to a global audience on October 17, making it one of the most anticipated Korean releases of the year.

📺 Where to Watch Good News

• World Premiere: September 5, 2025, at TIFF

• Global Release: October 17, 2025

• Platform: Exclusively on Netflix

✈️ Final Thoughts

Good News isn’t your standard hijacking thriller—it’s a genre-bending black comedy that takes history and twists it with wit, chaos, and razor-sharp commentary. Expect moments of absurd humor balanced against razor-edged tension, with Sul Kyung-gu’s mysterious ‘Nobody’ at the heart of it all.

Or, as one might say after watching: “When the world demands order, sometimes the only answer is chaos in disguise.”

Brace yourself for takeoff—October 17 on Netflix.