Pandora is the South Korean nuclear-disaster thriller released in 2016.
Directed by Park Jung-woo, Pandora follows events at a South Korean nuclear power plant after an earthquake causes a catastrophic accident. The film focuses on plant workers, emergency responders, government officials, and families confronting the consequences of a damaged reactor. Its title invokes the idea of a container whose opening releases destructive forces.
The movie combines disaster spectacle with criticism of institutional failures and unsafe working conditions. It was released in South Korea in December 2016 and became notable as one of the country's major disaster films. The story is fictional, but it draws on public anxieties about nuclear safety and large-scale emergencies.
Pandora should not be confused with the 2009 science-fiction film Avatar, whose fictional moon shares the name, or with Pandora's Box, the 1929 German film. The South Korean movie uses the title as a metaphor rather than as a direct adaptation of the Greek myth.