The year is 2049, in a world that has turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland where a massive earthquake has made the world a wreck — along with a ravaged city of Seoul. When the world becomes a cutthroat place and only the strongest prevail, Transcendence follows wasteland bow hunter Nam-san and his comrade, Choi Ji-wan, who is tasked with helping him locate and recover food, water and other materials to keep their existence going in the waste. On the contrary, the scarce resources and in particular the water has made the survivors build small villages in the wilds and war for the little they have.
Trouble starts when Su-na, a daring girl from Nam-san’s village, and her grandmother, Yeon-su, are assaulted by a violent gang searching for a criminal. Nam-san and Ji-wan intervene, saving Su-na but not before Su-na’s grandmother is badly hurt. Plot twists ensue as yakuza members hunt Yang, the aforementioned scientist, whose illegal serum claimed lives of many teenagers, including Yang's daughter So-Yeon.
The extra supplies needed for Gi-su's experiments — teenagers, one of which is Su-na being kidnapped and held hostage inside a lab in the vacant building. When a special forces sergeant, Nam-san, Ji-wan, and Lee Eun-ho discover the experiments, they decide to rescue her, Su-na. There, the trio fights mutant soldiers and faces off against Gi-su, who flees with his daughter’s corpse in a suitcase. However, he is mobbed by an angry crowd and inadvertently kills his daughter. Nam-san finally puts an end to Gi-su’s reign of terror and heads to the village with Su-na and Ji-wan, a bittersweet victory for the survivors.
Character Details:
- Nam-san (Ma Dong-seok): Nam-san is a callous who is out in the forsaken land and is a true fighter within his own people. It’s His usage of both his strategic intelligence and brute power that make him a nightmare for those he comes across in the sagged world retrofitted with technology after the crisis.
- Yang Gi-su (Lee Hee-joon): Gi-su is a scientist who has turned to individual research. He is driven with the idea of raising his late daughter from the dead that he subjects students to inhumane science experiments where they end up dead in numbers. He is sly, desperate, and has crossed the line in his moral values out of grief and obsession.
- Choi Ji-wan (Lee Jun-young): Nam-san’s support Ji-wan is a hunter and an expert in combats. He remains faithful, courageous, and has a firm morality, sometimes even at risk of his life in order to help others.
- Han Su-na (Roh Jeong-eui): A bright, daring girl from Nam-san’s village, Su-na is kidnapped by Gi-su but survives the ordeal. She is persistent and ingenious, revealing her incredible audacity despite the enormous threat to her.
- Lee Eun-ho (Ahn Ji-hye): A company of the special forces, Eun-ho is a relentless hero and is with Ji-wan and Nam-san on a rescue mission for Su-na. She is focused iron willed, and has a strong fighting skill.
- Yeon-su (Seong Byeong-suk): Su-na’s sweet grandmother, Yeon-su is a nurturing and empathetic person. Although she is in a very vulnerable condition, she turns out to be one of the most important people in Su-na’s life.
- Teacher (Jang Young-nam): She is taken captive in Gi-su’s lab and forced to become his instrument in the experiments. The positive trait of her is kindness and bravery, and that is the case with her helping the heroes with their mission.
- Lee Joo-ye (Lee Han-joo): Joo-ye was kidnapped by the killer Gi-su when she was a teenage girl, and serves as a symbol of the innocence and vulnerability of the survivors. (She grows close to Su-na as their captors.)
- Tiger (Park Hyo-jun): another one of Nam-san's biggest rivals, one with a chip on his shoulder, Tiger is a character that adds tension and conflict to the overall story, embodying the desperation and moral ambiguity of the post-apocalyptic world.
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