Midnight screenings at Cannes have lost prominence as genre titles appear across other sections. Buzz has centered on films shown elsewhere, leaving little attention for the remaining midnight program. Many midnight entries are viewed as disappointing, including Yeon Sang-ho’s 2026 film “Colony,” which is described as aggressively derivative, frustrating in its geography, and difficult to watch despite expectations for a bold, bloody escape. The other highlighted film follows a biotechnology professor invited to a conference by an ex-husband, where a disgraced scientist arrives with deadly material and attacks the biotech company’s leadership, triggering escalating terror.
"A disgraced scientist named Seo Young-cheol (Koo Kyo-hwan) shows up with a syringe full of deadly stuff, stabbing the head of the biotech company leading the event. Before you know it, the e"
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