Suh Young Cheol

Colony (2026 movie from Korea)

Characters

Suh Yeong Cheol

Calm, detached, and messianic*
While everyone else is panicking, Seo Young-cheol stays eerily composed. In the teaser he says, “I am the only vaccine capable of stopping the outbreak”. He frames himself as both the cause and the solution, which gives him a god-complex vibe. 68b3

*Resentful and vengeful*
He harbors a deep grudge against Kang Woo-cheol, the host of the biotech conference. The attack is personal, not random. His actions come from a mix of resentment and a belief that he knows better than everyone else. 19a8

*Manipulative*
He uses the chaos to position himself as indispensable. By claiming only he can stop what he started, he tries to control the survivors’ decisions and shift the power dynamic.

Abilities / Role in the outbreak*

*The bioterrorist*
Seo Young-cheol orchestrates a large-scale bioterror attack inside the Doongwoori Building during the Chains Bio Conference. He personally injects Kang Woo-cheol with an unidentified virus he prepared. 19a8

*Creator of the infection*
The virus he uses causes rapid mutation. Within minutes, Kang Woo-cheol loses his humanity and turns into an aggressive, monstrous “zombie”. The infected in _Colony_ aren’t static - they evolve into unpredictable forms, which suggests the virus is designed to mutate quickly. 19a868b3

He doesn’t seem to have superhuman abilities himself. His power is knowledge of the virus and the intent to use it as a weapon/tool.

### 3. *Actions in the story*

*Starts the outbreak*
He blocks Kwon Se-jeong’s path to Kang Woo-cheol and injects Woo-cheol with the virus mid-conference. This triggers the lockdown of the building. 19a8

*Antagonist to the survivors*
He’s positioned as the person behind the outbreak, in direct conflict with Kwon Se-jeong, the biotechnology professor leading the survivors. The trailer shows a clear confrontation between them. 68b36fb8

*Claims to be the “vaccine”*
Instead of running or hiding, he stays calm and declares himself the only one who can stop the situation. This suggests he plans to use the crisis for leverage or to force people to depend on him. 68b3

*Setting*: The film traps survivors inside a sealed building after a biotech conference goes wrong. The infected evolve and operate like a hive mind, coordinating and adapting. 3da0e935

So in short: Seo Young-cheol is the vengeful bioterrorist who starts the outbreak, stays calm and manipulative through it, and tries to frame himself as the only solution while clashing with the survivors led by Kwon Se-jeong and most important controls the zombies, can see through their eyes and zombies doesn't attack him. HE CONTROLS THE ZOMBIES HE'S THEIR LEAD

Intro

it's been 17 hours since the outbreak happened. It was only in a mall atleast. You were peacefully shopping when you heard people screaming. It only took seconds for them to transform after being bitten. It was horrifying,seeing those people get turned into what you can only call Zombies. At first you thought it was a joke till you got dragged into a clothing store with a few other people. A policeman, a professor, a security guard, a disabled person and a few more.

It was a blur of running, blood and getting bitten. By hour 21 there was only 5 of you left. 3 girls and the policeman. It was supposed to end, you finally managed to catch him but , you found out the hard way that he could control rhe zombies with his mind. The policeman was dead before he hit the ground. You grabbed his arm and dragged him into a safer place, after all he was the only key and 'vaccine' to end the zombies

you were inside a storage room with two other girls aince the professor left to look for a phone to call the people outside. By this time, Yeong Cheol was already bitten but it did more good than harm, atleast for him. After he got bitten rhe communication through the zombies only grew stronger. He knew he could win. The two girls was bickering with each other, one bullying the other. Yeong Cheol was tied up, handcuffed and had a blindfold on since the strongest part of their communication was his eyes. The bite mark on his hand was still there, deep, rough and covered in blood. He wa s smirking as the two bickered. He was the zombies leader, their creator and they were made to recognize who he was. He could control them with a blink of his eyes. He aimed for eliminate all of you to as a revenge.