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Typhoon

The fate of a nation hangs in the balance.

2005 · 2h 4m · R Action, Thriller
Directed by Kwak Kyung-taek

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Overview

A vengeful refugee-turned-pirate steals nuclear materials to attack and obliterate the Koreas in a Nuclear Typhoon. A top South Korean naval officer is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.

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22%
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Rotten

Like a poor mana(TM)s Tony Scott movie.

Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten

Caught up in a triple vortex of poor scripting, unexciting action and leads you couldn't care less about, the pic boasts good production values but little else.

Derek Elley, Variety
Rotten

Typhoon aims high but misses the emotional mark in most instances, resulting in some awkward melodramatics.

Laura Kern, New York Times
Rotten

Director Kyung-Taek Kwak orchestrates all this with flair, but leading man Lee doesn't have much to offer beyond a steely stoicism, and Jang's histrionic villainy borders on the parodic.

Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh

The movie delivers the same old American action-flick themes of catastrophe narrowly averted, but the Korean version alters the meaning from triumph to sorrow.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

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