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Typhoon

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Sin (Jang Dong-gun), a modern pirate, witnesses the execution of his family, who had tried to defect to South Korea. Now, 20 years later and armed with stolen missile guidance kits, he plans to take revenge with a devastating nuclear attack on the entire Korean peninsula. It is up to a naval officer named Kang (Lee Jung-jae) to thwart Sin's plot and save the country.
Typhoon

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Critics Consensus

A pseudo-political thriller on the fritz, Typhoon drowns in its own heavy handedness and silly acting.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader 07/13/2022
After a garbled opening this South Korean flick eventually develops into a pleasantly bombastic Bond-style adventure. Go to Full Review
Steve Rose Guardian 04/27/2007
2/5
As desperately overblown as anything Hollywood has ever concocted. Go to Full Review
The Times (UK) 04/27/2007
1/5
Bad acting butts heads with bad-ass action. Go to Full Review
David Cornelius DVDTalk.com 06/05/2008
3/5
Typhoon is a goofy mess, plenty exhilarating in all the right spots, except for the character ones. Go to Full Review
Tom Hawker Total Film 04/27/2007
2/5
As mad as meth-fried badgers having shoes thrown at them... and makes about as much sense. Go to Full Review
Saxon Bullock Film4 04/27/2007
2/5
Large chunks have been lost in translation. Go to Full Review
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12/02/2021 The best Korean movie. See more 12/12/2013 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. See more 08/29/2013 A melodrama about a divided peninsula, a botched asylum attempt, and terrorism as revenge. "Typhoon is a goofy mess, like a poor man's Tony Scott movie, [but] plenty exhilarating in all the right spots." "The action comes fast and thick, and the sentimentality reaches [operatic] proportions." "A testosterone-driven, Jerry Bruckheimer-style action film as overblown as its title suggests." See more 07/10/2013 Action packed movie with a not too shabby plot! But you just wonder why just one person would go and catch a cross country villain instead of a whole team?! A bit unbelievable! But still somewhat entertaining. See more 12/04/2011 it had to many elements to much story if thats possible i cared for the bad guy hes a tremendous actor good movie give a try its about love family war corruption and an awesome knife fight See more 02/06/2011 Big budget Korean action drama about a modern day pirate with a serious grudge against both North and South Korea who threatens to unleash a nuclear cloud above both countries. It's all quite Americanized and resembles a Jerry Bruckheimer production at times, but it has its fair share of drama too as the back story and motives of the villain are played out. It's a pretty slick film with well staged action sequences but nothing we haven't seen before from Hollywood. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Sin (Jang Dong-gun), a modern pirate, witnesses the execution of his family, who had tried to defect to South Korea. Now, 20 years later and armed with stolen missile guidance kits, he plans to take revenge with a devastating nuclear attack on the entire Korean peninsula. It is up to a naval officer named Kang (Lee Jung-jae) to thwart Sin's plot and save the country.
Director
Kwak Kyung-taek
Screenwriter
Kwak Kyung-taek
Rating
R (Strong Violence|Brief Language)
Genre
Action, Drama
Original Language
Korean
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Jun 2, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$139.0K
Runtime
1h 45m