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45
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28
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Typhoon
DreamWorks SKG
MPAA RATING: R for strong violence and brief language
Starring
Dong-Kun Jang,
Jung-Jae Lee,
Mi-yeon Lee,
David McInnis,
David No,
and
Chatthapong Pantanaunkul
The story of a modern-day pirate planning a massive attack on North and South Korea.
| GENRE(S): |
Action
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Drama
|
Foreign
|
Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Kwak Kyung-taek
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Kwak Kyung-taek
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| RELEASE DATE: |
Theatrical: June 2, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
124 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
South Korea |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
Korean / English / Thai / Russian / Mandarin (with English subtitles) |
Original title "Taepung"

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A few others have compared this to a James Bond movie, but it's more of a piece with a Tom Clancy movie; it never leaves the real world that far behind, it has a fair sense of documentary reality, and the action sequences -- from shootout to car chase to a commando takedown of a tanker on the high seas to a final knife fight -- are extremely well managed.

70
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
Eventually develops into a pleasantly bombastic Bond-style adventure.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Ambitious and impressive, both in its provocative themes and superb production design using striking sets and locations in Korea, Russia and Thailand, this handsome epic amply rewards audiences willing to go the distance.

63
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
An international caper with James Bond and Tom Clancy overtones - and Austin Powers undertones, too.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Liam Lacey
Eventually, Typhoon succumbs to the usual special-effects bombast and plot overkill.

63
TV Guide
Ken Fox
The action come fast and thick, and the sentimentality reaches near-operatic proportions.

50
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Keith Phipps
This may be the biggest production in Korean-film history, but viewers should search elsewhere for a better sampling of what the country has to offer.

50
LA Weekly
David Chute
The movie is executed by director Kwak Kyung-Taek with flair, technical polish and tumescent firepower that the shriveled cinemas of Hong Kong and Japan can no longer match. But every gesture feels synthetic, from the back story about North-South separation to massage the emotions of the home audience, to the 24-style globe-hopping nuclear-terrorism premise.

50
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
As silly movies go, this one is at least pretty exciting. But in the end, Typhoon leaves you feeling as exiled from the two Koreas as Sin is.

50
The New York Times
Laura Kern
Typhoon aims high but misses the emotional mark in most instances, resulting in some awkward melodramatics. Even so, it flourishes during its well-executed action sequences and commands attention almost instantaneously, though, in the end, it will be forgotten just as quickly.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Kwak is indeed a highly original voice, but you wouldn't know it from Typhoon. It seems as if he's constrained by the conventional material.

40
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
While a huge hit in its native country, is neither arty nor truly thrilling enough to greatly impress American audiences.

38
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
An exhausting combination of generic thriller, political tract and sentimental weepie.

25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
The humorless and self-important execution attempts an operatic scale but only succeeds in sinking the remnants of the story's integrity. By the time it makes landfall, this incoherent production has blown itself out.

25
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Mainstream moviegoers will be put off by the subtitles, and art-house fans will be insulted by the story's shallowness.

20
Village Voice
Luke Y. Thompson
A cheap-looking action movie that sabotages itself at almost every turn.


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