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Typhoon
Action, Thriller - 2005
5.8
22%
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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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Rated:
R
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
14 Dec 2005
Country:
KR
Languages:
English, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Thai
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins & 10 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

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,
16 Jun 2006
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,
16 Jun 2006
rotten:
Typhoon aims high but misses the emotional mark in most instances, resulting in some awkward melodramatics.
– Laura Kern,
New York Times,
24 Jun 2006
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,
1 Aug 2006
rotten:
Like a poor mana(TM)s Tony Scott movie.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
27 Apr 2007
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