Rotten
Like a poor mana(TM)s Tony Scott movie.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Typhoon
The fate of a nation hangs in the balance.
2005 · 2h 4m · R
Action, Thriller
Directed by
Kwak Kyung-taek
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
22%
Tomatometer
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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