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Typhoon (2006)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:7

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4.2/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence and brief language.

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jun 2, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $114,607

Synopsis: Hailing from South Korea, director Kyung-Taek Kwak (FRIEND) brings some explosive subject matter to the silver screen with TYPHOON. Kwak follows in the tradition of directors such as John Woo (HARD... Hailing from South Korea, director Kyung-Taek Kwak (FRIEND) brings some explosive subject matter to the silver screen with TYPHOON. Kwak follows in the tradition of directors such as John Woo (HARD BOILED) and Takashi Miike (DEAD OR ALIVE), molding a fast-paced action thriller that manages to divide its time between visceral set pieces and intriguing plot developments. Sin (Jang Dong-Gun) is from North Korea and still feels the effects of his parents' slaying at the hands of brutal South Korean tormentors, who refused to allow Sin's family to move into the country when he was a kid. Sin plans to destroy both North and South Korea in the ultimate act of vengeance, and his acquisition of some potentially deadly nuclear waste helps further his maniacal dreams. Jang Se-jong (Jung-Jae Lee) is a South Korean native whose naval training is called upon when he is given the task of tackling Sin, and director Kwak draws on a strong supporting cast to act out some explosive and bloody battles as the two men go head-to-head. Kwak takes the eyebrow-raising decision to have his cast speak in English for most of the film, and some of the lines could possibly have benefited from a little more work in the preproduction stage. But TYPHOON isn't meant to be Shakespeare, and audiences will surely revel in the on-screen pyrotechnics and death-defying stunt work that barely lets up from start to finish. [More]

Starring: Junh-Jae Lee, Dong-Kun Jang, Mi-Yeon Lee, David No

Starring: Junh-Jae Lee, Dong-Kun Jang, Mi-Yeon Lee, David No, David McInnis, Chatthapong Pantanaunkul


Studio: Paramount Classics

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Typhoon is a goofy mess, plenty exhilarating in all the right spots, except for the character ones.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
06/05/08
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

what on paper just sounds like adrenaline-pumped nonsense turns out on screen to be a sensitive and surprisingly sombre study of the personal tragedies afflicting the divided Koreas.

Full Review Source: musicOMH.com | comment Comment
07/02/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
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Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
06/30/07
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
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Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
04/30/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

As mad as meth-fried badgers having shoes thrown at them... and makes about as much sense.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
04/27/07
Tom Hawker
Tom Hawker
Total Film

As desperately overblown as anything Hollywood has ever concocted.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
04/27/07
Steve Rose
Steve Rose
Guardian [UK]

Bad acting butts heads with bad-ass action.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
04/27/07
Times [UK]

Large chunks have been lost in translation.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/27/07
Saxon Bullock
Saxon Bullock
Channel 4 Film

Limps along like an arthritic dog.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/27/07
BBC

Like a poor man’s Tony Scott movie.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
04/27/07
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out

Pure action-thriller adventure is ruined with an overly melodramatic second half.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/27/07
Kat Brown
Kat Brown
Empire Magazine
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Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
04/21/07
Janos Gereben
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Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
08/05/06
Jam! Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
08/01/06
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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Typhoon aims high but misses the emotional mark in most instances, resulting in some awkward melodramatics.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
06/24/06
Laura Kern
Laura Kern
New York Times
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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.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
06/16/06
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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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.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
06/16/06
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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A muscular Korean thriller that hearkens back to the monolithic Hollywood blockbusters of a decade or so ago-but not in a good way.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
06/13/06
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Film Journal International

[Jang Dong-gun]...is the main attraction, which almost compensates for the film's problems.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
06/04/06
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

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.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/02/06
Stephen Hunter
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Washington Post
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