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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Junh-Jae Lee, Dong-Kun Jang, Mi-Yeon Lee, David No
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Reviews for Typhoon
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Typhoon is a goofy mess, plenty exhilarating in all the right spots, except for the character ones. Full Review |
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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 |
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 2/5 |
As mad as meth-fried badgers having shoes thrown at them... and makes about as much sense. Full Review |
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2/5 |
As desperately overblown as anything Hollywood has ever concocted. Full Review |
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1/5 |
Bad acting butts heads with bad-ass action. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Large chunks have been lost in translation. Full Review |
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Limps along like an arthritic dog. Full Review |
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Like a poor man’s Tony Scott movie. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Pure action-thriller adventure is ruined with an overly melodramatic second half. Full Review |
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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 |
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2/5 |
Typhoon aims high but misses the emotional mark in most instances, resulting in some awkward melodramatics. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
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 |
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2.5/4 |
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 |
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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 |
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[Jang Dong-gun]...is the main attraction, which almost compensates for the film's problems. Full Review |
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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 |
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