Synopsis
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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Cast
- Jang Dong-gunSin
- Lee Jung-jaeGang Se-jong
- Lee Mi-yeonChoi Myeong-ju
- Kim Kap-sooNIS Agent
- David Lee McInnisSomchai
- Chatthapong Phantana-AngkulToto
- Heo WookTeam Manager Choi
- Shin Seong-ilPresident
- Kim Ran-heunChung Young-ki
- Min Ji-hwanPark Wan-sik
Recommendations
- 70
Washington Post
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
Eventually develops into a pleasantly bombastic Bond-style adventure. - 63
TV Guide Magazine
The action come fast and thick, and the sentimentality reaches near-operatic proportions. - 50
The A.V. Club
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
L.A. Weekly
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
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
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. - 25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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.
