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Bulsajo
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 Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject: Reviews of: Typhoon |
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Starring Dong-Kun Jang, Jung-Jae Lee, Mi-yeon Lee, David McInnis, David No, and Chatthapong Pantanaunkul
The story of a modern-day pirate planning a massive attack on North and South Korea.
GENRE(S): Action | Drama | Foreign | Suspense/Thriller
WRITTEN BY: Kwak Kyung-taek
DIRECTED BY: Kwak Kyung-taek
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: June 2, 2006
RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes, Color
ORIGIN: South Korea
LANGUAGE(S): Korean / English / Thai / Russian / Mandarin (with English subtitles)
Original title "Taepung"
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/typhoon |
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Bo Peabody
Joined: 25 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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| A cheap-looking action movie that sabotages itself at almost every turn. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| You may find emotional whiplash to be a more immediate threat: One minute the villain is pushing a knife into someone's gut, the next he is sobbing through a reunion with his sister. Cinematic cheese knows no bounds. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| I just went to the official ste of the movie and while it's not really fair to judge a movie by its webpage and trailers, ieverything there did have that trashy sheen to it that so many big budget Korean films have- it reminds me of Swiri for all the wrong reasons. I guess it's true outside of Hollywood too: the more money you throw at a production, the dumber it's likelier to get... |
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