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16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterA 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.
- 70Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesChicago ReaderJ.R. JonesEventually develops into a pleasantly bombastic Bond-style adventure.
- 63TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe action come fast and thick, and the sentimentality reaches near-operatic proportions.
- 50The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThis 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.
- 50L.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteL.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteThe 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.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAs 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.
- 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.
- 25Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerThe 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.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMainstream moviegoers will be put off by the subtitles, and art-house fans will be insulted by the story's shallowness.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceA cheap-looking action movie that sabotages itself at almost every turn.