Typhoon
DreamWorks SKG | Release Date: June 2, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
6
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Washington PostStephen Hunter
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. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Eventually develops into a pleasantly bombastic Bond-style adventure. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Ambitious and impressive, both in its provocative themes and superb production design using striking sets and locations in Korea, Russia and Thailand, this handsome epic amply rewards audiences willing to go the distance. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
The action come fast and thick, and the sentimentality reaches near-operatic proportions. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
An international caper with James Bond and Tom Clancy overtones - and Austin Powers undertones, too. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
Eventually, Typhoon succumbs to the usual special-effects bombast and plot overkill. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
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. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyDavid Chute
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. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
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. Read full review
50
The New York TimesLaura Kern
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. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen Johnson
Kwak is indeed a highly original voice, but you wouldn't know it from Typhoon. It seems as if he's constrained by the conventional material. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
While a huge hit in its native country, is neither arty nor truly thrilling enough to greatly impress American audiences. Read full review
38
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
An exhausting combination of generic thriller, political tract and sentimental weepie. Read full review
25
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
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. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Mainstream moviegoers will be put off by the subtitles, and art-house fans will be insulted by the story's shallowness. Read full review
20
Village VoiceLuke Y. Thompson
A cheap-looking action movie that sabotages itself at almost every turn. Read full review
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