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Release Date:
14 December 2005 (South Korea)
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Tagline:
Revenge Is A Force Of Nature!
Plot:
A modern-day pirate plans a massive attack on North and South Korea. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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4 nominations
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Not your standard action movie
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Cast
(in credits order) | Dong-gun Jang | ... | SIn |
 | Jung-Jae Lee | ... | Gang Se-jong |
 | Mi-yeon Lee | ... | Choi Myeong-ju |
 | David Lee McInnis | ... | Somchai (as David McInnis) |
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| John David Dix | ... | (voice) |
| Wook Heo | ... | Team Manager Choi |
 | David No | ... | Leather Jacket |
| Chatthapong Pantanaunkul | ... | Toto |
| Vadim Scott | ... | President's Secret Service |
Directed by | |||
| Kyung-Taek Kwak | |||
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| Kyung-Taek Kwak | ||
Original Music by | |||
| Hyeong-seok Kim | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Kyung-Pyo Hong | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Simon K. Park | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Chang-gil Gang | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Seo-young Kim | .... | makeup artist | |
Art Department | |||
| Sung-hoon Kim | .... | storyboard artist | |
Sound Department | |||
| Tae-young Choi | .... | sound | |
| In-gyu Lee | .... | sound | |
| Seung-yeop Lee | .... | sound editor | |
| Jun-o Park | .... | sound | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Dong-hoon Lee | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Jason Madigan | .... | senior compositor | |
| Kang Sung-Uk | .... | visual effects | |
| Danyo Donghyun Yoon | .... | pre-visualization artist | |
Music Department | |||
| Alex Henery | .... | music contractor | |
| Simon Leadley | .... | scoring engineer | |
Other crew | |||
| Winston Emano | .... | publicist | |
| David Magdael | .... | publicist | |
| Anne Stulz | .... | publicist | |
| Steven Wallace | .... | publicist | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- CJ Entertainment (2006) (South Korea) (theatrical)
- Encore Films (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Golden Village Entertainment (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Paramount Classics (2006) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Toei Company (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Canal Film (2008-2009) (Norway) (TV)
- Deltamac Entertainment (2005) (Hong Kong) (all media)
- Splendid Film (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
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"Tae-poong" - South Korea (original title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and brief language
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Runtime:
124 min | Norway:104 min (approx.)
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Certification:
South Korea:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Malaysia:18PL | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Finland:K-18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | France:U (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:18
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TYPHOON, a big-budget international action flick from South Korea, successfully manages to combine breakneck thrills and spills with the kind of multi-layered characterisation usually witnessed in human drama and tragedies. In many ways it fulfils all the requirements of a typical action movie while at the same time going beyond there to become something much more affecting and poignant.
The essential story is a game of cat and mouse between an intelligence agent (the square-jawed Jung-Jae Lee) and a terrorist (the excellent, and sympathetic, Dong-gun Jang) but of course there's much more to it than just that. The locations are varied, taking in Thailand, China, Russia and South Korea, and the photography is never less than impressive. Kyung-Taek Kwak films each moment with a real crispness and clarity that really helps his picture come to life in the pulse-pounding shoot-outs and car chases.
The acting, too, is stand out, particularly from Dong-gun Jang and Mi-yeon Lee, playing the defector brother and sister who spend their lives oppressed by circumstance and failure. Their touching moments together lend the movie real heart and almost get you cheering on the villains at times. Fans of Thai action cinema may also spot ONG BAK baddie Chatthapong Pantanaunkul as one of the terrorists. With its fine film-making, high level of quality and combination of genres, TYPHOON is another stand-out film from a country with a record of making them.