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.
Acting
Jang Dong-gun's feral, wounded intensity carries the whole thing.
Direction
Kwak's maritime set pieces hit harder than they should.
Director
Kwak Kyung-taek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during the Roh Moo-hyun Sunshine Policy era, the film's cynicism about inter-Korean reconciliation was controversial—critics called it a nationalist wet blanket on diplomatic optimism.
Jang Dong-gun performed most of his own maritime stunts, including the climactic shipboard fight, after months of combat and diving training. He nearly drowned twice.
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