Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Tweekums 'T' a former member of a black-ops group that was eliminated when the government no longer needed them. T now wants his revenge. Detective Jay is determined to catch him; for him it is more than just professional as he blames 'T' for the death of his wife. 'T' and his group hijack an underground train with the city's mayor on board. Jay is contacted by his unlikely friend Kay, a pickpocket who is aboard the train and manages to get aboard. As 'T' starts issuing threats and the train speeds under Seoul Jay and the authorities work to stop him. It won't be easy though; T has planted bombs on the train that will detonate if the power is cut and his men are heavily armed. There are more problems too; the train is heading for a bridge that could collapse under the train's weight and there is a nuclear power station at the end of the line!This South Korean action thriller gets off to a great start with an impressive and stylishly shot shoot out. We then get an introduction to key characters before the main action gets under way. Things continue well as Jay gets aboard the train and escalate nicely till he ultimately confronts T. There are significant problems though; most notably, like the train, it just won't stop. Just as things should be ending it emerges that the train is heading for a nuclear power station and even with T no longer aboard those on the train are still in grave danger along with anybody near the power station. It is as if the makers have decided to make a two hour movie but only have an hour and a half of material so needed to add something new turning an action movie into a disaster movie. For the most part though this is an exciting thriller with a decent if somewhat cliché story. There are also some comedy moments; these made me laugh although some may find them a bit out of place. The cast do a solid enough job with Seok-hun Kim, Doo-na Bae and Sang-min Park impressing as Jay, Kay and T respectively. The special effects are somewhat mixed; the explosions certainly looked like obvious CGI. Overall you could do a lot worse if you want an action movie but don't expect a classic.

flingebunt Korea is one of the few nations in the world where people watch more local films than imports. Korean movies have a firm place in the north Asian market (enjoying a lot of success in China). However they have their eyes firmly set on the International market (or should I say America).In the last 2 years there were 4 attempts to hit this market (Wonderful Days, Natural City, Bichumundu (I don't really remember the spelling) and The tube). The tube was actually the first made but was delayed because of the Daegu (also spelt Taegu) subway disaster which killed over 300 people and closed the Daegu subway system for just over 8 Months.Wonderful days was an OK effort and Natural city didn't really make any sense and Bichumundu was in the style of crouching tiger, hidden dragon and was very successful in the Chinese market.The tube or should I say THE TUBE is interesting combining over the top Hong Kong style action rather than over the top American style action (the previous reviewer obviously had only seen American action films). The back story is too unbelievable to really grab the audience, but once the story moves into the subway it carries itself off well. It could have used a better bad guy though but then most movies these days have bad guys who do bad things because "they are bad guys..OK...they do bad things".The love story is very Korean (crazy girl forcing himself on an over serious guy).But this is not really a good introduction to Korean cinema which is still trying to find its own international voice while attempting to make lots of money. Check out 2 cops, memories of murder, the classic and my wife is a gangster.Here is a warning, one of the two main characters dies. This is not a spoiler, it is a Korean movie and even the comedies have tragic endings, and the dramas have tragic beginnings, middles, ends and lots of tragic side stories. I won't tell you who dies, but don't forget your tissues.Oh, and please watch the subtitled version, the people during the American voices just can't read the subtext of a Korean movie though the person who voices Kay is the exception.

kevbee Korean cinema of late has produced some highly entertaining and diverting pieces of work. Sadly this film is not amongst them. From the opening scene when about 4 bad guys manage to gun down about half the Korean police force but don't sustain any injuries themselves, you know that you should have your tongue firmly planted in your cheek. The problem with this film is that there is no character development and it relies on action set-pieces to carry the film along. Some of these are OK, but many are just not believable. In the Making Of documentary on the DVD release, it says that the film was 5 years in the making. It's a pity that over that length of time, no one realized that the script needed a complete rewrite.

the amorphousmachine I never heard of this movie when I rented it, and I had no idea which country it was from. Heh, i didn't bother reading the DVD cover. I thought it was Japanese, as it had that look, but the writing was a little off. Regardless, it's a South Korean actioner, that stylistically had some nice moments, but this film did not know when to quit.Basically, two bad guys take over a train, and hold the country ransom. A renegade detective who is has a past with the main bad guy, must work with the police and the rail system to try and save the hostages. The Korean equivalent to 'Under Siege 2'! From the opening scene, where the main villain somehow manages to thwart the entire police force unscathed, this is a hard film to take seriously! Not only is it fairly confusing as to what character did what to the other in the past, it has moments where you don't quite know what happened to the characters. Did some of the passengers of the train get killed during that huge shootout? Why didn't the hostages in the main carriage escape during the first big macho fight between protagonist and antagonist? Little things like that! Oh, and then a sub-character and his colleagues seem to take two thirds of the movie to re-act to that sub-character's love interest being one of the hostages? Oh, and the police force don't seem to acknowledge any loss of life when planning their next move. But the main problem I had with this film, is that it was climax overkill. Every time, our hero seemed to stop something bad from happening, there was another introduction of a plot element that wasn't established. Trains almost colliding with each other, and the pressure is on the technical staff! The hero manages to thwart the train's weight making a bridge collapse with it's obstacles, then has to stop a bomb, and fight a bad guy (again, with obstacles), then the next plot point is introduced, and the other heroes have to divert the train from hitting a nuclear plant (ala obstacles). And then there is yet another climax after that. Like one reviewer noted, all you needed was something to hold down the weight of the lever in regard to that one! I was getting really bored of this movie towards the end. Plus, there a pointless scene where the hostages stand up to the bad guy, and it could have been totally cut, and it didn't furthur the plot at all. It was totally unnecessary cause it didn't add to the story thematically, or provide anything to the plot! That pretty much sums up how 'Tube' keeps piling unnecessary climatic moments, and it really over-kills the climax factor basically because they forgot to introduce many of the main elements beforehand (i.e. the rigged train to explode, and subsequent numerous bombs)! 'Tube' is not a very good movie!** out of *****!