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Tidal Wave

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Rated 2.0 stars
Average rating
(42%)
 
Starring: Kyung-gu Sol | Ji-won Ha | Joong-Hoon Park | Jeong-hwa Eom | Min-gi Lee | Ye-won Kang | In-kwon Kim
Director: Je-gyun Yun
Studio: OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 103 mins
Genres: Drama | World Cinema
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English
Released: October 12, 2009

Every summer literally millions of vacationing tourists flock to Busan City on the East Coast of Korea. Their main destination is the idyllic, picturesque and popular holiday resort known as Haeundae Beach in search of sun, fun and romance. But geologist Kim Hwi has more legitimate reasons for being in Busan City. Despite being officially denied by the Disaster Prevention Agency, Kim is convinced that Haeundae beach is about to be hit by a mega-tsunami capable of obliterating anything that stands in its path. As Kim’s worst fears are confirmed, Busan City is thrown into a storm of death and destruction.

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8 out of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 0 stars
5 mins of good film,

palustius from , 4th November, 2009

some tongue in cheek comedy, OHHH so predictable parts...(helicopter bit, say no more eh ;) ) What can I say apart from don't waste an evening, really not worth bothering about (unless your trying to learn chinese)

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5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

*** May contain spoilers ***


Rated 3 stars
shame subtitled

vixjames from , 18th November, 2009

didn't realised so missed most of it. But through it was good

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 2 stars
tidal wave

karen1983 from from Birkenhead, 1st November, 2009

i am totally dissapointed with this film :-( for if it was made right it would be fantastic. its in chinese with subtitles which i dont mind normally BUT the subtitles goes so fast that in some parts of it you just cannot read it all so u end up missing half of it :-( the acting what can i say about that about 3 actors get it right the rest of em are terrible at points it gives u the impression that its a comedy but when u read what they r saying its not meant to be funny atall. it does have some good special effects and even tho the script is a bit jumpy (by this i mean its not very good and gives u some bits of parts of a story that u never arent quite sure wether its relevent to the story line or not. or that could be due to the speed of the subtitles i missed bits of it) it did manage to get some teary moments which did get me to cry which is the best thing i can say about this film . if it was remade in english i would definately watch it but i wouldnt bother with this one sorry xxx

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2 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 0 stars
Tidal Wave

A Customer from Gullane, 13th November, 2009

I actually enjoyed this film. Yeah, there are better disaster flicks out there, but this certainly enterained me for 90 minutes or so. If you don't like subtitled films give it a miss though.

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Rated 3 stars
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cathl from , 26th February, 2010

quite surprised by this film, thought is was just a disater movie but a few very good story lines all the way through kept it moving well

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Rated 0 stars
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A Customer from Stockton-on-Tees, 23rd February, 2010

What a 3rd rate movie. Chinese with english subtitles. I was not expecting that and would not recommend it

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Rated 0 stars
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mattrixification from , 27th January, 2010

In 3 words this film is mind numbingly torturous. Don't get me wrong I like Korean/Japanese films, but, my pustular psoriasis on my feet was more entertaining and less painful (and it was very painful to walk) than watching this film.The first 63, YES, 63, minutes tried in vain to give us insight into the characters relationships, but, it failed on all levels and the dialogue was appalling. it started to get interesting when the tsunami FINALLY struck and I thought the film was going to get better, but, alas I was sorely disappointed as holes in the disaster sequence showed quickly. Do yourself a favour, go out, fall asleep (which I almost did watching this) or just do anything else but DON'T hire this film and waste around 100 minutes of your life that you'll tidal wave goodbye and never get back.

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Rated 2 stars
tidle wave

A Customer from Swansea, 18th January, 2010

was a good film and funny in parts. but did not realise when we rented it that it had sub titles . It would of been more enjoyable if it was in english as you spent a lot of the time trying to read it and miss some off the action.

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