The Tower (2012)
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62% of users liked it
(93 ratings)
Lee Dae-ho is a single father and manager of the 120 story luxurious landmark building complex, Tower Sky in Seoul. He is an earnest employee liked by his colleagues and is secretly in love with Seo Yoon-hee, a restaurant manager. The owner of the complex, Mr. Jo decides to hold a "White… More Lee Dae-ho is a single father and manager of the 120 story luxurious landmark building complex, Tower Sky in Seoul. He is an earnest employee liked by his colleagues and is secretly in love with Seo Yoon-hee, a restaurant manager. The owner of the complex, Mr. Jo decides to hold a "White Christmas" party for tenants and VIPs on Christmas Day, with helicopters circling above, sprinkling snow onto the party. Whilst the party is in full swing one of the helicopters crashes into the building and the building catches fire. Dae-ho moves quickly to save his daughter Ha-na, Yoon-hee and his colleagues.
- Directed By
- Kim Ji-Hoon
- Written By
- Byun Sung-Hyun, Min-soo Kim
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 25, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- CJ Entertainment America
Critic Reviews
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Maggie Lee, Variety
Kim Ji-hoon overdoses on visual fireworks in a way that smothers any human drama mustered by the sprawling cast, whose marquee names are treated as mere icing on the cake.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
"The Tower" may be skillfully executed as an effects-laden opus, but its miniature portraits in courage are ultimately too jerry-built to feel like anything but filler between the combustive set pieces.
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Michael Nordine, Village Voice
Even at its best, The Tower is beholden to unearned emotional payoffs.
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David Noh, Film Journal International
There are exploitation films and then some, but this Korean twin-tower disaster epic takes the cake for callously evocative imagery and sentimental schlock.
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Cast
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Sul Gyung-gu
as Young-ki
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Ye-jin Son
as Yoon-hee
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Sang-kyung Kim
as Dae-ho
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Mina Cho
as Hana
- Sul Kyung-Gu
- Kim Sang-kyun
