tenshi_ippikiookami
High, but-really-too-high, building, check. A Christmas party, check. Too many people, check. Bad weather, but we don't care because the party is more important, check. Security measures not taken care of because, really, what is going to happen?, check. Father with little child that is in love with a co-worker, check. An experienced fireman that should not be working but-actually-really-has-to, check. Some people that just seem to be there to sacrifice themselves for the tearful moment, check.For anything else, lots of explosions."The Tower" is what the title says: A tower. On fire. With lots of people inside. The plot is kept to a minimum: people running around, things exploding, glass breaking, jumps, and an angel. From the very beginning you can probably tell to yourself what is going to happen, and probably even in which order. The characters are cartoon-ish, the effects just OK, and you probably have seen anything that happens a million times.Then, what makes "The Tower" so much fun? For starters it keeps things happening non-stop, so the two hours feel like a breeze (yes, even if everything is on fire). The acting is good, and you have lots of famous actors doing a really good job with the simple material they are handed: stern leader, comic relief, protective worker, desperate father, selfish major... And the direction is good and has a clear focus. All of this works to make a movie that is really fun and that will keep the viewer on the edge of their seat.
851222
Greetings from Lithuania. "The Tower" isn't anything special nor original. The story was told already, and like i said it's nothing original. But as a flick for one evening it will do just fine. It has pretty cool special effects, actually, they were he only reason i watched it in the first place. The acting wasn't good, especially in the first half hour of the movie, some of actors were just horrible, way overacting and shouting at the screen. Later, when the mood and setting changed, acting was starting to be better. Overall, this is enjoyable flick if you can close your eyes at the horrible acting in the beginning of the movie, and enjoy the ride of this disaster flick. It has nice special effects, nice settings and some nice pacing. For one evening it will do just fine.
Desertman84
The Tower a was remake of the 1974 American disaster classic,The Towering Inferno. It stars Mina Cho, Sang-kyung Kim, Sul Kyung-gu and Son Ye-jin. It is a disaster film that takes place in a 120-story luxurious landmark building called Tower Sky located at Seoul during Christmas Eve.The said film was definitely a great visual spectacle.Too bad that there is nothing more to it than that.The viewer will be definitely be amazed with the special effects and the CGI technology used in showing while the disaster unfolds to the point that one may feel that he gets an overdose on visual fireworks.Credit should definitely be given to Kim Ji-hoon for the amazing job he did in this film.Unfortunately.the special effects somewhat minimizes the emotions and the characterizations of the people involved in the story.The viewer may tend to overlook the story involved in the film and the great acting displayed by the talented Korean actors and actresses involved in the cast.Another thing that needs to be called out is the introduction of the characters involved in the screenplay during the first part of the film is overlong and somewhat cheesy.But nevertheless,it still manages to entertain despite its shortcomings.
sercasti
Really, don't waste your time looking at this movie. it is annoying, ridiculous and stupid. I regret wasting my time with this movie.Why do you need 70% of the dialogs with people shouting? It gave me a headacheA server room with no sprinklers or argon? a bomb with a single detonator? demolishing a tower with a few bombs in 10 minutes? Escaping a demolition inside a current and no one is drown? Some characters where just meaningless, but wasted several minutes on them. even my dog fell asleep with this movie.I cannot even complete the 10 lines required to submit a comment, this movie is not worth it.
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