suchenwi I love trains. I love movies, with a special knack for Asian ones. So when I saw this Korean action piece mostly set on a subway train, I couldn't resist to buy it (2.99 euro, used, in the video rental shop).Then I checked IMDb, and it looked like most comments were quite negative, so with some anticipated disappointment, I put the DVD in the player and watched it for myself.I agree with many commenters that the plot lacks plausibility, while providing more climaxes than needed (after the middle, I felt a bit exhausted like on a long subway ride, and considered one could turn this into a TV mini-series, cutting after each cliff-hanger...) But thinking more about it, I'd like to add some points.First, the political aspect. As is revealed later in the film, the South Korean government is supposed to have had in the past a secret "Rhodes Team" doing unlawful, dirty jobs. As briefly shown, this led to international criticism up to the UN security council, and to dirty disposal of the team and their families, with only "T" surviving, and using terrorist means to force a former minister to reveal those facts. The political thread continues with quasi-military occupation of the subway control room,the ex-minister ordering the destruction of the subway train, and the subway police chief exclaiming: "The real criminals are the politicians and parliament members!" Also, the part where a passenger says he retrieved the data card from "T"'s cellphone. I suspect that this part of the story made much more impact on Korean viewers than, say, in Europe or America.And then there is the unlikely love triangle between hero Chang, his deceased fiancée, and the pick-pocket heroine. No sex or sleaze at all, but deep emotions are symbolized with little things - sweets, cigarettes, a lighter, a special playing card... most memorably a can of Warsteiner beer on a stone bench - first with Chang and his fiancée, then Chang alone, then the stalking heroine alone. And their final handshake sure had Titanic appeal...As you can see, the subway action (which wasn't bad, just a bit too long) got me less involved than these two aspects. A good short summary of the tragic romance is in the music video that came as extra on my DVD. All in all, I find this a quite strong movie, and enjoyed it - less as a train movie than an interesting and touching Korean story.

stormruston This is from the producer of "Sheri" so I had high hopes for a good action packed over the top violent move. Nope.Very few action scenes and most are either underdone or over done.Action freaks be warned this is more of a drama with a few action scenes.This is a poor version of " under siege 2" with too much sappy story and not enough fighting.A few enjoyable cliché scenes help but generally silly and not much of a heart tugger as it seems to be attempting to be.The special effects are adequate.The acting is generally passable to good.The story is hole ridden and silly.

davideo-2 STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All CostsCop Jay is intent on busting criminal mastermind .T.When he hi-jacks an underground train,he finds the perfect opportunity to make this happen.This slow and overlong action thriller takes nearly two hours to tell a story that could have been wrapped in an hour and a half.For an action film,said action is not exactly in plentiful supply either.It's intriguing (for me,anyway) and certainly very nice to catch a slice of Oriental action cinema,but when it's something so ultimately perfunctory and ordinary,it just ends up feeling so much more pointless.If you want to watch an action thriller set on board a train,rent Under Siege 2 with Steven Seagal,it's far superior.**

jwpappas Although TUBE is beautifully shot its still a weak hodge podge of every mainstream American action flick of the past 15 years. What's worse is that its derivative of the VERY derivative Jerry Bruckheimer/Michael Bey standard summer crapola. There are some great unintentional laughs at the expense of the lame love story but mostly this is a corny & predictable mishmash of SPEED, Armageddon, THE ROCK, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT & THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE. The writers of the last film should sue for 1) completely ripping off their plot & 2) for doing such a bad job at it. If you want mindless & fun action rent anything by Tsui Hark but avoid this time waster.