Tube Movie Review 2003

After suffering a shocking personal loss, police detective Jay (Kim) finds himself relegated to the ranks of subway cop. He toils away until that fateful day when the good-guy-gone-bad (Park) takes control of the train and terrorizes the community, giving Jay the chance to be a hero again and save the day. While the action in director Woon-hak's Seoul-based debut zips along, the effort lacks that "certain something" (like a well-developed plot) that made its obvious inspirations--"Die Hard" and "Speed"--smash hits. Korean, with English subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Martial Arts, Revenge, Trains, Hostage!, Undercover Cops, Terrorism, Subways

Screenplay

Woon-hak Baek, Weon-mi Byeon, Jeong-min Kim, Min-ju Kim

Cast

Seok-hun Kim, Du-na Bae, Samg-min Park, Byeong-ho Son, Oh-jung Gweon

Cinematography

Hong-shik Yun

Director

Woon-hak Baek

Music

Sang-jun Hwang