Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kyung-gu Sol | ... | Captain Kang Young-ki | |
Ye-jin Son | ... | Seo Yoon-hee | |
Sang-kyung Kim | ... | Lee Dae-ho | |
In-kwon Kim | ... | Sergeant Oh Byung-Man | |
Sung-Ki Ahn | ... | Yeouido Fire Station Chief (as Sung-kee Ahn) | |
Jae-ho Song | ... | Mr. Yoon - Old Man | |
Joo-sil Lee | ... | Mrs. Jung - Mr. Yoon's Friend (as Ju-shil Lee) | |
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Han-wi Lee | ... | Mr. Kim - Church Elder |
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Tae-won Kwon | ... | Fire Commissioner Jang |
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Guk-Hyang Jeon | ... | Ae-ja |
In-gi Jeong | ... | Cha - Safety Section Head (as In-Ki Jung) | |
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In-Pyo Cha | ... | President Jo |
Bae-soo Jeon | ... | Young-cheol - The Cook | |
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Jun-seo Park | ... | Aide |
Seong-oh Kim | ... | In-geon (as Kim Sung-oh) |
On Christmas Eve at Tower Sky, an ultra-luxurious building complex, a White Christmas party is held to dazzle its equally high-end tenants and VIP guests. Dae-ho, the manager of the building and single father, is forced to cancel plans with his daughter Hana to work the event. His Christmas is saved when Yoon-hee, the food mall manager with a secret crush on Dae-ho, offers to babysit Hana during the party. Meanwhile, Young-ki the legendary fire chief of Yoido Station has finally promised his first holiday date night to his long suffering wife. The party is in full swing with the spectacular sight of two helicopters flying overhead just to spray snow on the partygoers and make everything perfect. When unthinkable disaster strikes, Dae-ho and Young-ki must summon all their strength and courage to save the lives of thousands but at what cost to themselves and their loved ones? Written by CJ Entertainment
Blah blah blah, is this a remake of The Towering Inferno (1974). For me it isn't, it's not because a disaster is taking place in a building that it is a remake of an old classic. But this flick here isn't for everybody because if you can't stand Asian flicks than stay away from this.
The way the acting is and the way characters are talking to each other doesn't add towards the easiness to watch this flick. Just see how the boss of the tower and the workers are handling towards each other. But on the other hand this isn't really a disaster flick, it's more an ode to the fire brigades risking their life every day.
Not that it was all that bad, the effects used were sublime. And there is suspense throughout the whole movie. There was even the typical Asian humour to see. But at the end of the day I thought that it would contain a bit of those Asian gore in it but it wasn't. It's not a bad movie and you will have flashbacks to the 9/11 event like people jumping out of the building and when the tower collide, well, if you were all ready there on 9/11 you will have some memories.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 4/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5