The Tower (film)
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| German title | The Tower |
| Original title | 타워 Ta-weo |
| Country of production | South Korea |
| original language | Korean |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 121 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kim Ji-hoon |
| script | Kim Sang-don |
| production |
Lee Han-seung Lee Su-nam |
| music | Kim Tae-seong |
| camera | Kim Young-Ho |
| cut |
Kim Jae-beom Kim Kim Sang-beom |
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The Tower is a South Korean disaster movie from the year 2012 .
action
Tower Sky is a luxurious residential complex with apartments for more than 5,000 people. When a fire breaks out in the kitchen on Christmas Eve, it can be put out quickly. However, the manager Dae-ho finds that the sprinkler system was not working properly. The boss doesn't care, Dae-ho should set priorities. He only takes care of his Christmas party which is for VIP guests.
Since Dae-ho has to search for the cause of the defect, he instructs the restaurant manager Yoon-hee to take care of his daughter Hana.
When helicopters approach to make artificial snow snow, some pilots lose control of the machines due to violent turbulence and crash into the towers. Big explosions occur and fire breaks out. The fire brigade is informed immediately and is on their way. Young-ki, the fire chief, actually wanted to spend a nice evening with his wife, but then decides to go to the action.
When they arrive at the scene, they can see how much the fire has already spread. You move up immediately and walk up sixty stories. Meanwhile, Dae-ho is looking for his daughter Hana and Yoon-hee to take care of her. On the way, he runs into the firefighters and follows them. However, they first fight the cause of the fire and Dae-ho sets off alone. When he finds her, he uses a radio to contact the fire chief. He and his team make their way to him, but are called by the control center for a different emergency and are supposed to save other people. Young-ki sends one of his men to Dae-ho and goes to the other emergency with the rest of the firefighters. When they arrive there is only a rich man with his wife and a dog.
Dae-ho and the others try to leave the building. They want to take the elevator down by breaking the ropes and thus triggering the emergency brake after a while. It works, but only Dae-ho and the fire chief make it out of the elevator before he freefalls down again and hits him. The two leave the building and set off again to save the others. They are also supposed to blow up the rainwater tanks. You go out and find the others. Some survived. Young-ki and two other firefighters go to the water tanks and prepare everything for the demolition. When the two are outside, Young-ki locks himself in and tries to detonate the explosive device manually because he has lost the remote control. They go to the others and are washed out into the river by the masses of water and then rescued. In the meantime, to prevent major damage, the building was blown up.
background
Director Kim Ji-hoon was inspired by the Inferno (1974) movie .
Kim worked on the film's post-production for two years . The film was shot in the Petronas Towers .
Gross profit
With a budget of $ 9.7 million, the film grossed $ 30.9 million worldwide.
When it opened in cinemas on December 25, 2012, there were 431,759 admissions, the second highest ticket sales on opening day in the history of Korean cinema (after The Thieves (2012), 436,628 admissions). Two million tickets were sold in the first week, 3.54 million in the second week and 4.45 million in the third week. On January 22, 2013, it became the first Korean movie in 2013 to hit the five million mark.
criticism
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The film received mixed reviews.
"Don't look at the character development and the deep meaning, but The Tower is a real roller coaster ride."
"Even at its best, The Tower is committed to undeserved emotional payouts."
Web links
- Official Website (Korean)
- Official website (English)
- The Tower in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Tower atRotten Tomatoes(English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Park Eun-jee: 'The Tower' stands tall as a classic disaster film with a human side. JoongAng Ilbo, December 21, 2012, accessed November 24, 2015 .
- ^ The Tower (2012). Box Office Mojo, accessed November 24, 2015 .
- ^ Hyun-min Kim: The Opening Score of THE TOWER Second Best in Korean Film History . In: Korean Film Biz Zone . Korean Film Council. December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2012.
- ↑ Carla Sunwoo: The Tower stands tall on first day . In: Korea JoongAng Daily . December 27, 2012. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
- ↑ Carla Sunwoo: The Tower is No. 1 at the box office . In: Korea JoongAng Daily . January 2, 2013. Archived from the original on January 7, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ^ The Tower Still Drawing Moviegoers . In: The Chosun Ilbo . January 8, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
- ↑ Hyun-min Kim: THE TOWER Surpasses 4,450,000 in 21 Days . In: Korean Film Biz Zone . Korean Film Council. January 15, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Mi-jung Oh, Erika Kim: Tower Becomes First Movie of the Year to Pass 5 Million . In: enewsWorld . CJ E&M. January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ↑ Tower exceeds 5 million mark in attendance . In: Yonhap . January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Sunwoo Carla: Tower Exceeds 5 million views . In: Korea JoongAng Daily . January 24, 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ↑ The Tower Draws Over 5 Million Moviegoers . In: The Chosun Ilbo . January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d The Tower at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed November 25, 2015.
- ↑ The Tower in the Internet Movie Database (English)
