Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

ChampDavSlim The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

morrison-dylan-fan Finding out recently that a poll was to be held on IMDb's Classic Film board for the best titles of 2003,I felt that it would be an excellent time to take a close at what was taking place in Korean and Japanese cinema at the time.Searching round for titles on Amazon UK,I stumbled across a film that appeared to be a very gritty Action Thriller,which led to me jumping straight on the Tube.The plot:Ever since failing to capture the terrorists who killed his wife and cut off one of his fingers, police officer Jay has found himself being stuck with the task of keeping guard at the city's major Tube station. Determined to capture all pick-pockets red handed,Jay finds himself questioning his chosen path,when he runs into a woman called Kay who is a new thief on the scene.As he attempts to find out more about the mysterious Kay,Jay's (paternal) blossoming romance is stopped in its tracks,when a gang of terrorists jump on and hijack the train.Getting on the Tube just at the last moment,Jay soon discovers that this Tube journey will be one that goes back to the worst moments in his life.View on the film:Making his debut,writer/director Woon-Hak Baek gives the film a firm stylish sheen,with Baek smartly using wide angles so that the cast (which includes beautiful Doona Bae as Kay) rough'n'tumble stunts can be clearly seen,whilst also giving the movie a metallic appearance,which helps to create a sly man v machine sub-theme.Despite displaying a good eye for stylish visuals,Baek sadly shows that he is unsure about how hard he should press down on the titles Thriller moments,with Baek using a 'pause' effect so that the viewer can feel the impact of every hit,which disappointingly leads to the Action-Thriller moments feeling very stop-start.Matching the tone set out in his directing,Baek initially makes the screenplay's appearance to be one which will offer a wonderful fast paced Action-Thriller experience,with Baek using the romance between Jay and Kay (whose Eng Sub versions may have been named after the Men In Black!) to give the title a striking off-beat feel.As the tube starts to cross its near 2 hour journey,Baek tragically misses a number of 'stops' which would have allowed the movie to end on an up-hill high note.Instead,Baek decides to overly extend every one of the possibly thrilling twists well beyond there natural stopping point,which leads to this Tube journey being one that ends up going on permanent strike.

kevbee Korean cinema of late has produced some highly entertaining and diverting pieces of work. Sadly this film is not amongst them. From the opening scene when about 4 bad guys manage to gun down about half the Korean police force but don't sustain any injuries themselves, you know that you should have your tongue firmly planted in your cheek. The problem with this film is that there is no character development and it relies on action set-pieces to carry the film along. Some of these are OK, but many are just not believable. In the Making Of documentary on the DVD release, it says that the film was 5 years in the making. It's a pity that over that length of time, no one realized that the script needed a complete rewrite.

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.

Jordan Hugely enjoyable action flick in the vein of "Speed" and "The Rock", which sees a brilliant criminal take control of a busy rush hour train before making seemingly impossible demands of the local control tower. He didn't bank on one particular passenger, however: a renegade cop with a score to settle with the man who killed his fiance years earlier.TUBE really is a thrill ride of a film, superior to just about anything Hollywood has offered in this genre since "The Rock" and certainly comparable to Korean smash-hit "Shiri". The latter takes itself much more seriously, though: TUBE has as many witty one-liners as gun battles and explosions and doesn't lose the audience with complicated back stories or distracting subplots. Acting is stellar from all the main cast and the director does an incredible job in giving this the look and feel of a movie with ten times its relatively small budget.So, if you're after an entertaining two hours without having your mind working overtime, you'll go a long way to find a better flick than TUBE. It's the closest thing to "Die Hard" we're ever likely to see nowadays - highly recommended. **** / *****