Um Tae-goo’s Typical Vibe
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Um Tae-goo has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2010s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by A Taxi Driver.
Recurring themes

No Tears for the Dead
2014
Action · Thriller

Penoza: The Final Chapter
2019
Action · Crime

The White Storm
2013
Drama · Action

Darkland
2017
Thriller · Action

Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
2012
Thriller · Action

Captain Phillips
2013
Action · Drama

The Target
2014
Thriller · Action

Luna's Revenge
2018
Thriller · Action

A Taxi Driver
2017 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Prime Video · Included

Spellbound
2011 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Tubi · Free w/ ads

Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned
2016 · Movie · Actor
Top 18%The Roku Channel · Free w/ ads

Night in Paradise
2020 · Movie · Actor
Top 38%Netflix · Included

Cobweb
2023 · Movie · Actor
Top 43%Prime Video · Included

The Great Battle
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 50%Tubi · Free w/ ads

May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Dir. Jang Hoon · With Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-jin

A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.
Dir. Hwang In-ho · With Son Ye-jin, Lee Min-ki, Park Cheol-min

In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.
Dir. Kang Full, Kim Hie-won · With Ju Ji-hoon, Park Bo-young, Um Tae-goo

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.
Dir. Um Tae-hwa · With Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-jun, Park Bo-young

Days after her friends disappear during a trip to a mysterious cave, a girl is approached by a grown man claiming to be one of her missing pals.
Dir. Um Tae-hwa · With Gang Dong-won, Shin Eun-soo, Lee Hyo-je

An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.
Dir. Park Hoon-jung · With Um Tae-goo, Jeon Yeo-been, Cha Seung-won

Il-young tries to get away from her adoptive mother because she does not want to get involved in her mother's criminal activities.
Dir. Han Jun-hee · With Kim Hye-soo, Kim Go-eun, Um Tae-goo

In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't understand the re-written ending. Will Kim be able to find a way through this chaos to fulfill his artistic ambitions and complete his masterpiece?
Dir. Kim Jee-woon · With Song Kang-ho, Lim Soo-jung, Oh Jung-se

Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.
Dir. Kim Kwang-sik · With Zo In-sung, Nam Joo-hyuk, Park Sung-woong
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