Noryang: Deadly Sea: reviews

What the critics say average 7.0 from 10 outlets

• 8.0 The Korea HeraldKim Da-sol Kim removed any excessive emotions from this part in order to depict Yi’s death in a calm but weighty manner, making the naval hero's last moment more divine and awe-inspiring. Read
• 7.5 But Why Tho?Kate Sánchez At its core, Noryang: Deadly Sea embodies a war epic in absolutely every sense of the genre. When viewed with the rest of the trilogy, Kim Han-min has captured the mythic proportions of Yi Sun-sin’s naval prowess. Read
• 7.5 Sonic CinemaBrian Skutle Overall, this is a good epic film, but it also shows the limits of historical cinema when spectacle takes more weight than emotions. Read
• 7.0 HanCinemaPanos Kotzathanasis Although at a somewhat lower level than "The Admiral: Roaring Currents", "Noryang: Deadly Sea" delivers on everything that it promised on its road to commercial success, and is definitely a film fans of epic movies will enjoy. Read
• 7.0 Film Combat SyndicateLee B. Golden III Noryang: Deadly Sea offers plenty for audiences to take away, with a propulsive high-seas epic that rightly bookends Kim’s storied saga of the famed Admiral. Read
• 7.0 The Korea TimesYonhap The dramatic, blood-pumping action sequences in a long take vividly reconstruct the deadly confrontations on war vessels. Read
• 7.0 Society ReviewsSociety Reviews This film is a war epic in every sense of the word and this is a film that gives you enough story, characters and visuals to be satisfied with the overall conclusion. Read
• 6.5 NYC Movie GuruAvi Offer Noryang: Deadly Sea is a rousing, thrilling and exhilarating spectacle. Read
• 6.0 Movie NationRoger Moore That first hour and eight minutes of backstory, debates and scantily-detailed planning burdens "Noryang" to an almost unforgivable degree. Read
• 6.0 Windows on WorldsHayley Scanlon The senseless futility of the violence is the point, but it’s one that’s continually lost on Yi who continues to insist that this war will never really be over until they chase the invaders all the way back to their own islands. Read