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Tense Japanese disaster movie from director Nobuo Mizuta. When a devastating earthquake hits Tokyo, the consequent temperature rise in the Pacific Ocean triggers the onset of a catastrophic typhoon, the like of which has never been seen in Japanese history. With the city's subway station engulfed by the deluge, it falls to the Tokyo Fire Department's elite rescue team to try to save the day. Arriving on the scene, they soon hear the rescue code - 252 - being hammered out. With time rapidly running out for the survivors, the team members realise they must risk their own lives in order to save those who are trapped.
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Once again, the Japanese prove they can make a better disaster movie than Hollywood can these days! In Japan, "252" is like the equivalent of SOS. When a mega-typhoon strikes Tokyo and a storm surge floods the city and causes massive destruction, a small group of survivors are trapped in the Tokyo subway system in a disused station(due to floodgates working like those on the London Underground, one assumes) and against all odds a rescue squad from Tokyo's fire brigade must decide whether or not it will be safe to pull off a daring rescue attempt during the eye of the storm. Will they or won't they? The effects range from pretty good to excellent - the best ones are the Tokyo subway flooding sequences, watching the bodies of commuters washed away by flooding was chilling, and a DAY AFTER TOMORROW-like shot of the surge obliterating the streets. Really well done indeed. This is also a movie, much like THE SINKING OF JAPAN, where you do care about the characters and their fates, for a change! What is more relevant is that Japan has recently been hit by many disasters such as the quakes, tsunamis and Fukushima, and this movie takes on a whole new meaning - it is a great tribute to the hard work rescue and emergency services do, not just in Japan but the world over. Highly recommended!!
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The movie starts out well, although one has to make allowances for the difference between cultures--everyone seems to be a little too hyper. Some of the action sequences are really outstanding at depicting the chaos which would ensue during that type of event. Unfortunately, the 252-sign of life signal becomes overused to the point where one feels that they are watching a soap opera where everything, especially the outcome, has to be "just so." During the last half hour the melodrama is really overdone-- to the point of becoming unbelievable and sublimely ridiculous. I felt that the movie crosses the line and ends up actually insulting the professionalism of Tokyo's rescue professionals. It is definitely NOT comparable to "The Towering Inferno", as the synopsis on the cover back suggests. I think it closer to the BBC movie "Flood".
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a great flim me and my family love it i have watch it 3 times now and still think the same about it
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