The Tower
2012 2h 1m movie Film South Korea

The Tower

타워

“Tower Sky. 108 Stories. Survive at any cost.”

Synopsis

타워

“Tower Sky. 108 Stories. Survive at any cost.”

Tower Sky, a luxurious building complex, has organised a lavish Christmas party for its VIP guests. However, things go awry when a fire breaks out and thousands of lives are endangered.

Audience Engagement

246
Reviews
93rd
Review-volume percentile
86th
Popularity percentile

246 audience reviews — more than 93% of South Korea films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among South Korea films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Tower. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From CJ Entertainment

Action + Drama in South Korea

114 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Tower itself).

The 2011–2013 South Korea Window

The Tower holds position #62 of 157 South Korea films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Scooby-Doo! and the Sea Monsters
    #1

    Scooby-Doo! and the Sea Monsters

    ★ 9.8 · 2012
  2. Tree with Deep Roots
    #2

    Tree with Deep Roots

    ★ 9.3 · 2011
  3. Bridal Mask
    #3

    Bridal Mask

    ★ 8.6 · 2012
  4. Gu Family Book
    #4

    Gu Family Book

    ★ 8.3 · 2013
  5. The Return of Superman
    #5

    The Return of Superman

    ★ 8.3 · 2013
  6. Silenced
    #6

    Silenced

    ★ 8.2 · 2011
  7. Flower Boy Next Door
    #7

    Flower Boy Next Door

    ★ 8.2 · 2013
  8. 49 Days
    #8

    49 Days

    ★ 8.2 · 2011

The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Tower premiered alongside 53 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 53 other South Korea films in 2012.

The 531st South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Tower, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • firefighter · 5
  • panic · 3
  • christmas party · 2
  • christmas eve · 2
  • tower · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • survival · 28
  • disaster · 23
  • fire · 15
  • explosion · 13
  • helicopter · 10
  • christmas · 10
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • south korea · 97
  • south korea · 97
  • seoul · 38

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
246
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #638 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #114 of 266 (top 43%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Spoken LanguagesFrench, Japanese, Korean
Production CompaniesCJ Entertainment, The Tower Pictures
Runtime2h 1m
Release DateDecember 25, 2012
IMDbtt2554270