Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: A rush of a movie from South Korea that slips and slides from horror to humor on rivers of blood and offers the haunting image of a man, primitive incarnate, beating other men with an enormous, gnawed-over meat bone. Read more
David Fear, Time Out: The Yellow Sea is far less interested in character than in choreographing pursuit scenes spiced with Asia Extreme levels of violence. Read more
William Goss, MSN Movies: ...does boast its fair share of gripping moments. Read more
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: A breakneck mix of bone-crunching freneticism and bloody close-quarters knife-fighting with a strand of romantic melancholy. Read more
David Jenkins, Time Out: A listless succession of brutal, consequence-free stabbings encase a pair of lengthy chase set pieces, both technically adept, both utterly ridiculous. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Writer-director Na Hong-Jin achieves a vibe of urban desolation right off the bat, and deepens the mayhem with acutely observed and charged details about illegal-immigrant life. Read more