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Oldboy (2003)
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With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years -- and no one to hold accountable for his suffering -- a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors, relying on assistance from a friendly waitress. Korean director Chan Wook Park -- a former philosophy student and Hitchcock devotee -- uses his influences to create a mesmerizing psychological drama with a resolution that will leave you speechless.
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 119 minutes |
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$707,481 (US)
$0 (World) |
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| Written By: |  | Chan-wook Park | | Garon Tsuchiya | | Jo-yun Hwang | | Chun-hyeong Lim | | Joon-hyung Lim | | Nobuaki Minegishi |
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Oldboy Movie Review by Nick  (3/30/2005) |
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See OLDBOY.
I know that logic states I should not be divulging that information so early on in a review, negating your need to bathe in the incoherent ramblings that my examinations carry with them, but I did it anyway. Why you may ask? First, I'm crazy like that. But more importantly, while this latest Asian film to...
(complete Oldboy review by Nick)
After watching The Dentist and this film, I don't think anyone is going to be touching my teeth again.
Dae-su Oh (Min-sik Choi) is imprisoned for 15 years and has no idea why. When he gets out, he starts trying to find the answers, and that is when the violence gets started.
But in a Hitchcockian ending the answer was...
(complete Oldboy review by Movie Addict)
| Oldboy Movie Review by Jarrod (7/12/2007) |
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'Oldboy' is one of those edgy Korean films that pushes the boundaries of what American audiences may find acceptable. Overtly sexual and gruesomely violent, it always makes you feel uncomfortable, but its imagery burrows into your mind and stays there, refusing to leave, and it tells a compelling, ultimately...
(complete Oldboy review by Jarrod)
| Oldboy Movie Review by Misty (4/26/2007) |
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Literally.
However, I really enjoyed it. I used to hate that thing where they translate a movie from another language into English and their lips don't say the same things that you're hearing, but this film was good enough that it didn't bother me at all.
I was turned on to it by a new friend and I'm was excited to see...
(complete Oldboy review by Misty)
| Oldboy Movie Review by Ezra (2/13/2007) |
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I've been raving about this one since I first saw it in late 2004; in fact, I originally included it in my Top Ten of that year, but I was so happy to see it get a US theatrical release this year that I decided to rave all over again. The less said about the intricate story, the better, but here's something to whet your...
(complete Oldboy review by Ezra)
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