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Directed By
Chan-wook Park
Written By:
Chan-wook Park, Mu-yeong Lee, Jae-sun Lee, Yong-jong Lee
Cast:
Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Du-na Bae, Dae-yeon Lee, Ju-bong Gi, Kwang-rok Oh, Seung-wan Ryoo, Se-dong Kim, Seung-beom Ryu, Gyu-su Jeong, Jae-yeong Jeong, Seung-beom Ryu, Ji-Eun Lim, Bo-bae Han, Kan-hie Lee
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
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You know why I have to kill you.
I have not watched one Korean film that has disappointed me, and director Chan-wook Park gives us one here that is fantastic. The battle between rich and poor, the haves and the have-nots, the question of appropriate medical care for all is never more clear.
Ha-kyun Shin was fantastic as a deaf-mute who was just trying to save his sister. First, cheated by the black market and then shown the door by the hospital, his life takes unfortunate twists. Desperation sets us up for these things and you just have to take them. He gets his revenge, but he also gets his punishment. In a different light, his girlfriend gets tortured and killed, but gets revenge also as part of a great ending where another gets his revenge and then his punishment.
A lot of revenge here in a movie that may be hard for some to watch, but Asian films tend to go places where others do not dare, and we get a realistic slice of life that is glossed over with Hollywood's current preoccupation with flatulence jokes and juvenile humor.
You might guess that I will be looking for more of Chan-wook Park's work.
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Nov 18, 2007 1:01 PM