Film

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance 2002

Directed by Park Chan-wook

  • Action, Drama, Thriller
  • 129 min
  • R

Revenge was never this sweet.

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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  • Body horror
  • Graphic violence
  • Bleak ending

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