Film

Oldboy 2003

Directed by Park Chan-wook

  • Thriller, Mystery
  • 120 min
  • R

15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

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  • Graphic violence
  • Body horror
  • Bleak ending

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Overwhelming, contemporary, bleak and meticulous.

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  • sparerichly built

Who loves it, who doesn't

The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 55The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 55The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 55The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 44The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 1The Genre Devotee: disliked by 21 / 2The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 22The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 22The OmnivoreThe Omnivore: loved by 22loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

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