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I saw Sympathy for Lady Vengence the other day. Very good film, but about the most violent film I've ever seen. It's the third film in an acclaimed trilogy. I've previously seen the second one (they're themed, not plot-related, so the order isn't important), Old Boy:
Anyway, Lady Vengence is about a woman who has just been released from prison after fourteen years. She had been forced to take the rap for a kidnapping and murder by a former teacher, a particularly sick man who has a string of kidnappings and murders to his name. She hunts him down, and has her revenge.
Subtle, clever, even outright funny in parts, it's an odd film, and I think a lot of people would be unsettled by the violence, but if you're not squeemish, it's a good watch.
mikhail said:
Old Boy
Korean film, subtitled. Great movie. A guy gets randomly abducted, and imprisoned for fifteen years. He doesn't know who did it or why. He's realeased without warning, and tracks down who imprisoned him, who then challenges him to find out the far more important question of why.
The fight scene in the corridore of his prison, in which Oh Dae-Su takes on a dozen or so men armed with lengths of timber, he himself having only a hammer, is the best I've ever seen.
Be warned, the twists at the end, while very unexpected, are quite disturbing - don't watch if you have a delicate moral sence. Otherwise a great film.
Gray, I never know Korean was such a great language for shouting threats in!
Or maybe the guy who plays Oh Dae-Su is just that good an actor.
Korean film, subtitled. Great movie. A guy gets randomly abducted, and imprisoned for fifteen years. He doesn't know who did it or why. He's realeased without warning, and tracks down who imprisoned him, who then challenges him to find out the far more important question of why.
The fight scene in the corridore of his prison, in which Oh Dae-Su takes on a dozen or so men armed with lengths of timber, he himself having only a hammer, is the best I've ever seen.
Be warned, the twists at the end, while very unexpected, are quite disturbing - don't watch if you have a delicate moral sence. Otherwise a great film.
Gray, I never know Korean was such a great language for shouting threats in!
Or maybe the guy who plays Oh Dae-Su is just that good an actor.
Subtle, clever, even outright funny in parts, it's an odd film, and I think a lot of people would be unsettled by the violence, but if you're not squeemish, it's a good watch.
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