Oldboy

Oldboy

  • Director: Park Chan-Wook
  • Writer: Garon Tsuchiya,Nobuaki Minegishi,Park Chan-Wook
  • Countries of origin: South Korea
  • Language: Korean
  • Release date: November 21, 2003
  • Runtime: 2h
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround 7.1
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Old Boy
  • "Old Boy" is a thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook and starring CHOI MIN SIK , Yoo Ji-tae , Kang Hye-Jung, etc. The film was released in the Republic of Korea on November 21, 2003 . 
    The film tells a story of revenge. The protagonist Wu Daxiu was suddenly kidnapped on his way home drunk and imprisoned in a private jail for 15 years. After he was finally able to see the sun again, he desperately wanted to find himself. To the cause of the kidnapping, and launched a crazy revenge plan. 

    Details

    • Release date November 21, 2003
    • Filming locations Busan, South Korea
    • Production companies Show East, Egg Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $3,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $707,481

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $68,957

    Gross worldwide

    $15,189,934

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jared 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      Whether you really like CULT is the primary threshold for testing a person's taste

      The culture of CULT, people who don't really like it, won't really like it.

      In the movie, relying on the idea of ​​revenge on his own, he exercised a strong heart - although ironically, that heart was artificial - let him lock the male protagonist for 15 years, just to let him in. In the past 15 years, he has maintained the same revenge mentality as himself.

      You say sarcasm is not sarcasm. The negative male protagonist makes the positive male protagonist fall in love with...

    • By Bernhard 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      When you laugh, the world laughs with you; when you cry, you cry alone.

      Although the ending can be seen after knowing that it is the male protagonist and sister who died, it is for everyone to see after all, and it is understandable to average the cognitive level. The design of the plot expresses the story vividly. The parts of eating octopus and extracting teeth have brought people's emotions to a certain extreme. In the end, when the male 1 wanted to kill the male 2, a satirical recording was released, and the male 1 sought hypnosis. The metaphor of the teacher...

    • By Jodie 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      Quotations

      Laugh, everyone laughs. cry, weep alone.

      Even if I am a beast, am I not qualified to survive?

      "Women's hands are warm, not suitable for sushi."
      "I must be a different woman, my hands are very cold."

      Whether it is sand or stone, falling into the water is equally heavy.

      It is said that very lonely people have had hallucinations of ants.

      I will kill all your lovers until you die.

      Revenge can relieve anger, and revenge is good for...

    • By Reymundo 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      "Heavy

      "Heavy" is the collision of black and cold colors, purple represents the unknown, green is like poison, and red is especially red like blood-stained love.
      A calamity caused by the tongue destroys an incestuous love, but love is right no matter what, even if it is wrong; hate is revenge, and wrong love is repaid with wrong love.
      Where there are people, there will be murderous remarks, and a cut tongue can end future speeches, but the person is deceased, completes revenge, commits...

    • By Trent 2022-04-23 07:01:02

      I kill you with spittle

      An incest-themed movie "Old Boy", also known as "Original Criminal", has an MDB score of 8.2. Although it cannot be completely said that this is tall and high from the score, it also reflects the greatness of this Korean film to a certain extent. The plot advances with suspense and suspense. Director Park Chan-wook is a film critic, and his films are basically high-quality products, and he asks questions of different opinions.

             The power of hatred, inspiring people to become...

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    • By Clinton 2023-08-27 09:03:23

      This is one of the best Korean movies I've seen, both in terms of plot editing, lighting, and other technical aspects are very strong. "Laugh, the whole world will laugh, cry, and weep alone" "Even if it's a beast, I don't have the right to live." Hatred is a catalyst, you all follow the path to take revenge, but forget that what you hate is the cowardly self. "My sister and I knew we couldn't fall in love, but we still fell in love with each other", but we chose to forget that we cowardly let...

    • By Danielle 2023-08-21 20:54:18

      Since love is only a setting, why do you have to hold on until the end when you say something about love, you will love it regardless of identity It's a bad movie, but there is a suspicion that it is deliberately beaten out. It's not a shot that accurately captures the main vein of the movie. I'm a little...

    • By Georgiana 2023-07-23 18:41:53

      What a lousy story, but what a damn good...

    • By Karlie 2023-05-03 17:18:37

      After procrastinating for so long, I finally saw this amazing film on the big screen at the Twisted Asian Film Festival. I have to throw myself into the cinema to fully enjoy this film! The various languages ​​of the film are superb, concise and powerful, praise! There is no problem with the theme... Quentin awarded Park Zanyu the award, which is a great joy in the film...

    • By Louisa 2023-04-29 17:39:13

      Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy, I think the most shocking and best one, regardless of the actors' acting skills, the original soundtrack, the pictures, and the plot are all first-class,,, although the previous part of being locked up + gang fights is too deliberate, it makes people feel fake, But the whole film still fascinates me deeply, especially the long shot of recalling the dual visual chase of childhood, it is really shocking, the cut is too subtle, the climax of the plot is also...

    Movie plot

    On the birthday of his daughter, a middle-aged man, Wu Daxiu ( Cui Min Zhi ) , was abducted and disappeared by an unknown person on his way home drunk. For this reason, he was imprisoned in a mysterious private prison for no reason. Wu Daxiu, who was unsuccessful, watched TV every day and ate fried dumplings for three meals. Through TV, he learned that his wife had been killed, his daughter's whereabouts were unknown, and he was even...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The film was once listed as the "Top 15 Revenge Movies" on the Rotten Tomatoes website in the United States.
    The scene of Wu Daxiu eating five live octopuses raw at a sushi restaurant caused huge controversy. Although eating octopus raw in Korea is commonplace, it is usually eaten by cutting it into slices. After the film won the Cannes Grand Prix in Cannes, the director shared an octopus meal with all the cast and crew.
    In order to fit...
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    Evaluation action

    As the second part of the "Vengeance Trilogy", "Old Boy" still continues the theme of revenge for the loved one in the previous film, but the director has made a great change in the processing of the image. The twists and turns of the plot and the stimulation of conflict, coupled with a large number of camera motion paragraphs and character actions, coupled with a high-pitched symphony, add more entertainment elements than the previous...
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    Movie quotes

    • Dae-su Oh: Revenge is good for your health, but pain will find you again.

    • Dae-su Oh: [on receiving three chopsticks with his prison rations] All I could think about in that moment was the guy in the next room was eating with only one chopstick.

    • Dae-su Oh: If you stand aimlessly at a phone booth on a rainy day, and meet a man whose face is covered by a violet umbrella, I'd suggest that you get close to the TV.