Just to show the evil of society and human nature

Beau 2022-03-24 09:02:30

There seem to be several versions of the movie with this name. The one I watched was a remake of the Korean movie of the same name, and being able to be remade shows that the story is attractive to some extent.
It's a bit heavy. I think of Nicolas Cage's "8mm" and Pitt's "Seven Deadly Sins". After reading it, it's very uncomfortable. I don't understand why some directors are interested in abnormal crimes.
The story is quite appetizing. A middle-aged man was suddenly kidnapped and imprisoned for 20 years. During this period, his wife was raped and killed, his daughter disappeared, and then he was suddenly released. Naturally, the reason for being imprisoned must be found out. And the whereabouts of the daughter of the wife's death.... However, the ending was so depressing.
The overall quality is average to low, the performance of the actors is average, and the story is not very suspenseful, especially the martial arts part.
It is not recommended to watch it, don't find it unhappy for yourself for no reason.

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  • Emanuel 2022-04-21 09:02:49

    Spike Lee is still good at filming himself. The more you like the original work, the more you hate this one. Only the idea of ​​"the TV effect is to deceive people" is not bad. I like the original work in other places. It's really unbearable.

  • Carmela 2022-01-02 08:02:26

    I don't see the meaning of such a remake. Brother-sister love is replaced by father-daughter love, but what's the difference?

Oldboy quotes

  • Chaney: [as Joe straps him down and interrogates him with a knife blade] Wait. What?

    Joe Doucett: Hold still...

    Chaney: Cocksucker!

    [Joe continues to cut his neck]

    Chaney: Ow! Ow! Motherfucker. OW! SHIT!

    Joe Doucett: [smirks] Heh, heh.

    Chaney: YOU NO-DICK, ASS-LICKING SON OF A BITCH! FUCK YOU!

    Joe Doucett: No, fuck you!

    [Joe cuts him more]

    Chaney: OH! YOU BOOGER-EATING, PISS-DRINKING MOTHERFUCKER! If you stop now you may get out of here alive!

    Joe Doucett: I'm gonna keep going till I can pull your head off with my bare hands! Okay?

    Chaney: [frantic] Listen to me. LISTEN TO ME! I only run this place, all right? I was hired to keep you here!

    Joe Doucett: Who hired you?

    Chaney: I can't tell you that!

    Joe Doucett: Then do me a favor and shut the fuck up! Who hired you?

    Chaney: I don't know his fuckin' name!

  • Burly Man: [playing crossword puzzle] 39 across, alter ego to Edmund Dantes.

    Joe Doucett: Count of Monte Cristo

    [Joe smashes his hammer in Marco's skull and screams]