Oldboy

Pros: Graphic Visuals, Excellent Plot and Dialogue, Great Acting, Strong Action Scenes.
Cons: None.

In 2004, Oldboy won numerous awards. Most notably, at Cannes, Oldboy finished second to Fahrenheit 9/11 (an obvious mistake in my humble opinion). My opinion is seconded by Quentin Tarentino who lobbied for Oldboy, but failed to ...

Pros: WOW scriptwriting, plot, action, acting.
Cons: It's not a film for everyone

I recently saw Three...Extremes a horror movie featuring 3 short stories by three different Asian directors. One short story Cut was directed by South Korean director Chan-wook Park. It was decent but I didn't love it. This week, I ...

Pros: Pretty much everything...
Cons: ... except for the ending

There can be no doubt in anyones mind that when it comes to cinema, nobody does it better than the Orientals. It seems as though the very second a new film from Japan or South Korea hits a film festival, US studios are falling over themselves to sign it ...

Pros: Premise, cinematography, acting, great twist ending
Cons: suggestive, minor editting flaws, violent

Mostly undiscovered and recently released on DVD in the States, this Korean gem is one interesting and thought provoking film that combines stylish cinematography and stellar acting with an intriguing premise, works on many levels and definitely worth a ...

Pros: Direction, Script, Look, Locations, Cinematography, Editing, Music, & Cast.
Cons: None. Though Audiences Will Be Disturbed by Some of Its Content.

After the release of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Chan-wook Park had become one of the prominent directors in South Korea as Korean cinema was starting to break out internationally. After two critically and commercially successful features in ...

Pros: Revenge movie
Cons: Incest presented as acceptable? Yeah, that's a con.

Like the great revelation that Soylent Green is made out of people, "it's people!" there we are at the end of OLDBOY and we find out the hero has been having sex with his daughter. His daughter! And strangely enough, it seemed OK. OLDBOY is the ...

Pros: Choi Min-sik; mysterious, involving story
Cons: May be too brutal and upsetting for some

Pollution. In Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" (Or "Tyrannus" depending on the translation) pollution is the source for the woes of Thebes. Oedipus is made privy to the fact that discovering the pollution and banishing it will save his city except, as readers ...

Pros: Mysterious suspense, action-packed, horrific inventive torture, stylized
Cons: Runs a bit long

Like an old memory based in both surreal and logical demise, Oldboy reminds us of how unrealistic and unreliable reality can be. Held for fifteen years in a secret “holding cell hotel” by an anonymous kidnapper, main character Daesu Oh ...

Pros: Acting, directing, cinematography, writing, execution.
Cons: None -- although some won't be able to handle it.

A Review by Tyler Foster for www.funkdiggityfresh.com Oldboy is brilliant. Stop reading this review, find it, and see it. Doesn't matter what it takes. When it comes out on March 25, see it again. The review will continue once the end credits, roll, ...

Pros: Twisted masterpiece, great action, neat twists, visually stunning
Cons: not for everyone, English dub track really sucks- stick with the Korean please

Vengeance has it's consequences. Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik) is a businessman who is taken off the street one day and imprisoned for 15 years. During that time, he is framed for his wife's murder and his daughter grew up without him. Now he is free and has ...

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing

Revenge seems to have slightly different influences on individual depending upon the culture he or she was reared in. Oldboy gives an example of how far various Asian individuals will go to find retribution to a perceived slight. This film takes what ...

Pros: The story
Cons: The violence

English as second language... The first time I saw that movie, it was already playing for a while, and I ended up looking at it for just a couple of minutes before switching channel because it was too violent. I hate violence when it goes nowhere, ...

Pros: Plot, acting, directing...great stuff.
Cons: Many Western viewers are hesitant to watch a foreign film.

This film is absolutely awesome.

The setup:
A man is kidnapped and locked in a room for 15 years, with no explanation. One day, he is released. His quest for answers and revenge begins.

Oldboy gives you dark comedy, violence and incredible drama all in one superbly crafted film.

This film is REQUIRED viewing, especially if you're an Asian cinema fan. Don't let subtitles scare you, PLEASE.

Pros: Awesome. . Shocking. Original. Great acting
Cons: Flawless in my opinion

Based on the acclaimed Manga comic book, Oldboy is a sharply made, slickly edited revenge thriller which sees Choi Min-sik playing Dae-su Oh, a man who has been locked up for the past 15 years.

When he gets out he creates a path of mayhem trying to escape the web of his enemies. then the plot thickens.
I hold this film up as a true masterpiece, and unquestionably one of the best thrillers to be made yet.