Imagine a Greek epic with a french director with scene transitions as good as seen in the City of Lost Children then you'll find this movie right up your street. The direction and characters are surreal as they are believable.
*****Classic ****Excellent ***Good **Fair *TragicReview:Oldboy is not for everyone. It's pervasive violence, its live octopus eating and it's unimaginary story.
Wow, How to ruin a movie..Spike Lee ..
The problem with remakes and especially remakes of iconic films is that they are often up against it before they have even hit the screens. Fans of original franchises do not like classics being tampered with and especially when the original is a stellar offering in the first place and doesn't need a remake.
Oldboy, a Korean action thriller, is one of the best films I watched in 2004! Oh Daesu, on his way home to celebrate his daughter's birthday, finds himself kidnapped and placed in a small apartment-like room.
Oldboy is one hell of a movie. It is a film that is characterized by surrealism, gritty violence and raw emotion.
The film tells how just a word might lead to disasters, great performance by actors, great soundtrack, excellent action and one of the best action scenes I saw in this movie and added an unexpected end. in my opinion (the villain) his victory was better than the hero.
I just watched this movie... I'm sorry but this is a B movie on international standards...
The light and shadow, the camera, the scheduling, and the editing are so powerful that it is simply exciting! The only small regret is the obscurity of the theme.
