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"Oldboy"
2003
Directed by Park Chan-wook

Directed with astonishing flair by South Korean director Park Chanwook, this ultraviolent thriller is perhaps the best offering to date from the wildly unbound New Korean Cinema. Unfolding as a series of escalating revenge scenarios, the film follows the struggle of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a middle-aged man who is held behind bars for no discernible reason. Released after 15 years of captivity, Dae-su immediately sets out to discover who's responsible for his imprisonment and the murder of his family. Boasting a labyrinthine plot and shockwaves of gore and violence, "there is little chance of emerging from it unexhausted and unscathed by its cataract of rage and regret" (The Village Voice). Korean with English subtitles.  120 minutes.

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