Oldboy (2003) 9/10

Starring : Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong
Director : Chan-Wook Park
Running Time : 115 mins

After being incarcerated for 15 years for no known reason, and being told that his wife has been murdered, Oh Dae-su (Choi) wakes up one day to find he has been set free. Angered by these events, he sets about trying to find who did this to him so that he can exact vengeance upon them, but soon finds himself faced with familiar faces from his past and the knowledge that something he may have done in the past may have led to the death of an innocent young girl.

This film is simply wonderful, infusing gritty violence with slapstick humour and keeping a perfect balance between the two from start to finish. Although the opening scenes are confusing, they don't really need explanation as the later events of the movie clear most questions up. Be warned, there are some very hard core scenes of violence, and the subject matter isn't for the sqeamish, especially when you consider the final scene for what it really is.

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