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Director : Spike Lee
Running Time : 104 mins
Following twenty years of being mysteriously incarcerated in a hotel room with no contact to the outside world other than a single TV set, Joe Doucett (Brolin) wakes up in a trunk in the middle of a field. Having discovered he has been framed for the murder of his wife, he sets out to find who really killed her and exact revenge, while also trying to find his missing daughter.
Many would say that remaking the classic Korean movie Oldboy would be a huge mistake, and I’ll admit I was one of those people. But for those who have never seen the original this is an interesting and disturbing movie that admittedly is enjoyable. Lee has apparently claimed that this is based on the Manga and not the movie but, other than the very ending, this is almost identical to the 2003 version, without the bravery that that movie possessed in its final conclusion. For a watered down version of Oldboy, this is okay, but I much preferred the original and really hope (and suspect) that the rest of the Vengeance Trilogy are not translated.
You’ll like this if you liked : Taken 2
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