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Oldboy [Steelbook] [Blu-ray]

Min-sik Choi (Actor), Ji-tae Yu (Actor), Chan-Wook (Director) Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over Format: Blu-ray

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Format	PAL
Contributor	Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Min-sik Choi, Chan-Wook
Language	Korean
Runtime	1 hour and 59 minutes

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Taken without reason; imprisoned for 15 years; released without reason. 5 days to seek the truth...

One day in 1988, ordinary white collar worker Oh Dae-soo is kidnapped and incarcerated in a private makeshift prison cell, dressed up like a cheap hotel room. With only a TV for company, Dae-soo makes numerous attempts to escape and to commit suicide but they all end up in failure. All the while Dae-soo asks himself what made a man hate him so much enough to imprison him in solitary confinement with no explanation. While suffering from his near-madness, Dae-soo becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. At this very moment, Dae-soo swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life.

15 years on and without a word of warning Dae-soo is released. Given a new set of clothes, a mobile phone and the attentions of curious sushi waitress Mido, Dae-soo begins to track down his enemy, only to find he may be the pawn in a much bigger game which is only just beginning. Taunting Dae-soo, the culprit gives him just 5 days to catch and kill his captor or Mido will die...

Based on Japanese manga of the same name by Minegishi Nobuaki and Tsuchiya Garon, 'Old Boy' is a masterfully inventive revenge thriller complete with blackly comedic moments.

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Rated ‏ : ‎ Suitable for 18 years and over
Language ‏ : ‎ Korean
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 91 Grams
Director ‏ : ‎ Chan-Wook
Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 59 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ 25 Nov. 2013
Actors ‏ : ‎ Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang
Studio ‏ : ‎ Palisades Tartan
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00D3J09QA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Mr. M. S. Ward

intriguing but violent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 November 2022

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If you can cope with subtitles this is an intriguing film about a man who has been locked away for many years and suddenly finds himself released and tries to work out why he ended up locked away. But be warned it is quite gory and violent. There is an American remake but it isn't as good.

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Jordan

Excellent film (w/ maybe a couple of strange creative decisions), an excellent bluray release too.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 August 2021

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Really brilliant film. Leans heavily towards a comic-book tone at times, but apparently, the story is based on a Japanese manga (black and white comic). I have to confess the casting choice to have one of the characters be played by an actor of way too young an age does make the plot really quite confusing for me, I spent too much time thinking that character must be the son of another character as they'd have been a child during the events they're supposed to play a part in. There's also a little reliance on things like hypnosis to make some of the plot points make sense, and as someone who really doesn't believe in that kind of thing it left bits of the film feeling a little far fetched. But while I might be the kind of stickler who gets hung up on those sorts of details, I still loved the vast majority of the film. It's wild, engaging, and full of style.
The Arrow release bundles in a nice set of special features including some deleting scenes and a few different commentary tracks. The picture is also sharp and colorful, though a few scenes towards the end do look a bit lower quality (like the focus was slightly off). Nothing terribly distracting though.

I'd consider spending the extra money on the Vengence Trilogy though, as it appears to contain everything this release does as well as the two other movies in the trilogy. It's not too different in price, especially on sale. Had I seen it, I'd have probably gone for that version as Oldboy has left curious to try the other two movies now.

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Greg Inkster

Korean Tarantino

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 August 2022

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Movie was great, quite disgusting at times but worth the watch if you love a good revenge story, keeps you guessing what's gonna happen next, highly rate just for the oneshot fight scene the movie is well known for.

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Andy

WHAT A MASTERPIECE

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 17 July 2022

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Amazing I won't spoil a thing just watch it great acting great fighting and the storyline is one of the most unique (considering it's a revenge movie) I've ever known

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Max

Essential viewing....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 November 2013

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For those who enjoy adult films with adult themes this is a film I could not recommend highly enough. Some will say it's too disturbing which is fair to say as it can be a bridge too far for people not used to films containing such themes. Some say it's slow and it does deal with character building and information seeking as much as, if not more than, the action scenes, which is not a criticism, I think it's perfect the way it is and I'm a fan of the "slow film" as they allow more tension to be built in my opinion and this doesn't just do it well, it masters it and sets the bar ever so highly for other films wanting to implement a twist at the end. The violence while some parts graphical isn't as graphical as you may expect, a lot of it is done with clever camera use and editing to make you see it mentally rather than visually. It's beautifully shot, I love the use of camera, very stylishly presented. The soundtrack compliments the film so well, I'd go as far as to say it's one of the best I've heard in a film before, the contrast of emotion in the different themes is really appreciated. This is not a film you'd want to see with a family member let me tell you, it's a film you'd probably want to see with a friend, or if your girlfriend/boyfriend didn't mind the nature of the film, but probably a friend/alone. It's a very thought-provoking movie and there are a references throughout that you capture on a second viewing you most definitely won't on the first. A lot of people 'got it' but were confused by a lot of different elements so I would recommend repeat viewings (Don't worry, the film still holds up for repeat viewings, even when you know the end twist.) Overall I give this movie 5 out of 5, and I rarely give films such high ratings, but this left me completely stunned in a good way. I had so much to think through after the credits rolled, I wanted to watch it again straight after, which again is rare. The film has flaws like any film does, but they are so minor when compared to the whole product they are virtually unrecognisable. It may be a modern masterpiece and one of the few films I've seen since 2000 that left me shaking my head in appreciation, such is the quality of this movie.

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