Friday, December 02, 2005

Old boy


ummmm.... anybody seen this? three words... 1. Oh 2. My 3. God. put it together and repeat three times. 1. oh my god. 2. oh my god. 3. oh my god. This is hands down the most messed up movie i have ever seen. ever. on the cover it says "...arrives with the Quentin Tarantino seal of approval..." and not in the Hero kind of way.

Here's a Plot summary from the back of the box.
"Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter. After a drunken night in town, he is abducted and locked up in a strange private "prison". No one will tell him why he's there and who his jailer is and his fury builds to a single minded focus of revenge. 15 years later, he is unexpectedly freed, given a new suit, a cell phone and 5 days to unravel the mystery and discover the identity of the enemy who had him imprisioned. Seeking vengeance on all those involved, he soon finds that his enemy's tortures are just beginning."

the ending is brutal. watch it. if anyone has any links on this movie or has seen it comment on it, but don't ruin the ending.

3 Comments:

Blogger March2theSea said...

i just kept hitting next blog and saw this. CHeck out Tikashi Miike films. Ichi The Killer, Audition etc. They are messed up films as well. Cool blog BTW.

1:02 PM  
Blogger crazywanda said...

While I haven't seen this movie (yet) The plot summation piqued my interest. Sounds like the infusion of postmodern reflexivity with older platonic ideas of reality (versus perception) - Plato's Republic meets john carpenter's "They Live." in Korea. Looking forward to a viewing. thanks for posting...

2:31 PM  
Blogger crazywanda said...

now that I've seen oldboy, i have to retract the comment i made re: plato and "they live" - Oldboy is more like a korean version of NBK w/hints of a movie that i shouldn't name or else I'll give away the end. Television is a god, weep and you weep alone, the mind is a prison... Now i'm interested in reading the japanese comic book on which the movie is based. tons of beautiful shots, titilating colors and transitions - and you are right, mobilbloggin blogger, Oldboy is a twisted flick, really really twisted up. may require a chaser. personally, i found it helpful to bust out my oldcopy of Godzilla Vs Monster Zero.

5:23 PM  

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