Condition: |
Brand New: An item that has never been opened or removed from the manufacturer’s sealing (if applicable).
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Genre: | Foreign Language |
Rating: | R | Sub-Genre: | Korean |
Region Code: | DVD: 1 (US, Canada...) | Leading Role: | Choi Min-Sik |
Edition: | Box Set, Collector's Edition, Widescreen | Director: | Chan Wook Park |
Special Features: | Cult | Format: | DVD |
Former Rental: | No | Release Date: | 11/14/2006 |
UPC: |
842498080047 |
It
would be a sin to reveal too much about this riveting and bizarre
thriller from Korean director Chan Wook Park, except to say that it's
about a man named Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik) who is locked in a hotel room
for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally
released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and
strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance
when he falls for an attractive sushi chef (Gang Hye-Jung), who feeds
him live octopus and who may or may not be involved with the bizarre
mystery. This is all served up in a striking palette of purples and dark
reds; oozing with post-neo-noir style, and stuffed with insanely
malicious twists and turns. Choi Min-Sik is terrific in the lead,
counterbalancing over-the-top hysterics with deadpan cool to run the
gamut of Asian antihero traits. There are intense fight scenes (Dae Su's
favorite weapon is a hammer), look-away moments of torture and
self-mutilation, sex, and gallons of black humor. Not for the squeamish,
but for those seeking something wholly original and daring, this
cinematic entree is alive--it's hard to imagine a better slice of
psycho-shock sensationalism.
"A master of composition, Mr. Park makes some of the snazziest-looking pulp fiction going." New York Times - Manohla Dargis (03/25/2005) "The brio and glee that Koran bad-boy filmmaker Park Chanwook brings to the gaudy psycho-shockeroo OLDBOY is undeniable, even impressive." Entertainment Weekly - Lisa Schwarzbaum (04/01/2005) "OLDBOY ventures to emotional extremes, but not without reason." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/25/2005) "[With] rigorously inventive direction and an emotional undertow that builds to a startling level of intensity." Sight and Sound - Matthew Leyland (05/01/2005) "[A]n explosively exciting psychosexual revenge drama from Korean powerhouse Park Chanwook that makes movies feel alive again." Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (04/07/2005) "Park Chan-Wook is a tremendous craftsman....He ratchets up the sadistic suspense in a variety of fruit flavors." Premiere - Premiere Staff (09/01/2005) "Park's direction is bristlingly inventive, and his themes are ancient Greek in scope." Movieline's Hollywood Life - Michael Atkinson (09/01/2005) Ranked #5 in Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten DVDs Of The Year -- "Fans of Tarantino and films with surprise endings that are actually surprising should flock to this Korean import..." Entertainment Weekly - Dalton Ross (12/30/2005) Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[A]n explosively exciting revenge drama..." Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/01/2005) "Original Korean Language, English & Spanish Subtitles & Optional English Language Dubbed Track" !!!We ship only in the United States"!!! |