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Oldboy (2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.
You know, I have a thing about Asian movies. To me, Asian thrillers are less brutal but a lot more scarier, racing chases seem to be more interesting and action movies seem to be more deep and more packed than the American counterparts.
And “Oldboy” is one of movies that fall in the last category. A drunk man is suddenly kidnapped and kept and a small room for 15 years. In all this time, the question in his head is always “Why?”. His only companion is a TV. And so, he tries to learn whatever he can and his desire for revenge grows. When he finally manages to “escape” (a full tunnel, but the people who kept him there decided to free him when the tunnel is done), he goes after the person who kept him there for all this long. In the way, he’s confronted by his desire of revenge and the question of the “Why?”.
It is a weird movie, although good. The “plot twist” you expect in the end actually happen in the middle of the movie, being quickly replaced by another plot twist soon and so on. And that mix of lots of plot twists make the movie interesting till the end. But that doesn’t mean that you end up with a bunch of unfinished sub-plots: Everything is tied in the end, no questions and everything wrapped nicely.
Honestly, it’s a good action movie, although a little bit tense sometimes.
