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Oldboy

Oldboy

Tartan Video (2003)
4K UHD Xvid
R
Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
USA | English | Color | 01:55

After a night of drinking, Dae-su (Min-sik Choi) is abducted from a street corner. Held captive in a small apartment for fifteen years, with no human contact other than a television, Dae-su is surprised one evening to find he has been released for no apparent reason. Left in precisely the spot from which he was abducted fifteen years earlier, with nothing but the clothes on his back and some cash in his pocket, he must find clues to who held him captive all those years and, perhaps more importantly, why. With the help of friendly sushi chef Mi-do (Hye-jeong Kang) and his years of training in captivity for the inevitable confrontation, Dae-su must have answers and revenge.


Cast View all

Min-sik Choi Dae-su Oh
Ji-tae Yu Lee Woo-jin
Hye-jeong Kang Mi-do
Byeong-ok Kim Mr. Han
Dae-han Ji No Joo-hwan
Dal-su Oh Park Cheol-woong
Seung-Shin Lee Yoo Hyung-ja
Jin-seo Yun Lee Soo-ah
Tae-kyung Oh Young Dae-su
Yeon-Seok Yoo Young Woo-Jin
Il-han Oo Young Joo-hwan
Young-hee Lee Clock Store Lady
Yeong-ae Kim Elevator Lady
Mi Mi Lee Dental Nurse
Jae-Duk Han Night Teacher
Jung Ae Kwak Nun Teacher
San Kim Electronics Store Owner
Chae-soo Jang Woo-jin's Doctor
Seol-a Im Nurse
Syd Lim Rude Man
Chang-hak Choi 1988 Guard
Bi-Joon Shin 1988 Guard
Seok-jae Seong 1996 Guard
Jae-seop Choi 2003 Guard
Jin-Yul Yoon Woojin's Bodyguard

Trailer

Edition details

Edition Dubbed
Packaging MKV
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios 1.77:1
Audio Tracks DTS 6.1 [English]
Dubbed (English)
Subtitles English | Spanish
Distributor Tartan Video
Edition Release Date Aug 23, 2005
Regions Region 1

Personal

Owner Jackmeats Flix
Location Action Disk1
Purchased for $ 22.95 at rarbg
Quantity 1
Seen Jun 10, 2023
Index 312
Added Date Jul 06, 2017 01:33:16
Modified Date Feb 29, 2024 08:04:15

Notes

My quick rating - 8,2/10. I absolutely have seen this before, but a 4K English dubbed version came up for my collection, so I am refreshing my memory with this absolute gem of a film. After a night of drinking, Dae-su (Min-sik Choi) is abducted from a street corner. Held captive in a small apartment for fifteen years, with no human contact other than a television, Dae-su is surprised one evening to find he has been released for no apparent reason. Left in precisely the spot from which he was abducted fifteen years earlier, with nothing but the clothes on his back and some cash in his pocket, he must find clues to who held him captive all those years and, perhaps more importantly, why. With the help of friendly sushi chef Mi-do (Hye-jeong Kang) and his years of training in captivity for the inevitable confrontation, Dae-su must have answers and revenge. The flick is intensely violent but in a completely necessary way. Director Park Chan-wook clearly is a student of cinema since everything looks so damn good. I am keeping this one short since you can find novels written about this movie. It is one of those flix that is just so good that every couple of years I pop it back on just to remind myself how great a top 100 overall rated movie on IMDB looks (#73.) If you haven't seen this one, make sure you add it to that watchlist as long as you aren't squeamish.

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