Powerful, excellent movie

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2006)

I gotta say, I never was really into Korean movies before I saw Old Boy. Every little detail, every little scene is meaningful to the whole movie, and it is in that detail that unknowingly gets the viewers fallen into the movies. The fight scene in the corridor... I gotta say, it's one of the best scenes one could ever make, since it is an uncut fight scene in a closed space, making it as real as it can get. As to the music, I gotta say, the music is so powerful that every time I hear the OST, I feel like I am on a hunt for revenge. Overall, the acting of Choi Min Sik is what made this movie big, even though he himself is not a young Brad Pitt kind of character, it's all in his eyes, and the way he speaks. I hope the viewers enjoyed this movie, as for there are a lot of Korean movies that have interesting and powerful stories as Old Boy. Since the Korean movie industry is not as rich as Hollywood, it would be quite impossible to create a Gladiator or a Star Wars effect due to its budget, yet the way Koreans put together complex and powerful stories shows how much talent they have.