Definitely 1 of My Top 10 Movies! Simply Magnificent!

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2010)

I decided to watch this movie after checking the reviews & I was totally blown away. My eyes were glued to the screen from beginning to end. Before this, I never thought Korean movies could be so good. I started to pay a lot of attention to movies from Korea especially from Park Chan Wook. There are still a lot of good movies from Korea like Sympathy from Lady Vengeance, Sympathy from Mr. Vengeange, Thirst (all Park Chan Wook's movies), Memories of Murder, The Chaser, Mother, My Sassy Girl, The Host & etc but Oldboy remains as my favourite.
I don't want to spoil this movie for you but in a nutshell, it is about a man trying to find out the person responsible for imprisoning him in a private jail for 15 years. Great acting from all the cast especially Choi Min Sik. I would like to see him in Hollywood one day.
Once again, if you haven't watched this movie, do not hesitate & go watch it (it is No. 113 on IMDb best movies). However some scenes might be too gruesome for some viewers (not nearly as gruesome as Saw or Hostel in my opinion). Those faint hearted could find out & skip those scenes especially one towards the end of the movie. It is too good a movie not to watch.