Oldboy

Rating: 5/10 (28 October 2005)

Oldboy, is a Korean film although it is dubbed into English. The film is about a man named Oh Dae-Su, who is kidnapped and locked in a private prison for fifteen years. When he is finally set free he is given five days to find out who did this to him and he plans on finding out and getting revenge for his imprisonment and death of his wife. Oldboy, has good performances from everybody in the cast, good original music, good cinematography, good film editing and good art direction. The film starts off with a very interesting premise and the visual look of the film is great but the story seems to go downhill as the movie moves along. One of the big problems I had with this movie is that I had a really hard time understanding it and I found it very confusing and muddled. When the movie finally got near it's ending time I found the film too long and it got boring and I felt like it could have ended a lot sooner. Also in some ways the movie was kind of pointless to me and it really left no impact. I thought I would like this film quite a bit because of very good reviews it has received and some recommendations I have gotten for the film but other than it's visual style the movie did nothing for me. An American remake is currently underway for this film and usually I'm opposed to remakes but maybe if I saw this film from a different point of view I might like it or respect it more. Only time will tell.