Its not that bad

Rating: 6/10 (15 November 2005)

I heard so many people say that Oldboy was such an awful movie. Having watched it though, I found that it actually wasn't that bad. It was like seeing the movie Cube, except the guy gets revenge. Oldboy wasn't exceptionally good, the plot had many holes, and the acting was so-so, except by the main character, Dae-su Oh, played by Min-sik Choi. I guess what did Oldboy in was that there wasn't that much suspense. It doesn't bring you in to want to see who the main character is imprisoned by, or why the he is imprisoned, it instead just shows an angry guy wondering the streets of Korea (with a girl of course), killing people and asking lots of questions. The answers to the questions are slowly revealed, and the by the end everything comes crashing down and you know everything. The entire time watching this movie I was thinking, nice fight scene instead of why did he end up this way. Recommended for people who enjoy Korean cinema, otherwise its only okay.