One of the best Asian movies of the new century!

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2006)

A Korean man named Oh Dae-Su was drunk one night until he has been taken away from his wife and kid as he has been imprisoned in a special small house-like prison for 15 years especially being mysteriously fed and bathed during those years in his cell and watches time change thanks to a TV in the room, after that he is released in 2003. Now that he's out back in the streets of Seoul with new clothes, cash and a cellphone as he faces some changes in the city since he was imprisoned, he now must find the person that imprisoned him then kill him.
Based on a Manga, this poetic Korean action drama is most definitely one of the best movies from Asia and of this new century! There's a certain Tarantino quality to it with the style of violence such as the pulling teeth out with a hammer sequence guaranteed to make anyone flinch since "The Marathon Man". The plot is a little complicated but there's some vicious action and themes to the movie in this grim and dark thriller that is bound to knock your socks off.
A must see!