One of the most disturbing film I've come across...

Rating: 10/10 (3 January 2009)

Old Boy is the 2nd instalment by the Korean director Park Chan Wook. After posting his 3rd film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, my colleague lent me this DVD to watch and i must say this is better than the 3rd one.
The same actor for both films, Choi Min Sik was imprisoned for 15 years without him knowing the reason. He lived in a daze thruout these years and one day, he managed to escape and plot to seek who's his captor and to take revenge. A series of mind-boggling events started happening and it just threw me off once in a while trying to make sense of everything. Lots of plot twists and odd relationships in this particular film and by the end of it, i was clutching my head in emotional pain as everything became sickingly clear.
Physical torture is another form of the director's signature style, with scenes that depict blood and pain, I really cringed when the lead actor swallowed a huge live octopus and later cut off his tongue. Yup thinking back still makes me sick.But the worst pain of all would be the mental torture the story ended in. To imagine being in his shoes, i would just really kill myself to relief the eternal pain in my mind.
Highly recommended for viewers who like these violent scenes and able to take it visually. Now im left w his first instalment that i haven't watched yet: Sympathy for Mr Vengeance