A Very Different Movie

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2006)

This Movie has a very Dark and Different theme than most other movies, One has to watch the whole movie to understand what is actually happening. The story makes no sense to some people and may even be Repugnant and meaningless as it looks very absurd why a person is locked up for 14 years and then he is in this endless quest for finding his Vermin etc etc. What I feel deserves praise in this movie is a very realistic portrait of an Average Korean man who turns into this person who has been framed of killing his own wife and has lost everything for a reason he does not know. The answers are there at the end of the movie. A very natural and good performance by the character playing Oh Dae-Su. Direction is quite slick but has many small flaws like the Man whose teeth are pulled out and he gets replacement Gold Teeth in a day or so (instead of 2 to 3 months) , which is humanly impossible. I have seen remakes of this movie and now realise that Old Boy is pretty well made.