Amazing Film From An Amazing Director

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2005)

I'd like to keep this review relatively short so here goes. Oldboy was easily the best film of 2003 and one of my favourite films of all time. The story which is a twisted tale of violent revenge is fantastic, and the final twist in the story is a deeply disturbing and shocking one which gives the viewer a fantastic confused sense of what to feel for the characters. The direction is sublime as is the score, it fits perfectly with the tone and the visual style of the movie. The acting is also great, you know its a sign of a good actor when he eats a live squid, even though his parents were quite strict Buddhists. To sum up, Oldboy has a fantastic story, great acting and amazing direction, if you haven't seen this film, why the heck not?