An HFS film.

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2020)

Since watching the Best Picture winner, "Parasite" (twice within the same week), I've made a list of Korean films that I need to watch. "Oldboy" was at the top because I've heard that Tarantino liked it and it was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the 2000's. After watching this film, I was in a trance. The story is based on a graphic Japanese manga. It follows a man who gets kidnapped and incarcerated by mysterious forces, spending 15 years. Through means which I can't describe in words due to the graphic nature, the man comes back to real world but is given a limit by his mysterious captor to find out the reason of his incarceration. Much of this film is filled with surreal imagery, which is also complemented by the editing. It is very violent and graphic-possibly the most violent film I've seen. That being said; it is still a great watch-possibility for a second time