South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook directed this violent and offbeat story of punishment and vengeance.

Rating: 8/10 (26 June 2010)

A Korean man (Choi Min-sik) goes after revenge after being kidnapped and unjustly imprisoned for 15 years. Oldboy is the second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance (2002) and followed by Sympathy For Lady Vengeance (2005).
This brutally violent thriller combines bizarre comedy with chilling savagery in a highly individual way. Constantly fascinating, though it's hard to watch a tongue being snipped out with scissors, and other acts of mutilation. Oldboy is a sadistic masterpiece. The film won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and high praise from the President of the Jury, director Quentin Tarantino.