a different twist on vengeance

Rating: 8/10 (31 August 2005)

I'll admit that if I am not sure about a movie, I will exhaust as many reviews as possible to "influence" my viewing of that movie. This is my first comment and it is sparked by the unbelievable amount of bad reviews this movie received on this website by members. This movie was actually pretty good; good story; good acting; great cinematography. The movie definitely held my interest the entire 1 hour and 50 min. run time. THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! The movie centers around Oh Dae-su, a man imprisoned for 15 years (no scenes of torture) and then released. He meets a waitress, Mi-do and together their adventure begins. Oh Dae-su begins to track down his captors and eventually finds him. The movie is easy to follow and understand;it all gets explained rather well by voice-over and flashback so their is no confusion as to what is going on. It is discovered less than halfway who the captor is and later on he explains why he imprisoned Oh Dae-su. There was definitely some brainwashing and mind control techniques going on while Oh Dae-su is imprisoned, but it is implied. The movie is not that bloody or gory at all - most of it is implied and not shown on screen. The worst scene for me is at the beginning when Oh Dae-su goes for sushi and meets Mi-do and asks her for something "live" to eat. I definitely recommend this movie as it has received an unjust amount of bad reviews. 8 out of 10!