One of the most original films I've seen yet.

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2005)

Old Boy is the story of a father and husband who, for seemingly no reason at all, is kidnapped and thrown into a motel-like jail cell for 15 years. When he is released back into society with his TV-taught vocabulary and his self-taught fighting prowess, he meets Mido, an aspiring sushi chef and immediately begins to seek out his captor.
This film is controversial, groundbreaking, incestuous, gory, and it'll make you cringe. It is hard to describe the movie without giving away much of the story. The story is fantastic, and surprisingly unpredictable. The climax at the end of the film is amazing and will most likely surprise you.
Some say the movie is a bit too gory and unnecessarily brutal, but that fact most definitely adds to the film. Old Boy contains an amazing action sequence, too: a side-scrolling fight scene all shot in one take, where Daesu fights with a hammer, amazing.
In conclusion, despite what anyone says, see this movie. It'll give you a new appreciation for film and Korean film as well. There's a reason Old Boy did so well at Cannes.

Keith