Encountered technical difficulties again last night, so I wasn't able to post this then. But I'll be back on track today. Promise.
First off, thank god for Korean cinema.
This one is awesome. Completely nuts, but awesome. Gets back to that whole Korean thing I guess...
Oldboy is the twisted tale of Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik), a devil-may-care womanizer with alcoholic tendencies who winds up in prison after ticking off one too many powerful people. The following 90 or so minutes of the film proceed to spiral out of the realm of sanity, and into one of bloody, gruesome revenge.
Oh, and the scene where he eats a live octopus ain't too shabby either.
Oldboy is a wonderful movie with an artfully presented, multi-layered plot. There are intense combat sequences -- one takes place in a narrow hallway and is spectacularly filmed from the side, presenting a horizontal view of carnage -- and elaborate plot twists alike.
The film is a true jack-of-all-trades, comedic at times and horrifying at others. While I unfortunately wasn't able to watch Oldboy in the original Korean with subtitles (Netflix only has a dubbed version), it was still an incredible experience.
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