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Oldboy

Oldboy

Action | Drama | 27 Nov 2013 |
English

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Oldboy Story

Oldboy is a dramatic revenge saga of a man who is abducted and held captive for 20 years. It is a remake of the 2003 South Korean film of the same name, directed by Park Chan Wook. Story The film starts off in an obscure Chinatown area in America. The unsteady camera before zeroing in on Joseph Ducet (Josh Brolin) an unimpressive advertising executive, pans to a placard that states, 'Guns don't kill, people do'. This lays the foundation of the mystery thriller. The first few scenes establish Ducet as an absent and uncaring father and husband, a loser of an employee with bad business tactics and an alcoholic to the core. On the eve of his daughter's third birthday, drunk Ducet is unsuspectingly kidnapped by a mystery woman with a yellow umbrella and confined to a soulless room with just a television set for company. While in captivity, he realises that he has been framed for the murder of his wife. He is soon physically and mentally devastated. And just when he hits rock bottom, through a television programme, he learns that his daughter is taken good care of by some adoptive parents. So, he decides to write letters to his daughter to share his perspective. He also decides to become a better person. He works out physically and plots an escape. But before he can execute his plans, he is once again mysteriously released without any rhyme or reason. Naturally obsessed with seeking revenge, he embarks on his mission with Chucky (Michael Imperioli) an old friend and Marie (Elizabeth Olsen) a social worker with the Holy Sisters Mobile Hospital, trying to figure out who is the person behind his ordeal and why he had to endure such treatment for such a long period. As he investigates the dark underworld, he soon discovers that that's exactly what his aggressor wants him to explore. And that is what keeps you hooked to the very end.
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Oldboy Cast & Crew

Oldboy Crew Info

Director Spike Lee
Cinematography NA
Editor NA
Music Roque Banos
Producer Roy Lee
Budget TBA
Box Office TBA
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Oldboy Critics Review

IMDb
Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for 20 years without reason.
Rottentomatoes.com
Suitably grim and bloody yet disappointingly safe and shallow, Spike Lee's Oldboy remake neither surpasses the original nor adds anything new to its impressive legacy.
Oneindia
Verdict Overall, Oldboy with a distinct unconventionality and bizarre nature, is a well attired but cold and emotionally reserved film. Worth a watch if you have not seen the original.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Oldboy

  • In this Oldboy film, Josh Brolin, Sharlto Copley played the primary leads.

  • The Oldboy was released in theaters on 27 Nov 2013.

  • The Oldboy was directed by Spike Lee

  • Movies like Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Kung Fu Panda 4, Oppenheimer and others in a similar vein had the same genre but quite different stories.

  • The soundtracks and background music were composed by Roque Banos for the movie Oldboy.

  • The movie Oldboy belonged to the Action,Drama, genre.

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