35MM, COLOUR, DOLBY DIGITAL, 120 MINUTES, SOUTH KOREA, KOREAN (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) / DIRECTOR: PARK CHAN-WOOK / ORIGINAL MANGA: NOBUAKI MINEGISHI
Oldboy is a poetic masterpiece that interweaves darkly existential themes with ice-black humour and ultra-violent scenes of vengeance. An ordinary Seoul businessman is inexplicably kidnapped and locked away in a low rent hotel for 15 years. On the brink of madness, he is abruptly released. Left with a new suit and cell phone he is given five days to discover the reason behind his horrific experience and extract his revenge.
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