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Oldboy [Blu-ray]
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0842498070048
Format: Color
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Tartan Video USA
Languages: Korean (Original Language), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), English (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: Tartan Video USA
MPN: GEPBRTVD7004
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Tartan Video USA
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2007
Running Time: 120 minutes
Studio: Tartan Video USA
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Editorial Review:
Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 11/06/2007 Run time: 120 minutes Rating: R
In the realm of revenge thrillers, you'd be hard pressed to find more ultra-violent vengeance and psycho thrills than in the creepy story of Oldboy. This Korean import made a pop splash at the Cannes Film Festival and during its limited theatrical run thanks to the imprimatur of Quentin Tarantino, who raved about it and its visionary director, Chan-wook Park, to anyone who would listen. It's easy to see why QT fell in love with the grindhouse attitude, fast-paced action, violent imagery, and icy-black humor, but it's a disservice to think of Oldboy as another Tarantino homage or knockoff. The darkly existential undercurrent in the themes that Oldboy traces over its life-long narrative arc is much more complex and deeply disturbing than anything of its kind. The movie's tagline is, "15 years of imprisonment... 5 days of vengeance." The imprisonee is Oh Dae-Su, an ordinary Joe who is snatched off a Seoul street corner and locked away in a dank, windowless fleabag hotel room for the aforementioned 15 years. Just as abruptly he is released, and thus the five days begin. Why did this happen to Oh Dae-Su? Ah, but that would be telling, and in fact we don't know ourselves until the final wrenching scenes.
Oldboy breaks into a classic three-act saga, the first of which details the hallucinatory period of imprisonment in which Oh Dae-Su wades from mild insanity to outright psychosis in the hands of unseen yet attentive captors. Act 2 is the revenge, when an entirely different tone takes over and Oh Dae-Su moves with single-minded purpose and clarity. It's this section that has gained the most notoriety, primarily for the claw-hammer dentistry scene, the one-man-army tracking shot, and the wriggling octopus that Oh Dae-Su consumes in a sushi bar (he's been dead so long he simply needs life back inside him in any way possible). In act 3, answers finally start to emerge and the sinister atmosphere grows even more profound--not without a healthy dose of extra bloodletting, of course. Oldboy is an undeniably poetic masterpiece of tension, fury, and dynamic craft. Ultimately, its epic cycle of tragedy is of the sort that mankind has been inflicting upon itself for all time. Some of the images may be gruesome, but all converge into a kind of beauty. It's in the telling of this lurid tale that these details become one and the memories of pain ultimately heal. --Ted Fry
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Amazing
This is the true Oldboy HD experience! A story of this magnitude should only be experienced in the best quality possible. I have watched this movie nearly 3 times in one day!
Rating: - makes you think how everyday actions effect your future
why was this man kept prisoner for 15 years? it does not matter if he can not get out. well one day he gets his freedom. he has five days to find out why he was put there and to get revenge on the people that did it to him. straight to the point, easy plot right? yes and no. revenge is a hard thing to do.
graphic is the best word to describe this movie and the ending will probably result in you picking your jaw off of the floor.
Rating: - Oldboy - Crime Drama, Thriller, Horror - Whatever Category, This Movie Is Great
Oldboy is a movie that defies classification. This movie could easily be sliced and diced into three or four genres and be in the upper echelon of any of them. In fact, even writing a review of this movie is a challenge. Basic plot synopses will not give you a sense of how original and well made this movie is. This is the rare gem; you can either watch it simply for enjoyment, or peel back the layers like an onion and study each one.
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Rating: - Dark secrets and revenge
After 15 yrs of being in prisioned Oh Dae-Su is mysteriously released. His one priority is finding out who did this to him, why he was in prisoned and paying the guy back for robbing him of 15 yrs of his life and the loss of his family.
A great story about revenge with a horrifying twist ending that will leave you in disbeleif.
This 3 disk set comes with the manga and a collectors tin. This is also the only Tartan Extreme title to provide a dub track.
Rating: - One of my favorite movies ever.
It is just a great movie. Love it, Love it, Love it. It has an ending that Hollywood would NEVER, NEVER, EVER touch. It is just so unique. Sorry I'm being so vague, I just don't want to spoil it.
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