MOVIE REVIEW: OLD BOY

STARRING: MIN-SIK CHOI

DIRECTED BY: CHAN-WOOK PARK

RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 21,2003

GENRE: DRAMA / THRILLER / DARK COMEDY

I was truly amazed when I first saw this movie. This is a sick, wicked, crazy freakin movie. It's about a man, Oh Dae-su(Choi Min-sik), who was kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years. The cell he was in resembled an apartment with no windows. It looked like a regular apartment. He had a TV, bathroom, pictures on the wall, your typical apartment except he could not get out. The TV was his life, that's all he had. After being trapped in the apartment for 15 years he was finally released, but he has no idea who imprisoned him and why. Now, Oh Dae-su is out for vengeance, and vows to find the person responsible for his imprisonment.

Being imprisoned in an apartment for 15 years can change someone into a deranged lunatic. Which makes Oh Dae-su a man to reckon with. An unstoppable force who will stop at nothing to get revenge. Awesome flick! I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars.