Joe makes a bed for her made out of torn up toilet paper, and she has babies, which Joe is ecstatic about an empowering relationship somewhat reminiscent of Remy and Linguini in Pixar's Ratatouille. Unfortunately for Oh Dae-su, the revenge for his actions is far from over like he thinks. There are juicy and nauseating sound effects, but its fairly brief. [17] Elizabeth Olsen,[18] Samuel L. Jackson[19] and Nate Parker[20] were all later announced to have joined the cast. However, the rights were never obtained, and Zinda isnt considered to be an official remake. We see a woman wearing brief-style underwear while a man is above her, he appears as though is he going to rape her; they are interrupted and we see the man leave as he smacks the woman on the backside before walking away and the woman pulls up her pants in a panic (please see the Violence/Gore category for more details). Patrick Bateman 31 1 2 3 It is his daughter's 4th birthday, and he is imprisoned for 15 years. 2003 | Maturity Rating: 16+ | 1h 59m | Mysteries. Then when the shot zooms in, it says "Adrian Doyle Pryce". Chan-wook Park makes his English-language directorial debut with this drama about a mother and daughter who are visited by a mysterious relative. "One of the 50 Coolest Websitesthey simply tell it like it is" - TIME, The current economic climate has reduced our revenues. "[35], Justin Chang of Variety said that "Lee and Protosevich have made a picture that, although several shades edgier than the average Hollywood thriller, feels content to shadow its predecessor's every move while falling short of its unhinged, balls-out delirium. A woman reads a man a message that she had taken from another man: the message instructs the man to "stay away" from the other man's sister and the man listening to the message makes a crude gesture implying that the woman had large breasts. ATMORE, Ala. (WALA) - A 2-year-old Alabama boy is dead after police say his father left him inside his truck for several hours instead of dropping him off at daycare. Meanwhile, Joe gives the rest of his diamonds to Chaney who imprisons Joe back in the hotel room for the rest of his life. Emma Tustin, 32, was sentenced to life with a minimum of 29 years at Coventry Crown Court on . [34], Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gives three of four stars, saying: "Because the Internet moves with the speed and ferocity of a hornet swarm, there's a chance that by the time you read this, Spike Lee's American remake of Oldboy will already have been stung to death. These scenes are crucial to why, out of the movies in Park Chan-wooks Vengeance trilogy, Oldboy is the most compelling. But make no mistake Oldboy is all over the place, sometimes playing like a subdued melodrama and elsewhere erupting into flamboyance and gore. Her twitters @GoJunko are usually filled with Star Trek-isms. Later, Chaney has his henchman Cortez rape Marie. A man eats a piece of food, then spits it out (visibly half-chewed) into a napkin. He is the one who orchestrated Joe Doucett's twenty year imprisonment to make him pay for his family's abysmal death. Oldboy was also remade in 2013 by director Spike Lee, though it was seen as a mediocre reinterpretation that failed to add anything substantial to the narrative. It is not unreasonable that someone so young would not remember the appearance of their father after a 15 year absence. It contains a whopper of an ending, and it's difficult to discuss the movie without giving anything away, but it contains extremely mature sexual themes, a sustained sex scene, and some nudity (female breasts and bottom, male bottom). Meanwhile, Adrian fakes televisions longest running crime program just to get inside Joes head in Oldboy 2013's ending not unlike WandaVision's darkly comedic use of a sitcom-within-a-series. A man with a knife stands up to attack another man as two other men with guns point them him; a woman grabs the knife from the man and kicks him in the stomach and torso, the man drops to the ground and we see two guns drawn and pointed at the knifeman. I don't think it was a triangle, but instead that the whole family, dad, mom, sister, and brother, were all incestuous together. It was directed by Spike Lee and written by Mark Protosevich, the film stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. The problem with remaking a movie that's hinged around a single giant twist is that the element of surprise no longer applies. [5] Mark Protosevich was in talks to write the script, although the acquisition to the remake rights were not finalized. View all posts by Junko, A place to discuss, comment on and geek out about stuff in the world of fandom (i.e., comics, movies, gaming, animation, toys, etc.) To get this to happen, Lee Woo-jin had Oh Dae-su's wife murdered and his daughter Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung) hypnotized to ensure that the two would fall for one another once Oh Dae-su was released. The first conclusion that audiences have of Oldboy is that this is Oh Dae-Su's revenge, and when you think deeper, a revenge within a revenge film. What I didnt understand was why were the other dozen? Release Date 11/21/2003. To give some context surrounding the climactic ending of the film, Oldboy is a South Korean film directed by Park Chan-Wook that focuses on the journey of a man named Oh Dae-su ( Choi Min-sik). In fact, the film itself is part of a trilogy of films titled The Vengeance Trilogy that all center around the theme of revenge. Meanwhile, in 2013's Oldboy, Joe catches Adrians sister Amanda having sex with their father Arthur at school. Just as Chaney is about to beat him savagely, the Stranger calls Chaney and offers to pay him for Joe's release, and Chaney lets them go. While we read all emails & try to reply we do not always manage to do so; be assured that we will not share your e-mail address. Reviewed by: Spencer Schumacher CONTRIBUTOR Moral Rating: Extremely Offensive Moviemaking Quality: Primary Audience: Adults Genre: Action Thriller Suspense Mystery Drama Remake Length: 1 hr. A man and a woman read newspaper articles about a murder-suicide in a family. A man watches a television program about the murder of his ex-wife and how he is wanted for committing the murder. Oldboy isn't the only movie featuring both Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Olsen. Principal photography began in October 2012. A man tells another man that he will give the man a video of him killing the man's ex-wife and raping her (as he is saying this we see black and white clips of the man, 20 years younger, ripping the underwear off a woman and then choking her); the man begs the other man to stop and the other man explains that he will produce a signed confession for the murder of the man's wife, as well as the man's kidnapping, if he solves a riddle, but if he is unable to solve the riddle, he will murder the man's daughter; the man forces the other man to watch footage of a woman being tortured and a man is shown standing behind her (as if to rape her) while the woman is bound and gagged. A man drinks liquor nearly throughout the entire movie, a man drinks vodka straight from a bottle on many occasions, we see a teenage boy and an adult man drinking to the point of black-out drunkenness, a man is seen drinking to the point of extreme drunkenness and he vomits on himself as he collapses on a street corner (he is later seen standing back up and he is still heavily intoxicated), a man drinks at a bar and he offers a man a shot of liquor (the man turns it down), a man pours liquor into a soda cup and drinks from the cup unbeknownst to people around him that he is drinking liquor, men and women are seen drinking wine at dinner, a group of young men are seen drinking bottles of beer, a man is seen suffering from withdrawal symptoms on his own accord as he begins to pour out a bottle of vodka typically given to him on a daily basis (the man shakes and is seen obviously suffering), a man and a woman discuss how the man is an alcoholic, and a woman tells a man that she is an alcoholic and implies that she had also had a drug addiction. Mr. Han and Mr. Park seem to have been rolled into one in Oldboy 2013. Old Boy MPA Rating : for strong brutal violence, disturbing images, some graphic sexuality and nudity, and language. She compares it to ants being in groups and lonely individuals always thinking about that, since they only have themselves to keep them company. Get off the author dick Josephine mike gave his opinion but I guess you have the right to dickeat smh. The real act of revenge wasn't just to lock Oh Dae-su away for fifteen years, but it was actually to make him feel the same levels of pain as Lee Woo-jin had gone through. If you think what we do is worthwhile, please donate or become a member, Remake of the 2003 Korean revenge thriller about a man (Josh Brolin) who was kidnapped and held captive in a motel room for twenty years. All he has is the TV to keep him company. Chaney: I swear, I don't know nothin'! You must tell your daughter both that you were . His letters are filled with his regrets and his desires while asking for forgiveness for never being there for Mia. It could have been the best Hollywood thriller ever since the days of Hitchcock. From then, he loses consciousness, only to find himself in prison with a trap-door for food and a TV, which tells him that he murdered his wife. This then leads to Arthur aiming his shotgun, and shooting . The infant, who apparently has vivid memories of her last birth, took to her "past-life parents" as her own. The two embrace, and there's a conflicted expression on Oh Dae-su's face that makes one wonder if he will ever truly forget what the truth is. It is almost always better to face the truth, but that is easier said than done when the truth brings you so much pain. Lee Woo-jins revenge comes in the form of hypnotizing both Oh Dae-su and Mi-do to fall in love with each other, but due to being in prison for 15 years Oh Dae-su doesnt recognize that Mi-do is his now adult daughter. movies in Park Chan-wooks Vengeance trilogy, How Inside Man: Most Wanted Connects To The Spike Lee Original, movies that use tricks for one-shot scenes, how series/movies use incest for plot twists, Why Park Chan-wook Has Disowned His Debut The Moon Is The Sun's Dream, WandaVision's darkly comedic use of a sitcom-within-a-series, movie featuring both Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Olsen, Why Zombie Scarlet Witch Cant Defeat Ultron (But Wanda Could Beat Thanos). The protagonist does not win in this film, he only does what he thinks is necessary to dampen the pain of his loss, and through that we are left to digest the impact that revenge has had on his life. However, Lee's film also revealed that the villain's father was having sex with his own 16-year old daughter (not the villain having sex with his sister as in Park Chan-wook's film). This concept alone isn't one that is unfamiliar to many, as I am sure we have all had our moments of small, petty revenge for things that would be seen upon looking back as not necessarily being worth getting revenge for in the first place. This American version of Park Chan-Wook's Korean thriller is Lee's most exciting movie since Inside Mannot a masterpiece by any stretch, but a lively commercial genre picture with a hypnotic, obsessive quality, and an utter indifference to being liked, much less approved of. "She ran into our arms when she saw us. Not everything from Oldboy 2003 transitions over to Oldboy 2013. Apparently, Samuel L Jackson runs the prison and rented it out for use, hence, the scene with the tape recording of the deal he made with the main antagonist (sorry, forgot his name >.<) and why Joe was able to cut a deal to re-enter the jail even after the main villain's death. Why were they there? Director: Spike Lee Writers: Mark Protosevich A man tells another man that as children and teens that he and his sister had happily engaged in a sexual relationship with their own father. Doucett follows the Temptress who leads him to where his daughter is working. Crushed, humiliated, and in unimaginable pain, Oh Dae-su lies on the floor of the penthouse broken as Lee Woo-jin descends the elevator. He offers Joe some of his popcorn but disappears once Joe happily reaches for some. A man coaxes a mouse into captivity and we then see the mouse with ten baby mice; the man is extremely happy and tells the mouse never to leave; the man wakes up later and the mouse is missing causing him to panic and shout, a tray is slid under the door and he finds the mouse, dead and surrounded by its dead babies with a smear of blood on the plate; the man cries and appears inconsolable. A man shouts angrily at a woman (his ex-wife) over the phone and the woman angrily screams back. Upon getting released, he makes a phone call to his wife and daughter. Junko lives in Los Angeles and is an actor, consultant, Japanese/English interpreter and translator in addition to being an equestrian and mounted archer, who peruses the aisles of the local Book Off (Japanese second hand bookstore) for her next manga discovery. [6] Smith later clarified that Spielberg would not be remaking the film: he would be adapting the Old Boy manga itself,[7] which is considerably different from the film. It's never revealed who Oh Dae-su really is to her. Like. He can no longer speak, but they can now live happily together without interference since Lee Woo-jin commits suicide. [22], Spike Lee's version was 140 minutes long, but the producers heavily re-edited the film to 105 minutes[23][24] (re-edits by producers also included the "one-shot hammer" scene[25]); Lee and Josh Brolin were unhappy with it. He hands the phone to his best friend, No Joo-hwan, and is then kidnapped without a trace of his whereabouts. That said, it's incorrect to labelthe Oldboy remake a bad movie. Both films are based on Shinichi Got being imprisoned for 10 years in the manga, but the 2003 film increases that time period to 15 years while the 2013 remake doubles it to 20. Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason. The hallway sequence is allegedly re-edited by producers in Oldboy 2013 and is about 15 seconds shorter in comparison, and tries to outdo how impressive the original sequence is. Also with Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen, Michael Imperioli, Sharlto Copley and Pom Klementieff. A man chases a woman, he runs onto a football field and grabs the woman's arm, the woman shouts at the man and a nearby young man grabs the man and punches him; the man punches the young man to the ground and then fights the young man's five friends, including smashing one of the young men's heads against a bottle and straddling one of the young man and punching him with such impact that his neck whips backwards (a group of young women beg the man to stop); as the man walks away, we see the bodies of six young men lying on the ground and they all appear unconscious. [30][31], The film was released in the United States on DVD and Blu-ray on March 4, 2014, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. I just saved you a few bucks. Oldboy is a 2013 American drama film, and a remake of Park Chan-wook 's 2003 South Korean film of the same name. In the manga, Shinichi Got has the tracking device buried in his back near his right shoulder blade that Eri has to dig out with a knife. But then, the most laughable thing happens: the villain shoots himself on the spot. It is both one of our best strengths and greatest weaknesses, as while rampant emotions can lead us to doing things that we may later regret, without them, we lose a huge chunk of what makes us human in the first place. A man wakes up in a bed and he is shirtless; he stands up and we see his bare buttocks as he walks away and he pulls on boxer-style underwear, covering his bare buttocks. By the end of the film, its revealed that Arthur is having sex with both Amanda and Adrian. Furthermore, the dimly lit sequence lasts about three minutes. After a man comes onto a woman inappropriately (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details), her husband overhears him and makes a terse threat to the man, then slaps him extremely hard in the face. Im no therapist (although you may think about seeing one), but do you you think maybe, just maybe, it wasnt the author you were so angry with, but rather, years and years of building frustration at your own near retardation level of intelligence finally boiling over? Oldboy is a 2013 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Mark Protosevich. An older man makes a crude sexual remark to a man as a threat to the man's genitals. It should be noted that these films are linked thematically and not narratively. It is the second and most well-known installment of Park Chan-wook 's "Vengeance Trilogy", which begins with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and ends with Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. It comes from a segment near the end of the 2013 movie review, in a flashback where Adrian's father, Arthur goes around with a shotgun, and tries to murder his family. The remake chooses to hint at several of the most memorable elements from Oldboy 2003 with teases to those beloved scenes a common tool across modern movie remakes of old stories. 'Oldboy' Ending Explained: Is Revenge Really Worth It? The fifth major fail and second plot difference is the ending. "There . Oh Dae-su masturbates to women he sees on TV in Oldboy 2003. Joe tortures Chaney into confessing that the Stranger arranged for his imprisonment. Hes provided with a pen and several notebooks. Adrian shows Joe that Marie is really his daughter and that he had engineered events to this point to make Joe feel what it is like to lose everything. But when he removes a knife from his back, he squeals and squeals and squeals. Our ratings and reviews are based on the theatrically-released versions of films; on video there are often Unrated, Special, Director's Cut or Extended versions, (usually accurately labelled but sometimes mislabeled) released that contain additional content, which we did not review. Instead, Lees re-write was to manipulate our hero via TV show segments to convince Doucett that his daughter was alive and well. THE ASSIGNED NUMBERS MESSAGE - Revenge can drive people to extremes. Become a member of our premium site for just $1/month & access advance reviews, without any ads, not a single one, ever. In a way, this has provided a blueprint for how series/movies use incest for plot twists in more recent media. Shes horribly teased by all of the students afterwards. Perhaps this saved us from seeing Joe Doucett as incestuous AND a pedophile compared to just being incestuous. And you will be helping support our website & our efforts. 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