Afterward, Mi-do finds Dae-su lying in snow but there are no signs of the hypnotist, leaving it ambiguous if Dae-su really met her. Unknown BoxOfficeMojo.com by IMDbPro - an After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. $15 million[1] Oldboy (2003) After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. Oldboy is the second installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. [6] The film also received praise for its action sequences, most notably the single shot fight sequence. Unknown. Unknown Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release, "Sympathy for the Old Boy... An Interview with Park Chan Wook", https://keithtselinguist.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/greek-tragedy-in-east-asia-oldboy-2003/, https://culture.fandom.com/wiki/Oldboy_(2003_film)?oldid=14094, Lee Jeon-hyeong, Shin Jae-ho, Jeong Do-an. [42][43][44], Steven Spielberg originally intended to make a version of the movie starring Will Smith in 2008. [23], Chan-wook stated that he named the main character Oh Daesu "to remind the viewer of Oedipus. Label When Oh Daesu passes out after eating the octopus, you can see camera equipment reflecting in the silver platter dish as the scene zooms out. Showdowns. "[15], Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com praised the film, calling it "anguished, beautiful, and desperately alive" and "a dazzling work of pop-culture artistry. Release date(s) | "[17] David Dylan Thomas points out that rather than simply trying to "gross us out", Oldboy is "much more interested in playing with the conventions of the revenge fantasy and taking us on a very entertaining ride to places that, conceptually, we might not want to go. News | Theatrical release poster Usually the nerve activity in the octopus' tentacles makes the pieces still squirm posthumously on the plate when served. These are the first lines of Ella Wheeler Wilcox's famous poem, "Solitude". When he is finally released, Dae-su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence. Conditions of Use [12] The ending is deliberately ambiguous, and the audience is left with several questions: specifically, how much time has passed, if Dae-Su's meeting with the hypnotist really took place, whether he successfully lost the knowledge of Mi-do's identity, and whether he will continue his relationship with Mi-do. Dae-su locates the Chinese restaurant which made food for his prison, and finds the prison by following a delivery man. Ji Dae-han as No Joo-hwan: Dae-su's friend and the owner of an internet café. Dae-su eventually recalls that he and Woo-jin had gone to the same high school, and he had witnessed Woo-jin committing incest with his own sister. Mi-do explains to Dae-su that she is romantically interested in him, but that they hardly know each other and she is not ready to be intimate. Sannakji angers US animal activists", "Eating a Live Octopus Wasn't Nearly as Difficult As It Sounds", "Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time", "CNN: 'Himala' best Asian film in history – INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos", "Classics of modern South Korean cinema – ranked! Chung Chung-hoon Woo-jin then boards the elevator, recalls the events of his sister's suicide, and shoots himself in the head with a Derringer pistol. He discovers that his daughter was adopted by a Swedish couple, and gives up trying to contact her. Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. Zinda, the Bollywood film directed by writer-director Sanjay Gupta, also bears a striking resemblance to Oldboy but is not an officially sanctioned remake. [25] It was ranked #18 in the same magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010. As Dae-su collapses in despair, Woo-jin enters the elevator, recalls his sister's suicide, and shoots himself in the head. Read the transcript • Trailer transcripts • Credits • Home media • Soundtrack • Production • Trivia • Gallery. Screen Anarchy It is based on the Japanese manga of the same name written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. (South Korea), Action "[13] Metacritic gives the film an average score of 77 out of 100, based on 32 reviews. Latest Updates: Directed by [21] It was ranked #18 in the same magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010. Privacy Policy Based on Box Office Mojo and IMDb are trademarks or registered trademarks of IMDb.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Homefront is debuting in 2,500 theaters, while Black Nativity is only opening in 1,500. Unlike the past couple of weeks, none of them scream out as obvious candidates for mainstream success. Unknown [25] It was Apollo's prophecy that revealed Oedipus' fate in Sophocles' Oedipus the King. [27] In 2020, The Guardian ranked it number 3 among the classics of modern South Korean Cinema.[28]. Afterward, a mysterious beggar gives him money and a cell phone. Domestic box office comparison between Oldboy (2003) and Oldboy (2013) Movie Comparison: Oldboy (2003) vs. Oldboy (2013) Where Data and the Movie Business Meet Show East (KR)Tartan Films (US/UK) "[15], MovieGazette lists 10 features on its "It's Got" list for Oldboy and summarizes its review of Oldboy by saying, "Forget ‘The Punisher’ and ‘Man on Fire’ – this mesmerising revenger’s tragicomedy shows just how far-reaching the tentacles of mad vengeance can be." Kim Sang-bum When Woo-jin is unimpressed, Dae-su cuts out his own tongue as a sign of penance. Park Chan-wook 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,144. Chan-wook Park (screenplay), An American remake with the same title was released in 2013. ", "7 of the Best One-Shot Action Sequences, From 'Oldboy' to 'The Revenant, "Korean restaurant's live Octopus dish has animal rights activists squirming", "Clash of culture? Dae-su passes the time shadow-boxing, planning revenge, and attempting to dig a tunnel to escape. Artist "[9] Metacritic gives the film an average score of 74 out of 100, based on 31 reviews. and Editing by Oh and Mido), which is characteristic of the power of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, whose classic act is to make Paris and Helen fall in love before and during the Trojan War. "[16] Jamie Russell of the BBC movie review calls it a "sadistic masterpiece that confirms Korea's current status as producer of some of the world's most exciting cinema. | [9][10][11] When asked in DVD commentary if he felt sorry for Choi, director Park Chan-wook stated he felt more sorry for the octopus. MovieGazette also comments that it "needs to be seen to be believed. At Woo-jin's penthouse, Woo-jin reveals the truth, that Mi-do is Dae-su's daughter. AsianMoviePulse [1], Unknown When Woo-jin is unimpressed, Dae-su cuts out his own tongue as a symbol of penance. Cinematography Other computer-generated imagery in the film includes the ant coming out of Dae-su's arm (according to the making-of on the DVD the whole arm was CGI) and the ants crawling over him afterwards. Language [10], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars. After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. [7] It has been regarded one of the best neo-noir films of all time and listed among the best films of the 2000s in several publications. The site's consensus is "Violent and definitely not for the squeamish, Park Chan-Wook's visceral Oldboy is a strange, powerful tale of revenge." All Time | [24] The same year, voters on CNN named it one of the ten best Asian films ever made. AsianMoviePulse The octopus being eaten alive was not computer-generated; four were used during the making of this scene. Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue company. MovieGazette also comments that it "needs to be seen to be believed. They reconcile and begin to form a bond. One could also mention Mido, who throughout the movie comes across as a strong-willed, young and innocent girl, which is not too far from Sophocles' Antigone, Oedipus' daughter, who, though she does not commit incest with her father, remains faithful and loyal to him which reminds us of the bittersweet ending where Mido reunites with Oh Dae-Su and takes care of him in the wilderness (cf. Unknown Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". [45], An American remake directed by Spike Lee was released on 27 November 2013.[46]. Oldboy (Template:Korean) is a 2003 South Korean mystery thriller neo-noir film directed by Park Chan-wook. (And looking at next week's list, we might have to do it again.) $3 million Woo-jin had arranged their meeting by using hypnosis to guide Dae-su into the sushi restaurant, hoping that they would fall in love, so that Dae-su might experience the same pain which Woo-jin had. Mystery Distributed by Script error: No such module "EditAtWikidata". Arrow Video Is Ready to [Rec] 'n Roll in January 2021 With A Bumper Crop Of Genre Faves.