[30][31], The film was released in the United States on DVD and Blu-ray on March 4, 2014, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. An American remake of Oldboy (2003) previously had director Justin Lin attached, with Ernesto M. Foronda and Fabian Marquez writing the screenplay after previously collaborating with Lin on Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). Oldboy is a South-Korean thriller movie based on a Japanese manga series. The movie title screen had 20 tick marks instead of 15. Anyway, there's apparently a director's cut of this film that is at least 35 minutes longer. While we read all emails & try to reply we don't always manage to do so; be assured that we will not share your e-mail address. Its the cultural nuance around the scene where the protagonist begs the antagonist to not to reveal the truth to his daughter. Arthur moves his family away to Luxembourg where he later murders his wife and daughter with a shotgun and only wounds Adrian. It was like Lee put down a soft feather pillow for the audience to land on. Contents Oldboy official theatrical trailer 1 2013 josh brolin elizabeth olsen movie hd A man bites his own hand so hard that he draws blood and uses the blood to create a smiley face on a pillow case, which he holds as he sleeps. Although Oldboy and Squid Game are vastly different, a similar characterization can also be observed in Squid Game protagonist Gi-hun. The illusion of seeing someone or something is still there, but it doesnt dig as deep. [8] In June 2009, the manga's publisher launched a lawsuit against the Korean film's producers for giving the film rights to Spielberg without their permission. We see a sign that reads, "Guns don't kill, people do." Upon meeting Lee Woo-jin for the first time, Oh Dae-su leaves Mi-do vulnerable and shes held captive by Mr. Park and his men. Oldboy (2013) Synopsis Time to remake the remake. Its entitled Zinda. However, any commercial reproduction of anything appearing within this site is both illegal and in really bad taste and we will take action |more|. In the 2003 film, Oh Dae-su is being tracked by a bug located in the sole of his shoe. So there you have it! The entire point of revenge is that it is supposed to bring a level of satisfaction towards those who achieve it, however Oldboy makes it clear that the satisfaction brought out from revenge is not a feeling worth chasing. Instead, Lee decided that everyone should live happily ever after; therefore, Doucett ends up with a fortune and sends a share of it to help his daughter start her life over, telling her hell never see her again. Oldboy was released in the United States on November 27, 2013, by FilmDistrict. "[33] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Right from the get go, I knew the American version of the film was dumbed down and playing it safe. A man grabs the face of a woman and kisses her and they pause and kiss again; we later learn that the man and the woman were father and daughter (unbeknownst to them at the time, but later revealed to the man). 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. The second film in Park Chan-wooks Vengeance trilogy back in 2003, Oldboy is the one most associated with the director's success. The story of Oldboy 2003 is based on how a father has been struggling to find his daughter for so many years. If You Liked 'Parasite', Check Out These 20 Other Great South Korean Films, The 10 Greatest Classic Film Noirs, According to Reddit, This Spielberg Movie Only Made a $1 Box Office Profit, Zombies in TV & Movies Ranked by How Likely You Are to Survive Them. I swear before God and eight motherfuckin' white people! However, Joe wakes up one day to find the mouse and her babies gone, and sobs over her disappearance. A third major fail was deconstructing the fantastic hallway fight scene into a senseless, story-less jumble. He then appears to stumble across a young social worker named Marie. This then leads to Arthur aiming his shotgun, and shooting . Later, Chaney has his henchman Cortez rape Marie. Took me a minute to figure that one out. In Oldboy 2013, Joes ex-wife Donna is raped and murdered. 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. 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. She is able to help identify a Chinese restaurant that Joe's food came from while imprisoned. Director Spike Lee Writer Mark Protosevich (screenplay by) Stars Josh Brolin Elizabeth Olsen Samuel L. Jackson See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video "I want to eat something alive," he explains. Oldboy is a 2013 film directed by Spike Lee, and a remake of the famed South Korean film from 2003, itself loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name. Dear (Lousy) Mother, First, don't be so quick to call yourself a lousy mother. [10] The producing team announced on November 2009 that the project was dead.[11]. Young Woo-jin was portrayed by Yoo Yeon-suk, who played also played Ji-tae in the 2012 fantasy-romance film A Werewolf Boy . Joe also bites the webbing of his hand until it bleeds in order to draw a face in his blood on his pillowcase for comfort, in a way that reminds of Wilson from Cast Away. Dark, vibrant and twisted revenge thriller by Korean director Chan-Wook Park. A man holds a box cutter in his hand and it appears that he was planning on using it, but walks away when he sees an older man suffering from dementia. On holidays like Father's Day, that loss is even more evident because other children do have their fathers present. It's a question that, while seemingly easy to answer on the surface, provides some strong conflicting emotions when presented more directly into our lives. Adrian congratulates him, giving him the diamonds and escorting him to where Mia is. Perhaps this saved us from seeing Joe Doucett as incestuous AND a pedophile compared to just being incestuous. He can no longer speak, but they can now live happily together without interference since Lee Woo-jin commits suicide. people imprisoned on the multiple cam shot that SLJ was watching. That said, it's incorrect to labelthe Oldboy remake a bad movie. An older man makes a crude sexual remark to a man as a threat to the man's genitals. When Chucky insults Mia, Adrian, who is listening on a cloned cell phone, kills him before Joe can arrive. [29] It opened in 18th place at the box office and finished with a worldwide gross of $5.2 million. In Oldboy 2003, Oh Dae-su eats a live octopus after hes released. Mi-do relates it to a time when she was alone on the subway and saw a human-sized ant in the same car as her. Did you know that theres a Bollywood remake of Oldboy? A man holding a tire iron leaves an elevator and a woman and another man greet him; the woman grabs the tire iron from the man and uses it to smash the man in the stomach and he crumples over in pain before stabbing the woman with a box cutter and slitting her throat (the woman holds her hand to her throat as blood throbs from it, collapses to the ground and a pool of blood is seen around her body and she appears to die as the two men watch). Even after the Oldboy remake came out in 2013, 2003's Oldboy continues to inspire modern series and movies. To the first question: He realized he killed his sister (and lover). She drives off to live her life with the rubber duck on the dashboard of her truck. What the what!? 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. Two men read a newspaper article about a man who had died in a car accident with his wife. It stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, and Sharlto Copley . "[38], "Justin Lin Talks 'Fast & Furious 4' Gig and 'Oldboy' Departure", "Will Smith Says Oldboy Won't be Adaptation of Chan-wook Park's Film", "Will Smith Definitely Starring In 'Oldboy,' Says Steven Spielberg Film Won't Be A Remake", "Old Boy Publisher Sues Korean Studio Over U.S. Film Rights", "Will Smith & Steven Spielberg's Old Boy DEAD! "She ran into our arms when she saw us. She compares it to ants being in groups and lonely individuals always thinking about that, since they only have themselves to keep them company. A woman with a bruised eye and a cut lip appears to have her hands bound over her head; we learn that the woman is a paid actress and see her wipe away the black eye and cut lip. LANGUAGE 8 - About 32 F-words and its derivatives, 14 sexual references, 12 scatological terms (1 mild), 6 anatomical terms, 46 mild obscenities, name-calling (old man, big boy, fiend, freak), 2 religious profanities (GD), 7 religious exclamations (e.g. Upon getting released, he makes a phone call to his wife and daughter. A man watches a television news reporter announce that a woman had been murdered and we see a sheet-covered gurney (a small amount of blood is seen on the sheet) wheeled away; the reporter announces that the woman had a daughter, and we see a small girl being handed to an older woman; the man becomes very upset when the reporter announces that the police believe that he had murdered the woman. It follows advertising executive Joe Doucett as he is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. Additionally, Oh Dae-su is given five days to figure out Lee Woo-jins identity to coincide with the death of Lee Soo-ah. 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