For the Korean Movie Buffs...
Chan-wook Park's Vengence trilogy are a majestic tour de force.

- Sympathy for Mr. Vengence (Revenge is Mine)
- Oldboy
- Sympathy for Lady Vengence (The Kind-Hearted Miss. Geumja)

I think I probably preferred the first one but all three are jolly decent.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:12, 4 replies)

Hell yes,
Haven't seen the first one yet, but love the other two. Oldboy better than Lady Vengeance though.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:14, closed)

^^
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance is probably my favourite of these.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:15, closed)

same as the empress
got 2 and 3 which are ace apart from the tongue chopping bit. haven't seen the first one.

been put off that sort of thing for a while after watching* Audition. almost chewed half my hand off watching the last 30 minutes of that damn thing.




*when not pausing and going out for a smoke to calm me down, its a nasty nasty film!
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 17 Jul 2008, 16:34, closed)

I love these three
Oldboy has the best fight sceen I think I've ever seen (the corridor double-dragon-side-scroll-style one)

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance - the scene by the riverbank with the girl is heartbreaking and has always struck me as a scene incredibly unlikely to appear in a hollywood film.

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - a super-fun time of a movie :D
( Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 11:22, closed)