Old Boy

15 Years Of Imprisonment…5 Days Of Revenge

Oh Dae-su is an ordinary Seoul businessman with a wife and little daughter who, after a drunken night on the town, is abducted and locked up in a strange, private “prison.” No one will tell him why he's there and who his jailer is. Over time his fury builds to a single-minded focus of revenge. 15 years later, he is unexpectedly freed, given a new suit, a cell-phone and 5 days to discover the mysterious enemy who had him imprisoned.

Critic Reviews:

• " A lurid, complex, introspective beast, enacting astonishing cruelty on its protagonist like a slow-acting poison. " – Kambole Campbell

• " Shakespearean in its violence, Oldboy also calls up nightmare images of spiritual and physical isolation that are worthy of Samuel Beckett or Dostoyevsky. " – Joe Morgenstern

• " Quite an achievement then, and well worthy of its Cannes prize. " – Trevor Johnston