Sunday, September 18, 2005

Oldboy, or why you should never see anything with the "Quentin Tarantino seal of approval"

So I watched Oldboy, a South Korean film, and now I want to scratch my eyes out, which I'm surprised wasn't actually a scene in the movie. Once you get past the terrible dubbing (worst voice acting ever, and the girl sounds like anime), there's a plethora of craptastic filmmaking to enjoy. The basic plot is this: a man gets abducted and is imprisoned in a private prison for 15 years. He doesn't know who who's holding him, or why he's being imprisoned. After 15 years he's let go, then spends his time seeking revenge and trying to find out why he was imprisoned. Along this journey we see a human sized ant riding the subway, extractions of teeth, someone cutting out their own tongue, and various other severed body parts. Oh, and did I mention there's incest? Lots and lots of incest. The only upside is that the person who reviewed the movie on IMDB hated it as much as I did and didn't go the Primer route of "this movie sucked...therefore it must be brilliant!" My recommendation is if you want to watch a gory revenge film, stick with Kill Bill. It's a whole lot more interesting (but no incest).

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