| Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance |
| Front Cover |
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| Kang-ho Song |
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| Ha-kyun Shin |
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| Du-na Bae |
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| Ji-Eun Lim |
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| Bo-bae Han |
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| Se-dong Kim |
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| Dae-yeon Lee |
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| Kwang-rok Oh |
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| Seung-beom Ryu |
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| Gyu-su Jeong |
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| Movie Details |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
121 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Before he made the notorious cult hit Oldboy, South Korean director Chan-wook Park created Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, an equally gruesome yet elegant meditation on revenge. Desperate to get a kidney transplant for his dying sister, a deaf and dumb young man named Ryu (Ha-kyun Shin, Save the Green Planet!) kidnaps the daughter of a wealthy industrialist named Park (Kang-ho Song, Shiri). Despite Ryu's best intentions, things go horribly awry, setting in motion a series of escalating revenges--to describe the plot in more detail would undercut the movie, because much of its power comes from the spare and skillful storytelling. Chan-wook Park is careful to ground the audience in the characters' emotional lives; when the violence begins, the bloody events unfold with the hypnotic power of the revenge tragedies of the Shakespearean era, which had over-the-top plots and littered the stage with bodies, yet were full of rich poetry. Park's eye for startling images and careful editing creates a visual poetry, grotesque yet often haunting. Certainly not a film for everyone--squeamish viewers had best beware, while anyone who wants their violence flagrant and guilt-free will be disappointed--but cinephiles looking to have their hearts squeezed along with their stomachs will enjoy Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. --Bret Fetzer |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
445 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
2.35:1 |
| UPC (Barcode) |
842498030127 |
| Release Date |
11/22/2005 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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