Oldboy
Original Title올드보이
Romanized TitleOldeuboi
LanguageKorean
After being mysteriously kidnapped and held captive in a solitary room for fifteen years, a man is abruptly released and given five days to uncover his captor's identity and the motive behind his imprisonment.
Movie Information
- Release Year
- 2003
- IMDb Rating
- 8.3/10
- Language
- Korean
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Writer / Screenplay
- Hwang Jo-yun, Lim Jun-hyung, Park Chan-wook
- Based On
- Old Boy by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi
- Producer
- Lim Seung-yong
- Starring
- Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung
- Cinematography
- Chung Chung-hoon
- Editing
- Kim Sang-bum
- Music
- Jo Yeong-wook
Genres
My Take
Oldboy made me think about how dangerous revenge can become when we allow it to control our life.
For me, this movie is about much more than revenge. It shows anger, guilt, obsession, ego, love, and the pain of living with the consequences of our actions. Sometimes we spend years blaming someone else without realizing how deeply our own choices can affect another person's life.
What stayed with me is how revenge slowly destroys everyone involved. We may think hurting someone will finally give us peace, but pain usually creates more pain.
Oldboy is dark, uncomfortable, and sometimes difficult to watch, but beneath all of that, it feels deeply human.
Sometimes revenge doesn't heal the wound. It only makes sure nobody escapes it.