Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

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Slick R TBH it was kinda boring for me. Good original story but not as good as other classics. What is the deal with Koreans and slicing each other's Achilles tendons??? Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Audience Member Very sad movie. Life is really tragic for some people... Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review Kevin L A mixed bag for me. There are clearly some of the characteristics of Park Chan Wook's style here- the cold, distanced tone; the dark, underlining nature that human beings carry in them in desperate times; and the depth of emotion his images and actions can stir within us. It's harsh, ugly business. Things whirl out of everyone’s control as both male protagonists lose humanity in each becoming a sort of Mr. Vengeance. There's Park, who kills for understandable reasons in spite of his basic decency, and Ryu who kills for more understandable reasons but loses what empathy we may have had. The physical extremes of the violence, too, are out of control: drownings, a mentally defective spastic; knifings; drugs; aluminum bat bashings, first perfected on a batting range, electric torture, autopsies, cremation, loosened bladders. Not one you're likely to want to sit through again. The first part of the director's revenge trilogy, it may linger in your head well after the end credits. 2.8 stars Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review Sams K Definitely a very good piece! A must watch. Maybe the best of the trilogy of vengeance. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/23/24 Full Review Prabudhjeet A Do watch only if your mentally strong. Treat this as a movie only. Although its Artist Park Chan Wok's craft. The cinematography is heavenly, sound design is good and again, the actors gave their 100 percent Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/19/24 Full Review allie a Who is the victim when everyone is criminal ? Film repeats this questions while the victimhood shifts to one another until the need for a rightful vengeance becomes for everyone. As, Park Chan-wook's extremely violent cinematography escalates, our judgment of right and wrong is being destroyed for good. In that way, the narrative reminds Asghar Farhadi's cinematic language. Yet, Park Chan-wook doesn't let us go easily. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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