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Oldboy (Blu-Ray)

Choi Min-Sik (actor), Yoo Ji-tae (actor) and Chan Wook Park (director)

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Review

Rolling Stone, 04/07/2005, p.78, "[A]n explosively exciting psychosexual revenge drama from Korean powerhouse Park Chanwook that makes movies feel alive again."

Premiere, 09/01/2005, p.129, "Park Chan-Wook is a tremendous craftsman....He ratchets up the sadistic suspense in a variety of fruit flavors."

Sight and Sound, 05/01/2005, p.86, "[With] rigorously inventive direction and an emotional undertow that builds to a startling level of intensity."

Movieline's Hollywood Life, 09/01/2005, p.101, "Park's direction is bristlingly inventive, and his themes are ancient Greek in scope."

Entertainment Weekly, 12/30/2005, p.126, Ranked #5 in Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten DVDs Of The Year -- "Fans of Tarantino and films with surprise endings that are actually surprising should flock to this Korean import..."

Rolling Stone, 12/01/2005, p.98, Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[A]n explosively exciting revenge drama..."

New York Times, 03/25/2005, p.E14, "A master of composition, Mr. Park makes some of the snazziest-looking pulp fiction going."

Entertainment Weekly, 04/01/2005, p.51, "The brio and glee that Koran bad-boy filmmaker Park Chanwook brings to the gaudy psycho-shockeroo OLDBOY is undeniable, even impressive."

Chicago Sun-Times, 03/25/2005, p.28, "OLDBOY ventures to emotional extremes, but not without reason."

Title Note

THEATRICAL RELEASE: MARCH 25, 2005 (LIMITED)
OLDBOY is based on a Japanese manga of the same name.

Release Note

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English, Korean
DTS-HD master Audio Surround 6.1 Uncompressed - Korean
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX - Korean
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Disc 1: OLDBOY (Blu-ray Disc)
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Director's Commentary
2. Director and Cast Commentary
3. Director and Cinematographer Commentary
Deleted Scenes - Deleted Scenes with Opional Commentary
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
Disc 2: Standard Definition Bonus Disc
5-Behind The Scenes Documentaries
Featurette - 1. Making The Film - The Cast Remembers
2. Production Design
3. The Music Score
4. CGI Documentary
5. Flashback.
6. 'Le Grand Prix At Cannes'
Interview - Cast & Crew Interviews
Trailers - Tartan Asia Extreme Trailers

Product Notes

It would be a sin to reveal too much about this riveting and bizarre thriller from Korean director Chan Wook Park, except to say that it's about a man named Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik) who is locked in a hotel room for 15 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, Dae Su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and strangeness. His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls for an attractive sushi chef (Gang Hye-Jung), who feeds him live octopus and who may or may not be involved with the bizarre mystery. This is all served up in a striking palette of purples and dark reds; oozing with post-neo-noir style, and stuffed with insanely malicious twists and turns. Choi Min-Sik is terrific in the lead, counterbalancing over-the-top hysterics with deadpan cool to run the gamut of Asian antihero traits. There are intense fight scenes (Dae Su's favorite weapon is a hammer), look-away moments of torture and self-mutilation, sex, and gallons of black humor. Not for the squeamish, but for those seeking something wholly original and daring, this cinematic entree is alive--it's hard to imagine a better slice of psycho-shock sensationalism.



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