Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

Original title

복수는 나의 것

Directed by

Park Chan-wook

Genre

drama film, crime thriller film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

R

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 1,718 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor young man gets caught up in a kidnapping after his sister needs a kidney transplant. The plan goes horribly wrong and sets off a brutal chain of revenge between the kidnapper and the victim's father.

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What happens

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Korean: 복수는 나의 것; lit. 'Vengeance Is Mine') is a 2002 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook, who co-wrote the script with Lee Jae-soon, Lee Moo-young, and Lee Yong-jong. Starring Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, and Bae Doona, the film follows an ill-fated kidnapping of a wealthy man's daughter, leading to a path of vengeance. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance did not fare well commercially upon its initial release in South Korea and garnered generally mixed reviews. Despite this, it won several awards. It is the first installment in director Park's thematic Vengeance Trilogy, and is followed by Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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