Oldboy was released in the United States on November 27, 2013, by FilmDistrict. Mr. Han is Lee Woo-jins right-hand man that fights for him and protects him at every turn, like how the infamous Luca Brasi served Don Corleone in The Godfather. Oldboy is a 2013 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Spike Lee and written by Mark Protosevich. This is all you need to know about Spike Lees Oldboy remake. Later that day, his meal arrives on a silver platter, and the mouse and her dead babies are revealed to be inside cooked with garnish for Joe. That leaves Lee's film as the lone true Oldboy remake, although it also contains a lot of notable differences. VIOLENCE/GORE 9 - A man walks into his teenage daughter's bedroom and as she goes to unbutton her shirt in a suggestive manner (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details), the man shoots her in the chest with a shotgun (the force of the impact sends the girl backwards and we see a spray of blood hit the wall); the man leaves the room and shoots a woman in the torso (we see blood spray from behind the woman and a large, gory hole is shown in the woman's stomach); the man then walks into another room where his teenage son unbuckles his pants in a suggestive manner (please see the Sex/Nudity category for more details) and the man shoots the teen boy in the chest and shoulder (the impact blows the teen boy backward and blood and gore spray from the wound); the man cocks the gun again and shoots himself in the head (blood and gore spray from his head, almost half his skull is shot off and his dead body collapses on top of the teen boy). A man beats his head against a wall. His favorite movie is Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, not just for the good story or the amazing animation, but for the incredible soundtrack as well! Just as Chaney is about to beat him savagely, the Stranger calls Chaney and offers to pay him for Joe's release, and Chaney lets them go. Adrian Doyle Pryce only gives Joe 46 hours in Oldboy 2013. What is the streaming release date of Oldboy (2013) in Australia? Witness how far we as humans can go to get revenge as we explain the ending to one of the best revenge films ever made. A woman with a bruised eye and a cut lip appears to have her hands bound over her head; we learn that the woman is a paid actress and see her wipe away the black eye and cut lip. A man walks into a teen girl (his daughter's bedroom), the teen girl goes to unbutton her shirt in a suggestive manner, the man then goes into a room with a teen boy (his son) and the teen boy then unbuckles his pants in a suggestive manner. Im also assuming that my readers have seen the original, Korean version of Oldboy. As a result, the real revenge plot was to subliminally get Oh Dae-su to fall in love with his own daughter, who was only four when he disappeared. Lee Woo-jin is the main antagonist of the 2003 South Korean film Oldboy. The Spike Lee joint is making a resurgence on the streaming giant, coming in at sixth . Notably, Taika Waititi's hated film Jojo Rabbit explores this type of comfort hallucination better. I, think this is a revenge film, just Lee's revenge film. He refuses but takes her business card. While we read all emails & try to reply we don't always manage to do so; be assured that we will not share your e-mail address. The little boy, Xavier . He hands the phone to his best friend, No Joo-hwan, and is then kidnapped without a trace of his whereabouts. There are juicy and nauseating sound effects, but its fairly brief. Reassure the child that you know they will have a hard time with the day, but that it's okay to be sad sometimes. A man has a flashback to when he was a teen boy and watched a teen girl having sex with an older man; the girl locks eyes with the man (as a teen boy), then leans her head back while having thrusting sex (no nudity is visible) and we later see the man realize that the teen girl having sex with the older man was actually having sex with her father. Not everything from Oldboy 2003 transitions over to Oldboy 2013. The father of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and his girlfriend have been jailed for the six-year-old's killing. The heinous act is recorded and used as leverage against Joe. It is a cycle that will continue to spiral as each person tries to come out on top. A woman reads a man a message that she had taken from another man: the message instructs the man to "stay away" from the other man's sister and the man listening to the message makes a crude gesture implying that the woman had large breasts. After being outed and humiliated, their father killed his daughter (Adrian's sister), his wife (Adrian's . Oldboy has even inspired a 2006 Bollywood film called Zinda, which appears to be another Oldboy remake. Watch Oldboy 2013 full Movie free, download oldboy 2013. ", "Josh Brolin To Star In Spike Lee's 'Oldboy' Redo For Mandate", "Breaking: Colin Firth Offered Villain Role In Oldboy", "Colin Firth Turns Down Spike Lee's Oldboy", "Breaking: Clive Owen Offered Villain Role In Spike Lee's Oldboy", "Sharlto Copley Cast in 'Open Grave,' Confirmed For Spike Lee's 'Oldboy', "Elizabeth Olsen: 'Oldboy' Role Is 'Really Exciting', "James Ransone Replaces Nate Parker in Oldboy", "Production Starts For Spike Lee's 'Oldboy'; What Scene Is Being Shot In These On-set Photos? A heavily intoxicated man shouts in the streets, asking for more liquor and we hear an unseen woman crudely shout back at the man to be quiet. We see a sign that reads, "Guns don't kill, people do." Having fulfilled his revenge plot that was so long in the making, Lee Woo-jin takes his own life feeling that he is now finally satisfied. Starring: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong. A man drinks liquor nearly throughout the entire movie, a man drinks vodka straight from a bottle on many occasions, we see a teenage boy and an adult man drinking to the point of black-out drunkenness, a man is seen drinking to the point of extreme drunkenness and he vomits on himself as he collapses on a street corner (he is later seen standing back up and he is still heavily intoxicated), a man drinks at a bar and he offers a man a shot of liquor (the man turns it down), a man pours liquor into a soda cup and drinks from the cup unbeknownst to people around him that he is drinking liquor, men and women are seen drinking wine at dinner, a group of young men are seen drinking bottles of beer, a man is seen suffering from withdrawal symptoms on his own accord as he begins to pour out a bottle of vodka typically given to him on a daily basis (the man shakes and is seen obviously suffering), a man and a woman discuss how the man is an alcoholic, and a woman tells a man that she is an alcoholic and implies that she had also had a drug addiction. MESSAGE - Revenge can drive people to extremes. [14] Firth later passed on the role,[15] which was later offered to Clive Owen. Unsure of what to do, Oh Dae-su finds the hypnotist that tranced him earlier in the film and convinces her to make him forget the secret, so that he can go on without living in disgust with himself. This American version of Park Chan-Wook's Korean thriller is Lee's most exciting movie since Inside Mannot a masterpiece by any stretch, but a lively commercial genre picture with a hypnotic, obsessive quality, and an utter indifference to being liked, much less approved of. Then when the shot zooms in, it says "Adrian Doyle Pryce". Its not the octopus scene or the fighting that makes it so brilliant. And you will be helping support our website & our efforts. However, Adrian asks Joe to think why he had let Joe go in the first place, and shows that the interview with Mia was all a set-up, and "Mia" was a paid actress. Its entitled Zinda. through the culturally critical eye of a POC. OLDBOY is an American remake of a 2003 Korean thriller. The infant, who apparently has vivid memories of her last birth, took to her "past-life parents" as her own. Joe sees a news report that says his ex-wife Donna was raped and murdered and he is the prime suspect, while their infant daughter Mia was adopted. Samuel L. Jackson as a whiney hired-hand begging not to be tortured was just boring and under utilized his talents. In the manga, Shinichi Got has the tracking device buried in his back near his right shoulder blade that Eri has to dig out with a knife. Oldboy is a 2013 film directed by Spike Lee, and a remake of the famed South Korean film from 2003, itself loosely based on the Japanese manga series of the same name. Move sliders from 0-10 in any combination, check and uncheck MPAA ratings and use keywords to further filter results -- please let us know what you think. Oldboy 2003 is a classic piece of Korean cinema, and it was remade in 2013 by Spike Lee. - NibblyPig Aug 24, 2016 at 14:51 Add a comment 1 Answer Sorted by: 1 It's never revealed who Oh Dae-su really is to her. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. Most of the hotel sequences are similar, but he doesnt just eat Chinese food: hes fed milk, Frosted Flakes, and even a microwaveable burrito, among other things. SEX/NUDITY 8 - A woman with a towel around her helps a man remove his shirt and we see his bare chest; a portion of the woman's towel drops and we see her bare breast as the man and the woman kiss passionately, and then have sex: the man and the woman are seen switching positions multiple times with the man on top and then the woman on top and they are both fully nude (we see their bare buttocks, the man's bare chest and back and the woman's bare breasts in various positions; we later learn that the man and the woman were father and daughter, unbeknownst to them at the time, but later revealed to the man); another man secretly watches them on a CCTV and is aroused and delighted. The remake chooses to have windows with sunlight, as the mayhem take place on three separate levels, and Joe seems to take less damage than Dae-su. Just. While there, Joe gets a call on his cell phone from a man calling himself the Stranger, mocking him. Enter your email address to subscribe to The NOC and receive notifications of new posts by email. Why were they there? Oldboy Plot Synopsis After another night of drunken revelry, Oh Dae-su is sent to prison. A man grabs the face of a woman and kisses her and they pause and kiss again; we later learn that the man and the woman were father and daughter (unbeknownst to them at the time, but later revealed to the man). It received a mixed reception from critics, with many finding the film inferior to the classic. Become a member of our premium site for just $1/month & access advance reviews, without any ads, not a single one, ever. From then, he loses consciousness, only to find himself in prison with a trap-door for food and a TV, which tells him that he murdered his wife. As a result, Arthur moved them to Luxembourg, but later murdered his wife and Amanda, severely wounded Adrian and committed suicide. "I want to eat something alive," he explains. Apparently, it was safer to say that Doucetts daughter was 23 years old, rather than 18. On July 11, 2011, Mandate Pictures sent a press release stating that Spike Lee would direct a remake of the South Korean film (ignoring the earlier version's adaptation of the manga) with a screenplay written by Protosevich. Later, Chaney has his henchman Cortez rape Marie. It should be noted that these films are linked thematically and not narratively. The scene isnt meant to be sexual, but more of a means of feeling something from another human being. If Joe can figure out who Adrian is and why he imprisoned Joe, Adrian will give Joe the recording of him raping and killing his ex-wife, a written confession of those crimes along with his imprisonment, $20 million in diamonds, and he gets to watch Adrian blow his brains out. A woman lowers herself into a bathtub (no nudity is visible). I finally watched the South Korean version. Patrick Bateman 31 1 2 3 It is his daughter's 4th birthday, and he is imprisoned for 15 years. These TV show segments were so unusually well-timed that the viewer knows that its fake and a set-up. See ratings & reviews at Critics.com. A man smokes a cigarette, we see a woman smoking a cigarette, a man smokes and chews on a cigar. Unlike the MPAA we do not assign one inscrutable rating based on age but 3 objective ratings for SEX/NUDITY, VIOLENCE/GORE & LANGUAGE on a scale of 0 to 10, from lowest to highest depending on quantity & context |more|, Print a page, share with friends, and yes, please go ahead and email links. Shes horribly teased by all of the students afterwards. Warning: the following contains SPOILERS for both 2003 and 2013 versions of Oldboy. [12] Josh Brolin was cast to star in the remake as the lead character, while Christian Bale was reportedly in talks to portray the antagonist character,[13] but it was later reported that Colin Firth had been offered the role. Korean version killed American version. A well-paid actress has pretended to be Mia the entire time, as well. Oldboy was also remade in 2013 by director Spike Lee, though it was seen as a mediocre reinterpretation that failed to add anything substantial to the narrative. He offers Joe some of his popcorn but disappears once Joe happily reaches for some. Joo-hwan then tells his girlfriend and word quickly spreads around campus. So Ill just barf out the major wrongs about this sad re-make and be done with it. A man is seen shirtless nearly throughout the movie, we see his bare back and chest and he wears only boxer-style underwear. The role was the motel prison captor who, in Parks film, gets his hand chopped off; remember him? It was directed by Spike Lee and written by Mark Protosevich, the film stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley. That said, some CGI is used for the knife in Dae-sus back and to land hidden punches. Thus, the cycle of revenge moves into full effect. [24] Lee even removed his trademark "A Spike Lee Joint" credit for a more impersonal "A Spike Lee Film" during the editing process. Oldboy is a South-Korean thriller movie based on a Japanese manga series. Before he gets locked away, Joe isnt a good father. A man angrily shouts at another man and tries to grab the man but is calmed down when a woman appears. Meanwhile, Joe gives the rest of his diamonds to Chaney who imprisons Joe back in the hotel room for the rest of his life. The hallway sequence is allegedly re-edited by producers in Oldboy 2013 and is about 15 seconds shorter in comparison, and tries to outdo how impressive the original sequence is. It triggers what should normally be a happy ending where the protagonist gets with their love interest, which in turn makes viewers all the more unsettled when it sinks in that they are being emotionally manipulated to be happy for this incestuous relationship. people imprisoned on the multiple cam shot that SLJ was watching. Apart from bringing new life to 2003's Oldboy in Spike Lee's remake, Brolin and Olsen's pairing are at the center of the Thanos and Scarlet Witch beef, which was one of the most anticipated confrontations during the MCU's Avengers era. Also with Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen, Michael Imperioli, Sharlto Copley and Pom Klementieff. "[35], Justin Chang of Variety said that "Lee and Protosevich have made a picture that, although several shades edgier than the average Hollywood thriller, feels content to shadow its predecessor's every move while falling short of its unhinged, balls-out delirium. Joe calls Chucky with the name, and Chucky confirms Joe's guess that the Stranger is Adrian. Its the cultural nuance around the scene where the protagonist begs the antagonist to not to reveal the truth to his daughter. We see a man's bare buttocks as he swims fully nude (his bare back and buttocks are visible); the man gets out of the water and wraps himself in a towel (we see a portion of his heavily scarred chest) as a woman wearing a thong and a sheer nightgown kisses his chest (we see her bare buttocks and cleavage). And if youre keeping track at home, both versions (American and Korean) are based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Garon Tsuchiya and Nobuaki Minegishi. A man spits out his food, he then angrily throws a tray of food at a wall. The entire point of revenge is that it is supposed to bring a level of satisfaction towards those who achieve it, however Oldboy makes it clear that the satisfaction brought out from revenge is not a feeling worth chasing. The movie title screen had 20 tick marks instead of 15. Its powerful cinema indeed. What's different in the Oldboy remake also makes it unique, andit remains a worthwhile piece of cinema living in the shadow of a great piece. FB: JunkoGodaFanPage A man and a woman read newspaper articles about a murder-suicide in a family. Watch Oldboy: Josh Brolin Transformation (Featurette). FILTER by RATINGS Stars: Samuel L Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Elizabeth Olsen, Josh Brolin, Michael Imperioli, Hannah Ware, James . A man watches fitness videos of women wearing bikini tops. Oh Dae-su masturbates to women he sees on TV in Oldboy 2003. You can help us keep our independence with a donation. Furthermore, the dimly lit sequence lasts about three minutes. [26], Oldboy was released theatrically in the United States on November 23, 2013, by FilmDistrict. Chaneys bleached Mohawk pays homage to Mr. Han. Synopsis: Joe Doucett, an advertising executive, is kidnapped and held prisoner for twenty years in solitary confinement. He calls his wife a bitch and tells her that their 3-year old daughter wouldnt notice if hes not there for her birthday because shes so young. What drives Lee Woo-jin to imprison Oh Dae-su for so long in Oldboy 2003 is that Dae-su tells his best friend, Joo-hwan, about Lee Woo-jin and his sister, Lee Soo-ah, having sex with each other back in high school. Old Boy MPA Rating : for strong brutal violence, disturbing images, some graphic sexuality and nudity, and language. Manisha, the little girl, claimed that she was their deceased daughter Suman, who had died of typhoid at the age of 15 on December 14, 2000. Perhaps this saved us from seeing Joe Doucett as incestuous AND a pedophile compared to just being incestuous. Having just started his career with Collider in Fall of 2021, he hopes to bring a unique light towards shows that may otherwise be missed out on. They just show her driving away superimposed on the day / night screen behind him. [3][4] In November 2008, DreamWorks and Universal were securing the rights to the remake, which Will Smith had expressed interest in starring, with Steven Spielberg as director. Also, Josh Brolins character didnt gain any sympathy like the Korean protagonist. In 1993, alcoholic advertising executive Joe Doucett gets drunk after losing a major account. It stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, and Sharlto Copley. What Happened To Spike Lee's Mookie After Do The Right Thing? View all posts by Junko, A place to discuss, comment on and geek out about stuff in the world of fandom (i.e., comics, movies, gaming, animation, toys, etc.) He is suddenly released and becomes obsessed with finding the identity of the person who had him kidnapped and seeking revenge. A teen boy teases a teen girl, calling her a crude sexual name; other teens then taunt the girl, calling her the same name repeatedly. Oldboy (2013) Synopsis Time to remake the remake. A man coaxes a mouse into captivity and we then see the mouse with ten baby mice; the man is extremely happy and tells the mouse never to leave; the man wakes up later and the mouse is missing causing him to panic and shout, a tray is slid under the door and he finds the mouse, dead and surrounded by its dead babies with a smear of blood on the plate; the man cries and appears inconsolable. The big problem with Lee's "Oldboy" is that for all its dark confidence, it doesn't reimagine the original boldly enough.This isn't like Martin Scorsese's "Cape Fear," David Cronenberg's "The Fly" or Jonathan Demme's "The Manchurian Candidate"or the recent superhero-inflected version of "Carrie," which I liked better than most criticsall of which drastically rethought their inspirations. To give some context surrounding the climactic ending of the film, Oldboy is a South Korean film directed by Park Chan-Wook that focuses on the journey of a man named Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) after being locked away in a mysterious prison for fifteen years. If you think what we do is worthwhile, please donate or become a member, Remake of the 2003 Korean revenge thriller about a man (Josh Brolin) who was kidnapped and held captive in a motel room for twenty years. Oldboy 2003 makes a thought-provoking comparison between ants and loneliness, as Mi-do states that when youre lonely and desperate you hallucinate and see ants. These scenes are crucial to why, out of the movies in Park Chan-wooks Vengeance trilogy, Oldboy is the most compelling. A man opens a box and discovers a human tongue, and a woman looks in the box and cries out in horror. You cant take your eyes off of Choi Min-siks performance. Essay by Brian Eggert March 23, 2009. Image from Oldboy (2013) The original Korean made 2003 Oldboy was a gripping tale of mystery, anger, and revenge with a horrifying twist that would make anyone cringe. Park Chan-wook's Oldboy, the original movie, is definitely better than the 2013 Oldboy remake, which is one of the more underwhelming films made by Spike Lee. We've gone through several editorial changes since we started covering films in 1992 and older reviews are not as complete & accurate as recent ones; we plan to revisit and correct older reviews as resources and time permits. LANGUAGE 8 - About 32 F-words and its derivatives, 14 sexual references, 12 scatological terms (1 mild), 6 anatomical terms, 46 mild obscenities, name-calling (old man, big boy, fiend, freak), 2 religious profanities (GD), 7 religious exclamations (e.g. He gives most of them to Marie along with a box full of other mementos like the rubber duck and a letter saying shell never see him again but that hell love her forever. The fifth major fail and second plot difference is the ending. First major fail. We see a smear of blood on the bricks of a shower as a man digs at the grout around a brick. Junko lives in Los Angeles and is an actor, consultant, Japanese/English interpreter and translator in addition to being an equestrian and mounted archer, who peruses the aisles of the local Book Off (Japanese second hand bookstore) for her next manga discovery. With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors. A man wakes up in a bed and he is shirtless; he stands up and we see his bare buttocks as he walks away and he pulls on boxer-style underwear, covering his bare buttocks. Joe hides Marie in a hotel for her safety, and they end up having sex, unaware Adrian is watching through hidden cameras. 2003's Oldboy was remade in 2013, but the new version made some big changes to the original. 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