Olboy tells the story of a man who in the beginning of the film is kidnapped for seemingly no apparent reason and held captive in a room that looks like a small (very small) apartment for fifteen years, and then suddenly he is released back into the world also seemingly for no reason. Those years trapped in a room has changed him from a lovable (even though always drunk) guy to a man who is hell bent on revenge for whoever has done this to him. He meets a woman who works in a sushi bar who ends up helping him find the person responsible for his capture. Unlike most revenge movies it doesn't take him very long to find out who did this to him, but when he finds the guy responsible just before killing him the guy gives him an ultimatum. He tells him that if you kill me now you will never find you WHY I did this to you, suddenly Oldboy realizes (as well as myself) that knowing the reason is more important then killing him. He tells Oldboy that if he can figure it out in five days than he would kill himself and save Oldboy the trouble. This is where the movie gets very interesting. One clue leads to another which leads to another, so forth and so on, which leads to the most shocking twist ending I've ever seen. Unlike Kill Bill where the lead is fueled simply by revenge, Oldboy really wants answers. This is one of the most disturbing yet poetic revenge tales I have ever seen, and it still remains brutal. This movie keeps you hanging by a thread until the credits roll, and begs to be watched again almost immediately, and watching it again knowing the twist makes it that much more disturbing to watch. Winner of the Grand Prix award (best film) at the Cannes
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