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Oldboy

Ask not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free.

2013 · 1h 44m · R Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Spike Lee

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Overview

A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

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All reviews
39%
Tomatometer
Rotten

Everything is wrong with [Spike] Lee's version of Park Chan-wook's notorious, super-violent super-action-thriller. For one thing, it's far from super. Not the quality, per se (although, for Lee, that's off, too), but the energy.

Wesley Morris, Grantland
Rotten

Why would we want to watch a chronicle of Joe's agonies, and the agonies he gets to inflict on others? Passing it up would be the best revenge.

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh

Hollywood's wildest cinematic freakout since "Shutter Island" is a remake of-and an improvement on-the Korean original, from 2003.

Richard Brody, New Yorker
Rotten

A vivid yet academic remake, this Oldboy is shorter, leaner and lesser.

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten

Sometimes I don't understand the Hollywood mindset. Who thought remaking Park Chan-wook's 2003 cult classic, Oldboy, was a good idea?

James Berardinelli, ReelViews

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