Oldboy

Ok, quick plot summary for those out of the loop...

Oh Dae-su (played by Min-sik Choi is kidnapped and held captive for 15 years. All he has to keep him company is a TV with 500 channels, a plate full of dumplings, and his rage. After his release he, naturally, wants revenge, but his captor insists that they play a game. Oh Dae-su has 5 days to figure out who his captor is and why he was locked up. If he fails - his daughter will be killed.

This is a movie with intense violence, frank sex, and plenty of adult language. Oldboy plays out like an action flick, but, ultimately, this is a film about the dissatisfaction of torture and revenge. Oh Dae-su makes it very clear early on in the film that no one will walk away from this clean.

This is a fantastic movie. It was beautifully shot, brillantly acted, and some the fight choreography is not to be believed (there is a long single-take fight scene in a hallway that has, apparently, become quite infamous in Asian cinema). The torture scenes, of which there are a few, are brutal.

Oldboy is a film that should be seen, although it is not for the squeemish.