Oldboy
He cannot explain how he got into jail, but as soon as he is out, he puts a trail on those behind the terrible act.
22 May 1959, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
25 March 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
24 September 1987, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
16 February 1989, Sherman Oaks, California, USA
28 December 1968, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
3 May 1986, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
26 January 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
20 September 1993, Houma, Louisiana, USA
July1966, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
August 20, 2014
Lee takes his time crafting fiery characters and an impenetrable, who-and-why mystery only to rush through a series of arbitrary clues and explanations.
November 29, 2013
A vivid yet academic remake, this Oldboy is shorter, leaner and lesser.
June 18, 2016
The first hour or so of Lee's 'Oldboy' is so gripping that it's dispiriting to watch the wheels fall off the wagon so spectacularly in the third act.
May 08, 2014
For a "pointless" and "unnecessary" remake, there's actually some really solid stuff in this one.
April 15, 2016
It's captivating to watch Spike Lee dabble in genre filmmaking.
December 02, 2013
Hollywood's wildest cinematic freakout since "Shutter Island" is a remake of-and an improvement on-the Korean original, from 2003.
November 28, 2013
Sometimes I don't understand the Hollywood mindset. Who thought remaking Park Chan-wook's 2003 cult classic, Oldboy, was a good idea?
October 30, 2014
Compared directly, the difference between both films are more than a little disappointing, but with all of that said, 2013's Oldboy still has pleasures to be witnessed.
June 21, 2016
Lee's remake will strike a cord with unfamiliar audiences, but, for the most part, it's a hit-and-miss effort that comes close to good results.
November 28, 2013
Much of the dialogue is stilted (several scene are laughable) and the melodrama feels unmoored without the lurid, baroque atmosphere of Park's film -- which, after all, was kind of the whole point.

