Lady Vengeance
(2005)
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Lady Vengeance
(2005)
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| Yeong-ae Lee | ... | ||
| Min-sik Choi | ... |
Mr. Baek
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Shi-hoo Kim | ... |
Geun-shik
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Yea-young Kwon | ... |
Jenny
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Tony Barry | ... |
StepFather, Australian
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Anne Cordiner | ... |
StepMother, Australian
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Su-hee Go | ... |
Ma-nyeo
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| Hye-jeong Kang | ... |
Tv announcer
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Bu-seon Kim | ... |
So-young Woo
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Byeong-ok Kim | ... |
Preacher
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Dae-yeon Lee | ... |
Prison head
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Seung-Shin Lee | ... |
Yi-jeong Park
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Su-gyeong Lim | ... |
A prison officer
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Il-woo Nam | ... |
Detective Choi
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Dal-su Oh | ... |
Mr. Chang
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After thirteen and half years in prison for kidnapping and murdering the boy Park Won-mo, Geum-ja Lee is released and tries to fix her life. She finds a job in a bakery; she orders the manufacturing of a special weapon; she reunites with her daughter, who was adopted by an Australian family; and she plots revenge against the real killer of Won-mo, the English teacher Mr. Baek. With the support of former inmates from prison, Geum-ja seeks an unattained redemption with her vengeance. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Chan-Wook Park was already the Master of Dysfunction after Old Boy, now he can add the title of King of Pain (thanks Sting) to his CV.
The depth of feeling in the second half of this film is staggering, and comes in stark contrast to the startling apathy of the first half. The masterful cinematography is something we have come to expect but the director's ability to compose the most evocative of tableaux never ceases to amaze- the final shot of the movie being a case in point.
As the above reviewer says, one must be cryptic in commenting on this film but it must be said that its final act really transforms it from a beautifully crafted work into a masterpiece.
This is a film which shocks without ever descending into gratuity, while frequently forcing a guilty laugh with its darker-than-black's-shadow humour.