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Oldboy

  • 20132013
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  • 1h 44m
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Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.Obsessed with vengeance, a man sets out to find out why he was kidnapped and locked into solitary confinement for twenty years without reason.
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    • Spike Lee
    • Mark Protosevich(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Josh Brolin
    • Elizabeth Olsen
    • Samuel L. Jackson
    • Spike Lee
    • Mark Protosevich(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Josh Brolin
    • Elizabeth Olsen
    • Samuel L. Jackson
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    • 377User reviews
    • 262Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
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    Josh Brolin
    Josh Brolin
    • Joe Doucett
    Elizabeth Olsen
    Elizabeth Olsen
    • Marie Sebastian
    Samuel L. Jackson
    Samuel L. Jackson
    • Chaney
    Sharlto Copley
    Sharlto Copley
    • Adrian…
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    Michael Imperioli
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    Pom Klementieff
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    • Haeng-Bok
    James Ransone
    James Ransone
    • Dr. Tom Melby
    Max Casella
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    • James Prestley
    Linda Emond
    Linda Emond
    • Edwina Burke
    Elvis Nolasco
    Elvis Nolasco
    • Cortez
    Rami Malek
    Rami Malek
    • Browning
    Lance Reddick
    Lance Reddick
    • Daniel Newcombe
    Hannah Ware
    Hannah Ware
    • Donna Hawthorne
    Richard Portnow
    Richard Portnow
    • Bernie Sharkey
    Hannah Simone
    Hannah Simone
    • Stephanie Lee
    Ciera Payton
    Ciera Payton
    • Capri
    Cinqué Lee
    Cinqué Lee
    • Bellhop
    • (as Cinque Lee)
    Steven Hauck
    • Arthur Pryce
      • Spike Lee
      • Mark Protosevich(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      Elizabeth Olsen did not know the ending of the film until she watched it for the first time at the New York City premiere. "I've never been more shocked and surprised by an ending since maybe like The Sixth Sense (1999)," Olsen said. "No one spoiled it for me. No one hinted at it for me. And I got to experience it with just a blank canvas."
    • Goofs
      (at around 1h 12 mins) When Joe sneaks into Edwina Burke's (Evergreen Headmistress) home while she's talking to Marie, he pulls out a yearbook. He looks into the yearbook and the name says "Adrian Pryce". Then when the shot zooms in, it says "Adrian Doyle Pryce". When Joe and Marie return back to the motel, Marie takes a picture of the yearbook photo where it now returns back to just "Adrian Pryce".
    • Quotes

      Chaney: I swear, I don't know nothin'! I swear before God and eight motherfuckin' white people!

    • Connections
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      Mysteries of Crimea
      Written and performed by Bruce Hornsby

    User reviews377

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    5/10
    Desecration
    This is not a new adaptation of the same story, this is a bad copy of an existing movie. Most of it is literally copied from "Oldeuboi" (2003), and what was altered was changed to the worse. I suppose there would be no changes at all if there was no American puritanism. Only the sickest things were changed to adjust the movie for the western market, which is best seen in the way they mutilated ending. Spike Lee made a remake so lousy that I don't understand why Samuel L. Jackson had agreed to play in it. The only positive impression on me was left by the sweetness of Elizabeth Olsen, but no matter how much I enjoyed watching her, she failed to make me overlook how much everything else in the film was bad. I have a feeling that today too many movies rely on seduction of the male audience's by beautiful / cute / sexy girls, as well as the female part of it with the handsome actors, and on megalomaniac special effects, while the true values of the seventh art are neglected. This brings fast profits at the cinema box office, but there are fewer and fewer movies that can withstand test of time and not be forgotten as soon as something new comes out. If I had not seen the Korean version, I might have rated this bit higher, but the impression left by the original is too strong to be able to avoid comparing them throughout the whole duration of the remake. And compared to the original, the remake is really poor.

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 2013 (United States)
      • United States
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      • English
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      • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Production companies
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      • Good Universe
      • Vertigo Entertainment
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    • 1 hour 44 minutes
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