After 15 years in cell, Dae-Su is nvited to track down his jailor with a denouement that is simply stunning.
23 December 1987, Los Angeles County, California, USA
18 October 1982, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
2 June 1979, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
27 November 1973, Johannesburg, South Africa
21 December 1948, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
26 January 1986, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
17 November 1966, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
13 December 1967, New York City, New York, USA
April 15, 2016
It's captivating to watch Spike Lee dabble in genre filmmaking.
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?
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.
December 02, 2013
Hollywood's wildest cinematic freakout since "Shutter Island" is a remake of-and an improvement on-the Korean original, from 2003.
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.
May 08, 2014
For a "pointless" and "unnecessary" remake, there's actually some really solid stuff in this one.
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.
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.
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.

