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Since there is also a remake of Park's OLDBOY on the way it only seems fair that we also get a remake of one of Kim's films too.

It is with much fear and trepidation that we approach Spike Lee's Oldboy on November 27th.

Not exact matches

During a whirlwind appearance at the Toronto Film Festival, cut short by her duties on the set of the English - language debut of Oldboy director Park Chan - wook, Wasikowska talked to The A.V. Club about her penchant for outsiders, the link between acting and dance, and the harsh beauty of Portland, Oregon.

Also, the story is able to draw on both Christian and traditionally Korean shamanistic traditions and combine them with the history of Japanese colonialism to create its morbid atmosphere, which has the ability to chill even without a belief in any of its superstitions.4 That said, the bludgeoning nature of the approach kept the movie from achieving the masterpiece status many other critics have assigned it.5 By contrast, Park Chan - wook's latest, Agassi (The Handmaiden), has received a mixed reception, but I feel it is his best since 2003's Oldboy.6

Lucy is on the run from the mysterious Mr. Jang (Min - sik Choi from the original Oldboy), who had planned to use her to transport CPH4 into Europe, where it would be sold (in small quantities, mind you) as a recreational drug.

Like most every film on this list, Chan - wook Park's 2003 original Oldboy boasts many scenes that are tough to watch.

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Sharlto Copley Next on Spike Lee's List for Oldboy: The Oldboy remake casting saga continues.

Screenwriter Mark Protosevich (The Cell, I Am Legend, Thor, Oldboy) joins the Hyphenates to talk the key films of May 2015, ask how accurate the writing credits on Hollywood productions actually are, and look at the extraordinary films of the underrated Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi.

OLDBOY co-stars Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth Olsen, Lance Reddick, Michael Imperioli, James Ransone and opens in US cinemas on 27th November and the UK 6th December.

While there are some remakes on their way that I'm extremely excited for like Oldboy and Carrie, Suspiria's latest redo just hasn't exactly sparked my interest nearly as much as the other two.

No matter how you feel about Spike Lee «reinterpreting» Park Chan - wook's Oldboy (me, I'm neutral as I'm merely so - so on the original) one must admit that Film District's marketing machine has been pumping out some decidedly intriguing material over the...

If you're not interested in what Wentworth Miller («Prison Break») and director Chan Wook Park («Oldboy») are cooking up, you're missing out on one of the weirdest movies of the year.

The District 9 and A-Team star Sharlto Copley has become a busy man lately with an upcoming horror film and his recent signing to play the villainous role in Oldboy now on his plate.

Having tons of tweets on Park Chan - Wook I realized that by some illogical reason I had yet to see this film that was a part of his Vengeance Trilogy, and with Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance being two of my favourite revenge / Korean films, I guessed it would a good idea to complete the set.

Spike Lee's spin on Oldboy hits theaters screens October 25th, at which point the dissection of how much the film is a straight remake of Park Chan - wook's violent opus versus how much it calls back to the source manga (as...

Whether you like it or not there's a U.S. remake of «Oldboy» on the way.

It's hard to make an argument for Oldboy based on anything other than pure cinematics, but when the style speaks this loudly, it's an argument worth making.

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The vision Park has laid out in films such as Oldboy and Lady Vengeance has a still harsher, exaggerated brutality, as if by pushing the boundaries of savage metaphor he can shed light on the quieter tragedies of everyday life.

Luckily, Bong's friend and fellow director Park Chan - wook, riding high on the phenomenal international success of his 2005 thriller Oldboy, had just created a production company.

It shows just how far violence in the movies has come in 10 short years, because this new Oldboy — released today on Blu - ray and packaged with a digital copy — is technically more overtly graphic.

2 is scheduled for release on April 28th 2017 in the UK and on May 5th in the States, with director James Gunn reuniting with returning cast members Chris Pratt (Star - Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Michael Rooker (Yondu), Glenn Close (Nova Prime) and Sean Gunn (Kraglin) alongside new additions Pom Klementieff (Oldboy) as Mantis, Elizabeth Debicki (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) as Ayesha, Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight) as Ego the Living Planet, Chris Sullivan (The Drop) as Taserface and Sylvester Stallone (Creed) in as yet - unrevealed role.

14 years ago, Korean director Park Chan - wook secured a huge legion of fans with his critically acclaimed thriller «Oldboy», which later on was subjected to a lame American remake directed by Spike Lee.

And the expert cast keeps the film on track: Mr. Tee («The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift») and Ms. Kang («Oldboy») sparkle together; Bobby Lee hilariously extols the joys of marriage; Margaret Cho is a shaman who loves mojitos; and Stephen Park, as Jason's exasperated father, has perfect deadpan delivery.

I've heard great things about his Oldboy, and I think I must get off my duff and watch it (actually — sitting on my duff is probably how I will watch it...).

Married to the swooning, hypnotic camerawork that has been the hallmark of Park's collaboration with DP Chung Chung since Oldboy, it has about it the perversity of a Victorian chamber drama squeezed through the filter of a very Korean take on class and sex — attitudes partly shaped by living in the shadow of one of the two or three most unstable regimes in the world.

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By now, you would have seen the official poster for Spike Lee's adaptation of the Oldboy manga, made famous by Park Chan - wook's classic film of the same name and based on the same source material.

Tarantino made no bones about wielding his influence on the awards that year (the runner - up, Park Chan - wook's «Oldboy» was also a film after his own heart), so it'll be interesting to see if he's similarly persuasive in Venice.

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Choi Ik - hyun (played by Choi Min - sik of Oldboy), a petty customs officer on the docks who pads his income with bribes, discovers that he is related to a yakuza - connected gangster when he stumbles across contraband heroine and decides to sell it himself.

Oldboy was amazingly paced, but quite a small scale movie, the narrative focused on the hauntingly surreal journey of one man.

Oldboy director Chan - wook Park takes on this tale of a young girl who becomes infatuated with her mysterious uncle, in theaters this March.

And considering both «Oldboy» and «Thirst» made their way there, we believe it, but as always it will depend on how far along post-production he gets before May arrives.

«Oldboy,» based on Korean director Park Chan - wook's 2003 film of the same name, tells the story of Joe Doucett, an alcoholic washout who is kidnapped and held in a small motel room for 20 years, then released back into society.

Before filming, Brolin said he visited Park to seek approval to remake «Oldboy,» but Park also gave him and Lee some crucial advice on tackling the unsettling drama.

Oldboy Ruth Carter on working with Elizabeth Olsen and co. for Spike Lee's upcoming remake.