![]() ![]() Park seems to feel that humanity has violent impulses, but to face its darker aspects, we must be tricked into rooting for them first. Good vengeance drama should always make the audience think this way." "So they only pursue this foolish desire, and it's only at the end of the film, as they come out the theater, reflect on what they've seen and realize how foolish the business of vengeance is. It's understandable why she would want to take vengeance. In planning her post-prison life, she discovers others who have just as solid a claim to her intended victim's blood. Years ago, she was blackmailed into aiding a horrible man (Choi) in a kidnapping ring, accidentally abetted the murder of a child, and took the blame to protect her newborn infant. During her sentence, she became a media personality, though fame was a carefully cultivated tool for revenge. In 2005's "Lady Vengeance," a woman named Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young-ae) has been released from prison after a 13-year murder sentence. It's understandable why he would want to take vengeance. ![]() He commits horrid acts that crescendo to a tragic climax worthy of Shakespeare. Dae-su delves heartily into the underworld trying to find his captor. Then, just as randomly as he was kidnapped, he is released with the instruction to find who locked him up. ![]() He is held with no communication or explanation for 15 years, only able to watch TV to catch up with the world. ![]() In 2003's "Oldboy," a man named Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is kidnapped and thrown into a locked motel room. ![]()
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