Just because you erased half of humanity doesn't mean you can fuck wanda
Oldboy
Ask not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free.
Rating
1.5 (2)
Release Date
11/14/2013Runtime
104 minsOverview
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
How It Feels
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A visceral, fever-dream descent into vengeance where a man freed after two decades of mysterious captivity has mere days to unravel a conspiracy that upends everything he thought he knew. Watching it is like being trapped in a nightmare that keeps tightening.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseBleakAngry
Themes
RevengeIdentityObsessionBetrayal
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
High-contrastStylized genre
Structure
Nonlinear
Heads up
Graphic violenceSexual violence
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