I watched Lady Vengeance last night. It's the 3rd movie in Korean directer Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy. The seconf movie in that trilogy, Old Boy, is one of my favorite films of all time. It's a shocking, brutal movie with a great plot and just tons of weird stuff going on. There's also an amazing fight sequence where one dude beats up a gang of 20 with a hammer; the whole fight is done in a single take.
Lady Vengeance wasn't as good as Old Boy, but it's worth watching. The Korean woman who stars in it is really hot, and the movie has a really interesting, offputting way of delivering information. The ending, unfortunately, is dragged out and lacks the punch the first half hour of the movie promises.
Old Boy, I understand, is going to be remade in the U.S. I can't see that being any good. They'll probably take a lot of the creepy and uncomfortable stuff out of it. And I heard Nick Cage was going to star in it. Ugg.
Lady Vengeance is a much better candidate for a US remake, I think. A straight forward Hollywood approach to the plot would do it some good, I think.
Lady Vengeance wasn't as good as Old Boy, but it's worth watching. The Korean woman who stars in it is really hot, and the movie has a really interesting, offputting way of delivering information. The ending, unfortunately, is dragged out and lacks the punch the first half hour of the movie promises.
Old Boy, I understand, is going to be remade in the U.S. I can't see that being any good. They'll probably take a lot of the creepy and uncomfortable stuff out of it. And I heard Nick Cage was going to star in it. Ugg.
Lady Vengeance is a much better candidate for a US remake, I think. A straight forward Hollywood approach to the plot would do it some good, I think.
Is Lady Vengeance rentable at this point, or do you have to be in the in crowd to get a copy?
And I just read that the Oldboy remake has been postponed. It was apparently set to be directed by Justin Lin, which isn't all that promising. And here's where I got that intriguing piece of information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldboy