Bo-bae Han, Dae-yeon Lee, Du-na Bae
Deaf and dumb Ryu (Ha-Kyun Shin) is romantically involved with young revolutionary Young-Mi (Dun-na Bae) and loves his older sister so much that he sells his kidney on the black market to afford her ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 22, 2005
Stats: 2,060 reviews
"i'm not entirely sure why everyone rants and raves about this one. it was very slow going much like sympathy for lady vengeance and alot of the time my mind drifted. maybe i have a short attention span, maybe i need to watch it more than once, or maybe this one should've been na...( read more)
My least favourite of the Vengeance trilogy, yet still worthy of a watch. Didn?t think it quite made the standard of the other two, but was quirky in a sense and a good plot for a vengeance style film
There aren't to many times when credits roll on a film and I want to immediately start watching it through again. This is one of the rare exceptions.
Visually stunning with artistic merit to almost every shot. Deliberate frame composition with the eye of a classical painter m...( read more)
A deaf-mute tries to sell a kidney on the black market to pay for a life saving operation for his sister, but when he wakes up left for dead minus both the money and his kidney he hatches a scheme to kidnap his ex-boss' daughter for the ransom. When she is accidentally killed it ...( read more)
An excellent story is unveiled in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and the lead is fantastic in his role as deaf Ryu. My only qualm is the pacing is a bit wonky, and overall the film feels much longer than it is. Still, a great flick!
Park Chan Wook throws everything but the kitchen sink at the audience here. Never have I seen a director shock and awe without gimmick the way Wook does in the first installment of his masterful vengeance trilogy. Bold, daring, and brilliant directing make this every bit as mind-...( read more)
This is probably the most intricately designed and best executed revenge movie that I have ever seen period. The story is gripping from beginning to end, I got so into this movie that I forgot I was reading subtitles half way through. The movie is just so well done that I could n...( read more)
I might be the only one but I think it's better than Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, though they are all great movies.
This is asian extreme cinema sans the high flyin martial arts, the hypnotic john woo shootouts or the cult japanese weirdness but it really blows you away. the plots a bit rag tag in places but watch it all the way through and if your'e not heartbroken at the end then you have no soul
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