Oldboy
A man imprisoned in a hotel room for fifteen years without explanation is released and given five days to find out why.
- Type
- Film
- Released
- 2003
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Length
- 116 min · One sitting
- Original title
- 올드보이
- Rated
- MPA R
- Critics' average
- 81/100 across 6 published scores
Genres
Thriller · Psychological thriller · Revenge thriller · Mystery · Crime
What it feels like
Revenge · Memory · Tense · Unsettling / disturbing · Bleak
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