This collection presents Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance, the lauded trilogy of revenge films directed by internationally acclaimed Korean director Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden). Sympathy for Mr Vengeance tells the harrowing tale of a young deaf-mute man, Ryu, who kidnaps a wealthy businessman's daughter in an attempt to extort money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant. A terrible accident sets the child's father on a fateful path of revenge. Oldboy tells the grisly story of Oh Dae-su, a normal man inexplicably imprisoned in a grim hotel room-like cell for 15 years, without knowing his captor or the reason for his incarceration. Eventually released, he searches for answers and retribution. Lady Vengeance tells of Lee Geum-ja, a model prisoner serving a sentence for a murder she did not commit, who plots a dastardly revenge against the real murderer when she gets out. Park Chan-wook's visually stunning masterworks of revenge are presented in this new collection with a massive array of extras, including the feature-length Oldboy making-of documentary Old Days. Special Edition Contents: Four-disc set featuring Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance and the feature-length documentary Old Days Special edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Justin Erickson DISC ONE - SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE High Definition Blu-ray⢠(1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo English subtitles Audio commentary by director Park Chan-wook and filmmaker Ryoo Seung-wan Screaming for Vengeance, Kim Newman on the Vengeance Trilogy and the tradition of revenge films Extensive archival making-of featurettes, behind the scenes featurettes and cast and crew interviews Trailers Image gallery DISC TWO - OLDBOY 4K restoration from the original camera negative supervised by director Park Chan-wook High Definition Blu-ray⢠(1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo Original Korean and English soundtracks Music and effects track Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack English subtitles for the Korean soundtrack ¢ Audio commentary with director Park Chan-wook Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook and cinematographer Jung Jung-hoon Audio commentary with Park Chan-wook, Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae and Kang Hye-jung Audio commentary with critic Jasper Sharp and writer Simon Ward Out of the Past, video appreciation by Asian film expert Tony Rayns Deleted scenes with optional director commentary Behind the scenes featurettes Extensive cast and crew interviews Trailers and teasers Image gallery DISC THREE - OLD DAYS Old Days: An Oldboy Story, acclaimed feature-length 2016 documentary about Park Chan-wook's masterpiece Autobiography of Oldboy, a three and-a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy DISC FOUR - LADY VENGEANCE High Definition Blu-ray⢠(1080p) presentation of two versions of the film, the original theatrical version and the fade to black and white version Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and 2.0 stereo English subtitles Audio commentary by director Park Chan-wook, director of photography Jung Jung-hoon and art director Jo Hwa-seong Audio commentary by director Park Chan-wook and actress Lee Yeong-ae Audio commentary by academic Richard Peña Extensive archival making-of featurettes, behind the scenes featurettes, cast and crew interviews and alternate scenes Trailers Image gallery
Contains Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), Memories of Murder (2003), The Host (2006), Mother (2009), Snowpiercer (2013), Parasite (2020) and Parasite B&W (2020). Special Features: PARASITE - Extra 1 Making of - Extra 2 Deleted Scenes - Extra 3 Director Q&A - Extra 4 HOH & Audio description
An investigative reporter Ji-won who has recently published a controversial article about sex-scandals receives a series of menacing phone calls. In an effort to escape them she changes her number and moves house but the calls persist. When a friend's young daughter innocently answers the telephone she begins to exhibit increasingly crazed behaviour. As she tries to unravel the mystery behind the calls Ji-won uncovers a secret that will change them all...
A dazzling action movie from South Korea, Shiri follows two South Korean government agents, Ryu and Lee, as they pursue a female super-assassin from North Korea. Meanwhile, an elite paramilitary squad from North Korea has stolen a shipment of CTX, an undetectable liquid explosive of enormous power, which they've planted all over the city of Seoul. As their investigations are successively foiled, Ryu and Lee begin to suspect that there is a mole within the ranks of the agency--and it may be one of them. Both hyperstylish and hyperrealistic, Shiri rips along as a smooth fusion of Hong Kong and American action movies. Ryu's troubled romance with his alcoholic fiancée adds a striking emotional counterpoint to the blazing gunfights and high-speed chases; the ending is unexpectedly moving. It's not surprising that this film beat Titanic's box-office records in Korea. --Bret Fetzer
A wacky chop-socky slugfest from Taiwan where the laughs come as fast as the fists! Iron Neck Li is a brave man who sticks his neck out for the weak. A young Emperor takes Li along his travels righting wrongs. But they encounter a clan so powerful that Li has to risk his life to save the Emperor.
Jang Do-jun (Kim Seok-hun) an emotionally broken former agent dutifully serves in the subway police squad after a tragic operation that cost him the love of his life and left him disgraced in the view of his superiors. However when an ex-government agent (Park Sang-min) out for revenge kills the mayor of Seoul and hijacks a subway train full of innocent passengers Jang risks his life to save others in the face of extreme danger to thwart the terrorist holding the city hostage!
When a secret military border post falls silent an army team is dispatched overnight to re-establish contact and safely retrieve the son of the Army Chief of Staff who is posted there. What they find is so shocking that HQ orders GP506 to be burnt to the ground at dawn - incinerating the evidence. The investigative team are left with just eight hours to explore the maze-like underground tunnels find their target and uncover the truth. Time is running out but the terror that has engulfed GP506 has only just begun.
Spectacular martial arts action in a twisted tale of revenge...
As an heir to family fortune, Jin-hyuk has money, the looks, the charm, everything except finding the love of his life. So he sets up a cake shop where women are sure to come. He hires Sun-woo, a talented patissier who had a crush on Jin-hyuk back in high school. Along with and ex-boxing champion Gi-beom and a clueless bodyguard Su-young, the four unique and handsome young men stir up the quiet neighbourhood at their cake shop, Antique. Although seemingly careless and happy, each of the four men have unforgettable past that they are afraid to face. But their secrets slowly begin to unravel.
Stylish Korean horror starring Ji-Won Ha as an investigative reporter who having recently published a controversial article about sex scandals has begun receiving a series of menacing phone calls. In an effort to escape the calls she changes her number and moves house. But the calls keep coming - and when her friend's young daughter innocently answers the ringing phone she starts to scream in terror and goes on to exhibit increasingly crazed behaviour. As she tries to unravel the mystery behind the phone calls Ji-Won uncovers the terrible secrets that lie behind her new phone.
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002): A deaf mute worker saves all his money for his sister who requires a kidney transplant. He has the wrong blood type to be able to donate one of his kidneys so he arranges a trade with a group of organ dealers: one of his kidneys and 10 million won in return for their finding a kidney for his sister. They renege but a legitimate kidney becomes available for transplant. Unfortunately he no longer has the 10 million won required for the hospital to perform the operation. He and his girlfriend a terrorist seeking to change how the poor are treated in Korea kidnap his former boss's daughter. But events spiral quickly out of control... Oldboy (2003): Taken without reason. Imprisoned for 15 years. Released without reason. 5 days to seek the truth... One day in 1988 ordinary white collar worker Oh Dae-soo (Choi Min-sik) is kidnapped and incarcerated in a private makeshift prison cell dressed up like a cheap hotel room. With only a TV for company Dae-soo makes numerous attempts to escape and to commit suicide but they all end up in failure. All the while Dae-soo asks himself what made a man hate him so much enough to imprison him in solitary confinement with no explanation. While suffering from his near-madness Dae-soo becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. At this very moment Dae-soo swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life. 15 years on and without a word of warning Dae-soo is released. Given a new set of clothes a mobile phone and the attentions of curious sushi waitress Mido Dae-soo begins to track down his enemy only to find he may be the pawn in a much bigger game which is only just beginning. Taunting Dae-soo the culprit gives him just 5 days to catch and kill his captor or Mido will die... Based on Japanese manga of the same name by Minegishi Nobuaki and Tsuchiya Garon winner of the Jury Grand Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and winner of 5 Grand Bell awards in Korea (including Best Film for Park Chan-wook and Best Actor for Choi Min-sik) Old Boy is a masterfully inventive revenge thriller complete with blackly comedic moments. Lady Vengeance (2005): The cinematic flair and narrative surprises that marked Park Chan-Wook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy continue in this third and concluding part of the director's thematically-linked trilogy of revenge. Intense and inventive the film follows the progress of beautiful impassive Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young-Ae) after she's released from prison having served 13 years for the kidnap and murder of a young boy. Once on the outside she hooks up with some former cellmates a preacher who thinks she's an angel the detective who originally arrested her and the daughter she gave up for adoption gathering around her all the people needed to carry out an elaborate plan of revenge. Her target is kindergarten teacher Mr. Baek (Oldboy star Choi Min-Sik) while her weapon(s)-of-choice are unexpected and highly personal. This is striking and ghoulishly entertaining stuff a highwire act poised between horror tragedy comedy and exploitation. With the aid of Oldboy Director of Photography Jeong Joeng-Hun who employs some neat tricks and brings a vibrant beauty to the dark proceedings Park ensures there's never a dull moment.
Please wait. Loading...
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy