Title(s): OldBoy
Film Director(s): Park Chan-Wook (Park Chan-Uk, Park Chan-Wuk)
Film Producer(s): Kim Dong-Joo

Released: 2003 [Korea]
Genre: Thriller
Sub-Genre: Action/Adventure

Overview:
One day in 1988, an ordinary man named OH Dae-soo, who lives with his wife and an adorable baby daughter, is kidnapped right in front of his house. He later wakes up to find himself in a private makeshift prison. While suffering from his debacle, Dae-soo becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. The police suspects Dae-soo to be the murderer after finding his blood on the murder site. Shocked by the news, Dae-soo examines his arm and finds a needle mark. Dae-soo makes an attempt to commit suicide, but it ends up in failure. As time passes, he begins to write down all the things that he had done which might have brought trouble or pain to other people. He mutters to himself, "I hurt too many people ... And I'm sure the man who imprisoned me and murdered my wife is one of them..." Since then, Dae-soo adjusts to the cell's darkness while training his mind and body. He swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life. By the time Dae-soo's whole body becomes covered with tattoos, revealing his long sentence, sleeping gas is sprayed into the room and Dae-soo passes out.

Coming to his senses, Dae-soo discovers that he's been released with a wallet filled with cash and a mobile phone. While he eats in a Japanese restaurant, a strange man calls Dae-soo and asks him to figure out why he was imprisoned. After the guy hangs up the phone, Dae-soo falls down unconscious and later wakes up in someone's home. It belongs to a young woman named Mido, a cook working in the Japanese restaurant he was eating at. Dae-soo talks to Mi-do about his 15 years in confinement, and Mido cries for sympathy and promises to help him seek vengeance. With Mido's help, Dae-soo begins to visit various people who might have a grudge against him. But all his efforts come up short.

One day, a guy, who has an I.D. called Evergreen, contacts Mido while she's chatting on the Internet. He asks her to say hello to Dae-soo for him. Later, Dae-soo finally finds the private prison he was confined in. There, he discovers a cassette with a recording that only says... "Imprison OH Dae-soo for 15 years. He talks too much..." Short on clues, Dae-soo starts tracking down the guy with the Evergreen I.D. The lead bears fruit as he finally runs face to face with his kidnapper. The culprit tells Dae-soo that he'll never find out why he was imprisoned if Dae-soo kills him now, so instead, the kidnapper proposes a game. The man tells Dae-soo that if he discovers the real reason why within five days, then he will kill himself. If not, he will kill Mido, the girl who helps Dae-soo.

In order to evade tails and any wiretapping, Dae-soo and Mido seek refuge in a cheap motel, and have a passionate night together. The following day, Dae-soo visits a high school named, Evergreen High School, based on the clue, "Evergreen". From here the clues begin to pile up, and the details of Evergreen's diabolical plot come into focus...

Cast:
Choi Min-Sik, Yu Ji-Tae, Gang Hye-Jeong (Gang Hye-Jung). . .

taken from: http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.530703/qx/details.htm

IMO:
choi min sik act in a lot of movies sia, how come so many korean films i watch liao all got him 1... anyway this thriller really very interesting... the climax really power sia, i didnt expect what was in that last box loh... that one really stun me, a case of having a taste of your own medicine eh... sick people...

Rating:
4 out of 5 snoopys