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06/24/06
Lady Vengeance (2005)
75 %
Reviews Counted: 80 Fresh: 60 Rotten:20 Average Rating: 7/10
Consensus:
Stylistically flashy and gruesomely violent, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance fits in nicely with the other two films of Park's revenge trilogy.
Rated: 18
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Theatrical Release: 10-02-2006
Synopsis: South Korean maestro Park Chan-wook concludes his Revenge Trilogy with the operatic, mesmerizing SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE. Unlike the first two films in the trilogy--SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE and OLDBOY--this time around, the hero is a heroine. On the heels of her release from prison,... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Yeong-ae Lee, Choi Min-Sik, Yeong-ae Lee
Director: Chan Wook Park
Reviews
Top Critic
Slick and frequently mesmerising, but ultimately it feels as calculated as the murky, melodramatic denouement.
04/01/06
Top Critic
The first hour will test the patience of all but diehard fans of the genre, flipping randomly through time before things settle down for a final 50 minutes examining the ethics of revenge.
02/10/06
An unsettling mix of stylish visuals, surreal fantasy, and shocking violence.
02/07/06
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11/08/07
The kind of glorious sensory rush that you can only get when a supremely confident director fully kicks out the jams. Submerged within the flash, however, is a nihilistic worldview that may be even more curdled than its predecessors.
10/21/07
in Lady Vengeance, revenge is ultimately a shabby, sordid business that leaves everybody soiled and in need of purification - or at least of a pie in the face.
07/10/07
If you have a taste for revenge or just a taste for wickedly well-done filmmaking, help yourself to a serving of Lady Vengeance.
04/19/07
What most will take from Lady Vengeance is a director in love with film and the ability to express that passion through the language of his medium.
03/24/07
No capítulo final de sua trilogia sobre a Vingança, Park (com seu dom habitual para criar belíssimos quadros) concebe um conto de moralidade surpreendente, complexo e assustador, levando o espectador a confrontar sua própria percepção sobre o assunto.
12/31/06
Park Chanwook's latest revenge thriller isn't as graphic as earlier ones, but may be even more psychologically violent -- and that's a compliment, as it leads to astounding revelations about guilt and justice.
12/30/06
The theme of how all-around bad revenge is starts to wear a little thin... But there's always a perverse delight in just watching how a Park movie is executed.
12/03/06
It has an operatic scale and an emotional eloquence and, along the way, in the juxtaposition of its variously conflicting elements, we see how vengeance turns to redemption.
09/14/06
may be the most emotionally affecting, perversely amusing and deeply disturbing of the trilogy.
08/17/06
Park cleverly shows us that justice and revenge can be equally horrifying
08/12/06
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Park Chan-wook completes his 'Vengeance' trilogy in the USA on April 28, 2006!!!
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Park Chan-wook completes his 'Vengeance' trilogy in the USA on April 28, 2006!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/29/06
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Park Chan-wook completes his 'Vengeance' trilogy in the USA on April 28, 2006!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/29/06
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/29/06
Park Chan-wook completes his 'Vengeance' trilogy in the USA on April 28, 2006!!!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 9/29/06
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