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06/24/06
Lady Vengeance (2005)
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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:60
Rotten:22
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Stylistically flashy and gruesomely violent, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance fits in nicely with the other two films of Park's revenge trilogy.
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... [More]
Reviews for Lady Vengeance
Top CriticSlick and frequently mesmerising, but ultimately it feels as calculated as the murky, melodramatic denouement.
04/01/06
Top CriticTough, unrelenting and powerfully moving.
02/18/06
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
Top CriticTalks Sin and Salvation while spending all his creative energies on debasing gags and sneering wide-angle shots
08/30/09
Park Chanwook works his Grand Guignol sense of humor against Korean social conditions to effect a call-and-response logic to the metaphoric and literal things that happen onscreen.
04/15/09
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12/04/08
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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
Exciting, nerve-wracking and utterly original.
03/01/07
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
Didn't have enough heart for me to find its soft spot.
12/20/06
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
A collideorscape it is, and a very fine one.
11/11/06
full review in Greek
10/03/06
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