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This was my second choice before Oldboy. I'm also a massive fan of Scream.

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At its core, Oldboy (2003) is a film about a man set out on revenge, only to realize he's a part of someone else's revenge plot.

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The main character Oh Dae-Su, is thrown into captivity without ever being told why, with his only view to the outside world being a television in his room. He's forced to watch his life crumble through it and lose everything he once had.

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"Even though I am no more than a monster, don't I, too, have the right to live?”

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Even through the stylized opening credit sequence, time plays a massive role in the film, whether it be fighting it or having to remember the past.

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Much of Oldboy’s atmosphere is reliant on the claustrophobia brought on by many of the sets. Whether it be Oh Dae-Su’s prison cell, or the iconic hallway fight scene.

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The musical score for the film is sweeping and flowing, favoring waltzing numbers and crying violins that flirt with both triumph and pain. It’s a confusing, beautiful piece of work that perfectly embodies the tone of this film.

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Oldboy (2003) is categorized as a neo-noir of sorts, as our main character’s thoughts are occasionally narrated over introspective shots of him figuring out his mystery captor.

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While keeping a steady pace throughout much of the film, Oldboy relies on a desperate tension that never really gets released throughout its runtime. Just as you feel the main character has gotten what he's wanted, thing just keep turning more and more.

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Perhaps the most iconic scene from the film is the hallway fight scene, which is a three minute long, unbroken shot of Oh Dae-Su and several goons fighting in a narrow hallway. It took three days to perfect, and in my opinion is one of the most realistic action fight scenes I've ever seen.

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This film has been regarded as one of the most accessible films to Westerners wanting to get into foreign films, which furthers its high status of acclaim as one of the greatest action films ever made.

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This film had an American remake in 2013 directed by Spike Lee, however it was a box office bomb and suffered from middling reviews. The failure of this remake helps show Western audience that foreign media shouldn't be compromised simply to cater to a wider audience.

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The entire film culminates into Oh Dae-Su regretting his actions, realizing there's no easy way to earn redemption.

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Oh Dae-Su set out on his journey with a young woman whom he falls in love with, despite an unknown factor making their love something hard to admit.

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After an outburst of violence and hatred, the climax of this film is filled with Oh Dae-Su begging for forgiveness, culminating in a disturbing, desperate attempt to make sure his life isn't completely ruined.

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The story of Oldboy toys with the idea of heartache and pain. As Oh Dae-Su seeks revenge, he's told by his captor that while it's good for him to want revenge, his pain will always stick with him, and that's something he must learn to deal with.

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Oldboy deals with how the trauma felt during your formative years is some of the worst to truly overcome. Regardless of the hormones and heightened emotions that can justify your actions in high school, they're still something you felt, and it will resonate with you even as an adult.

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Pain can be felt, but it's the anticipation of it that makes you hurt the most.

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Choi-Min Sik, the actor that plays Oh Dae-Su, went through a serious body transformation only for his part in Oldboy. This is also shown on screen, as the character trains alone in his cell.

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Oldboy won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, and specifically received a high amount of praise from American direction Quentin Tarantino.