Production Year: 2005 - Action/Adventure - Director: Chan-Wook Park - Original Language: Korean - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Yea-Young Kwon, Si-Hu Kim, Min-Sik Choi, Yeong-Ae Lee
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... more
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Lady Vengeance [2005]
It's rare that a movie combines extreme violence, visual panache, and gut-wrenching
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emotion, but Lady Vengeance is just such a movie. Geum-ja Lee (the lovely Yeong-ae Lee, Joint Security Area) is sent to prison at the age of 19 for kidnapping and murde...
Lady Vengeance [2005]
It's rare that a movie combines extreme violence, visual panache, and gut-wrenching
... more
emotion, but Lady Vengeance is just such a movie. Geum-ja Lee (the lovely Yeong-ae Lee, Joint Security Area) is sent to prison at the age of 19 for kidnapping and murde...
LADY VENGEANCE
While serving a 13-year prison sentence for kidnapping and child murder Lee Guem-ja has
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been secretly planning retribution on the man who put her there. Now that she has been released she is ready to put her plan into action. However her thirst for rev...
Advantages: Compelling viewing Disadvantages: Sometimes totally bizarre
...films directed by Chan-wook Park. Lady Vengeance is the third in the trilogy. I have not seen Oldboy or Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, the first in the trilogy, so was not really sure what to expect. Whatever, this film kept me riveted to the TV the whole way through. It really was quite extraordinary. The plot
Lee Geum-Ja is released after spending 13 years in prison for the kidnap and murder of a young boy. However, as she makes contacts with the ... ...she does not intend to live a sheltered life on the outside. As the story unfolds, we find that Lee Geum-Ja, referred to as an 'angel' during her time in prison because of her many good deeds for her fellow prisoners, does not seem to be the sort of woman that would carry out such a horrific act of murder.
Without wanting to give much more away, parts of Lee Geum-Ja's life before she was sentenced to prison are highlighted and we find that there ...
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Advantages: Stunning, entertaining Disadvantages: A 2 disc SE will surely come ...
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(A.k.a. SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE; MY LADY VENGEANCE; SHED TEARS FOR LADY VENGEANCE; CHINJEOLHAN GEUMJASSI)
Lee Guem-Ja (Yeong-ae Lee, JOINT SECURITY AREA) leaves prison after serving 13 years for the kidnap and suffocation of a young boy. She's greeted by a preacher at the prison gates, who has laid on a mini-choir in Santa suits to serenade her. The preacher, we are told via flashback, became enraptured by Guem-Ja's angelic looks when ... ...strolling coolly into the horizon, LADY VENGEANCE has arrived.
As the story unfolds through flashbacks and stylish present-day interludes (including the frequent freeze-frame introductions of new characters), we learn that Guem-Ja may not have killed the boy after all, and was possibly covering for someone else.
Naturally, Guem-Ja's ultimate focus is on extracting revenge from the person she's done time for. But a reconciliation with her daughter ...
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Actor(s): Yeong-Ae Lee, Min-Sik Choi, Si-Hu Kim, Yea-Young Kwon
Director(s): Chan-Wook Park
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 2005
Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutes
Video Category: World Cinema Feature Film
Country Of Origin: South Korea
Plot: While serving a 13-year prison sentence for kidnapping and child murder Lee Guem-ja has been secretly planning retribution on the man who put her there. Now that she has been released she is ready to put her plan into action. However her thirst for revenge could be thrown into turmoil when she meets up with her long lost daughter.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 0 (All Regions)
Studio(s): TARTAN VIDEO; WORLD CINEMA; SONY DADC
Release date: 08/05/2006
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: TVD 3671
Barcode: 5023965367129
Screenwriter: Chan-Wook Park, Seo-Kyoung Chung
Writer: Chan-Wook Park
Languages
Main Language: Korean
Subtitle Language: English
DVD Description
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, Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae) embarks on a mission to track down the man responsible for her imprisonment, which also resulted in her being forced to give up her daughter for adoption. Hardened by years in the penitentiary and endlessly fantasising about the right way to exact revenge, she enlists the help of former cellmates to accomplish her goal. But what she uncovers is a secret so horrifying that no revenge seems fitting.
Employing the same techniques (symphonic music, electrifying cinematography, sharp editing) that made OLDBOY such a thrilling cinematic experience, Park Chan-wook concludes his trilogy on a somber note. Beginning as a flashy, almost lighthearted spectacle, SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE gradually reveals itself to be a poignant commentary on the futility of revenge. Fortunately, the director’s sheer audacity and technical virtuosity keeps it from succumbing to total darkness.
Technical information
Special Features: Director And Cinematographer Commentary, Tartan Trailer Reel, Making Of Documentary, Film Notes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Dubbing Sound: DTS 5.1 Surround Korean Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Korean Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Korean
Professional reviews
Review: All hail this saviour for a jaded post-Tarantino generation. (Metro, )
See it twice. (The Independent On Sunday, )
A masterpiece. (Total Film, )
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