Lee Yeong-ae,
Kim Shi-hu,
Nam Il-woo,
Kim Byeong-ok,
Dal-su Oh
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A woman looks for both revenge and redemption after spending 13 years in prison in this offbeat thriller from South Korea. Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae) was in her early twenties when she was found guilt... read more
DVD Release Date: September 5, 2006
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May 1, 2012It annoys me when Chan-wook Park and Asian extreme cinema is compared to Quentin Tarantino all the time. It's a lazy and poor comparison. Chan-wook Park is a maestro rather than a disc-Jockey, he proved it with Oldboy and backed it up with Lady Vengeance. Revenge films are pretty... read more
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November 26, 2011"Listen carefully. Everyone make mistakes. But if you committed a sin, you have to make an atonement for that sin. Atonement, do you know what that means? Big Atonement for big sins. Small Atonement for small sins."
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August 22, 2011Worth a watch just for the phenomenal ending. Personally, my favorite of the vengeance trilogy.
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August 12, 2011Lady Vengeance is a great film and the final part of Parks trilogy is now complete. I do love Chan-Wook! :D
Great story and acting....This is my favourtie of his trilogy and i like the themes and our strong lead.
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January 18, 2010Geum-ja Lee: Listen carefully. Everyone make mistakes. But if you committed a sin, you have to make an atonement for that sin. Atonement, do you know what that means? Big Atonement for big sins. Small Atonement for small sins.
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July 30, 2009This is good, beautifully shot, with a great musical score . . .
But Oldboy and even Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance have it heads above this one in terms of a compelling and fresh story. While Oldboy lives in the realm of classical tragedy, and Sympathy f
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June 9, 2009Beautiful Geum-ja goes to prison for thirteen years for the kidnapping and murder of a six-year old boy, a crime she didn't commit, and on release commences an intricate and shocking plan of revenge on the true culprit. Arty, morally challenging revenge fantasy/meditation that's... read more
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May 2, 2009Guess I'm the only one who didn't like this but I think it lacks most of the things that make the other two installment of the tilogy great, It's more like a straightforward revenge flick with a hero well of course better than typical straightforward revenge flicks but anyways, A... read more
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January 31, 2009Just because it's Chan-wook Park movie, it isn't necessary that it too would be as good as OLDBOY. It's not even somewhere near to OLDBOY. Complete waste of time is all I can say about this movie. Many yet admire it as they can't help admiring a Chan-wook Park movie!!! I feel sym... read more
Critic Reviews
August 6, 2006
Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
June 30, 2006
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
Squanders plot impetus, and even with constant crosscutting it's lethargically paced, slogging through soap-operatic back stories and maddening irrelevancies. Full Review
June 29, 2006
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
The films strain to present some kind of moral compass, a philosophy of revenge's human toll. But in the end, their sadistic glee in creative bloodshed trumps all. Full Review
June 29, 2006
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Because I am a connoisseur of art cinema, my feelings about Lady Vengeance are complex. Some parts I liked; some parts I didn't.
June 23, 2006
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Powered by a glowering performance by actress Lee Young Ae, it is a walloping tale. Full Review
June 9, 2006
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
For once Park has stopped smirking long enough to consider the practical point of violence in a way that's pertinent to his own gruesome cinematic pursuits. Full Review
June 2, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Hell can't possibly get any more beautiful, or strange, than the way it's rendered in Lady Vengeance.
May 25, 2006
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
If Lady Vengeance is just a slick cheap thrill, it also boasts extraordinary performances and unusually skillful, eerily beautiful production. Full Review
May 25, 2006
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
A film with the capacity to both sicken and delight, a dark thriller with an obsessive, shocking story, shot in gorgeous images that heighten the gruesomeness and horror of what they reveal. Full Review
May 19, 2006
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Operating on many emotional and visceral levels, and occasionally shifting from reality into fantasy, the film demands complete attention, even if the shocking images often make the viewer want to loo... Full Review
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