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August 15th 2007 00:15
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance – Another FilmInk Review
This is a review that was published in FilmInk I did awhile ago. Figured with Cib’s review of the confronting thrillride Old Boy igniting interest in the second part, it would be a good time to focus on the final chapter.
Available on DVD in Australia
Year:2005
Rating:TBC
Genre:Thriller
Director:Chan-wook Park
Cast:Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Tony Barry, Anne Cordiner,
Distributor: Madman
Available: September 2006
The Film: 4 out of 5
Cult Korean Director Chan-wook Park continues his emotional and psychological examination of revenge and retribution.
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance aka Chinjeolhan Geumjassi is the final installment in this profound trilogy that began with Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (2002) then Old Boy (2003).
This time around time it is a female trapped in the maelstrom of violence and guilt. Geum Ja Lee (Yeoung-ae Lee) has been in prison 13 years for the brutal abduction and slaughter of an 8 year old school boy. The film opens on the day of her release to a tidal wave of media coverage and public outrage.
Physically she is beautiful with a soft appearance, inside rages an inner turmoil of incomprehensible proportions. Once free she immediately begins implementing a mysterious plan she has been obsessing over in prison that appear to revolve around Mr Baek, (Min-sik Choi) an ex teacher of hers.
As we have come to expect the film delves deeply into how violence destroys the soul. How brutality can be cathartic and the ugly beauty of atonement. The ambiguity of evil and the effect sin has on the human psyche.
The fractured narrative and bold precise editing suck you in like a vacuum, the surreal cinematography and enthralling character performances keep you on edge. The textured dialogue laced with pitch black comedy is entertaining and thoughtful.
Extras include a Directors commentary, behind the scenes feature and trailers, unpreviewed.
See the Sympathy for Lady vengeance Trailer
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Comment by Bryn
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Comment by Nickoftime's Sanity Corner
Good review, Happy belated birthday, and good clip as well...
Take care,
Nick
Comment by JohnDoe
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Its actually my "Orble" Birthday. Yesterday marked one year of posting.
Thanks for the support and kind words regardless and glad you liked the review.
Comment by Cibbuano
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Actually, I'm looking forward to finishing this trilogy off... thanks for the link!
How about the first part?
Comment by JohnDoe
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I'm going to post a celebration of a year on Orble for Friday...the first part is also good, but Old Boy is the bets chapter....you can buy a trilogy box set in the UK.