Much better than it's recent remake by Spike Lee. The stories were similar, but this went much further into the darkness than it's remake. The remake played it safe. This was a complex study of what words can do to people.
Recommended if you can stomach some dark content.
This review of Oldboy (2003) was written by Andrew P on 01 Dec 2013.
Oldboy has generally received very positive reviews.
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