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By Travis Hopson (923) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 27 Nov 2013

Few American filmmakers could hope to match the fervor of Chan-Wook's cinematic vision, Spike Lee is one of the few who can do Oldboy the justice…

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By Matt Singer (625) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 27 Nov 2013

This is a very confused movie, designed for an audience that doesn’t exist…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 27 Nov 2013

The darkness of Oldboy has been diluted, leaving the feature with the curdled consistency of a lesser Stallone vehicle while Lee directs with…

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By Geoff Pevere (572) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 27 Nov 2013

Lee’s is more of a hard-edged, hammer-and-nail noir than Park’s existential horror, and it’s far less concerned with the internal state…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 27 Nov 2013

You feel anything could happen, even if you know exactly what's going to happen…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 27 Nov 2013

The longer it drags on, the sillier it gets. A preposterous narrative, illogical red herrings, trick endings, bad acting and—shazam…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 27 Nov 2013

In general, Lee directs with less visual verve than Park…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 27 Nov 2013

This American version of Park Chan-Wook's Korean thriller is Lee's most exciting movie since Inside Man — not a masterpiece by any stretch,…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 27 Nov 2013

Watching Spike Lee’s decent but unmemorable remake of Park Chan-wook’s 2003 revenge picture Oldboy, I kept trying to figure out why he’d…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 27 Nov 2013

Spike Lee's Oldboy reinterpretation hoists the hammer and baseball bat with vigour, but fails to make its own mark…

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By David Hiltbrand (183) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 27 Nov 2013

The sheer brutality of Oldboy is stunning, especially a deeply disturbing scene in which Brolin tortures Samuel L. Jackson…

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By Lisa Kennedy (833) for Denver Post (1,096) on 27 Nov 2013

Try as he might, Lee cannot repurpose this empty genre tale to be deeper than it is…

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By Dann Gire (642) for Chicago Daily Herald (649) on 27 Nov 2013

Lee's update of Chan-wook's original comes off as a cold and depersonalized retelling of a wild and inventive revenge opus, minus the infamous…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 27 Nov 2013

The story remains a very nasty piece of work…

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By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 27 Nov 2013

Despite striking visuals and Josh Brolin's all-in performance, the new 'Oldboy' fails to build a riveting, believable mystery strong enough…

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By Charles Ealy (164) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 26 Nov 2013

To some ardent fans of the 2003 original, this might seem like messing with a classic. I don't see it that way…

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By Soren Andersen (496) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 26 Nov 2013

The picture is a blood-soaked farrago of physical and psychological torture, though it's not nearly as extreme as the Korean version…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Cinephiled (42) on 26 Nov 2013

Oldboy is too violent and strange for mass audiences, while the select few who've seen Park's film will recognize Lee's work as a beat-for-beat…

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By Bruce Ingram (70) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 26 Nov 2013

It’s generally a respectful homage that has every bit as much stylishness and visual flair…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 26 Nov 2013

It's been so long since Lee made such a thoroughly amusing work that fans should have no problem excusing its messiness…

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