Review of Oldboy (2013) by Brett K — 27 Mar 2014

Not a bad or a good movie but is watchable could had been worse.

This review of Oldboy (2013) was written by Brett K on 27 Mar 2014.

Oldboy has generally received mixed reviews.

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Love the original and this seems to be somehow totally wrong, but will have check it out anyway…

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