Synopsis
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
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Cast
- Song Kang-hoDong-jin
- Shin Ha-kyunRyu
- Bae DoonaYeong-mi
- Im Ji-eunSister
- Han Bo-baeYu-Sun
- Lee Dae-yeonDetective Choi
- Gi Ju-bongEngineer Peng
- Kim Se-dongCEO
- Lee Yoon-MiBoss
- Ryoo Seung-bumPerson with Cerebral Palsy
Recommendations
- 88
New York Daily News
You can't look away, not only because the carnage is so masterfully photographed, but because the director sucks you into his bleak, poetic, even sensible vision of cosmic brutality. Not for the faint-hearted! - 80
TV Guide Magazine
The only constant in Park's brilliantly cruel world is this: No matter how badly things seem to be going, there's a twist of fate lurking around the next curve that will make them worse. - 75
New York Post
Savage yet spellbinding. - 75
Premiere
Perhaps with an open and willing mind, you'll also see the vast difference between this wily consciousness experiment and, say, Rob Zombie's new box of schlocks. - 70
The A.V. Club
It's a difficult balancing act, but Park crafts his layers carefully and masterfully. He's the kind of filmmaker who can meaningfully craft the gory details of an eye-gouging without ever forgetting the message that an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. - 70
Village Voice
A revenge tragedy as brutal and Byzantine as "Titus Andronicus," Park Chanwook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance accomplishes a miraculous feat by being harrowing and humane in equal measure. - 60
Los Angeles Times
When it comes to serving up diabolical horror with bold, sophisticated glee, Park, best known for "Oldboy," is right up there with Dario Argento, Guillermo del Toro and Takashi Miike. - 50
The New York Times
There is so much talent on display in Park Chanwook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, it is a drag that the film never rises to the level of its director's obvious ability.
