Went to watch a Korean film called Old Boy<\/i> courtesy of a free ticket from Monomania. This film won the Grand Prize of the Jury at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival.
\nThe plot centres around a man called Oh Dae-su who finds himself kidnapped and imprisoned in a room for 15 years with just a TV for company. However, he never finds out why. During his imprisonment, he gets all sorts of hallucinations like himself being attacked by an army of ants and the passing of time is indicated by a series of clocks ticking away. The ants and the clocks made the scene very reminiscent of a surrealistic Dali painting. Dream-like and very confusing at times. From the TV, he also finds out that he has been framed for his wife’s murder.
\nUpon his release 15 years later, he is given a wallet filled with money and a mobile phone. An unknown man then calls him and taunts him to find out the reason for his imprisonment. Dae-Su then sets out to take revenge and goes in search of his captor, and also to uncover the reason behind his imprisonment. The audience is taken on this wild ride filled with mystery, suspense, sex and violence.
\nIt’s a disturbing film with an extremely bizarre storyline. Be prepared to be shocked and taken out of your comfort zone. Definitely not mainstream movie fare, but worth a watch for its shock value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Went to watch a Korean film called Old Boy courtesy of a free ticket from Monomania. This film won the Grand Prize of the Jury at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. The plot centres around a man called Oh … Continue reading