BOKSUNEUN NAUI GEOT
Park Chan-Wook
South Korea 2002
129 min., Korean with subtitles, 35mm
Ryu, a young, unemployed deaf-mute, sells his kidney on the black market in order to pay for his older sister’s life-saving transplant. When he realizes he’s been ripped off, Ryu teams up with his quirky revolutionary girlfriend to kidnap the daughter of his wealthy and sinister former boss. Relentlessly paced and consistently gripping, the story leads to an intensely violent and bloody conclusion. A growing cult favorite around the world, Mr. Vengeance spawned two more films from Park in a similar vein: Oldboy and Lady Vengeance.
