Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Revenge was never this sweet.
Revenge was never this sweet.
Action, Drama, Thriller
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2002
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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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Details
Runtime:
129 min
Release date:
29 Mar 2002
Country:
KR
Languages:
Korean
Budget:
$4,000,000
Revenue:
$1,954,937
Awards:
7 wins & 9 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Park prizes craftsmanship over bargain-bin schlock. It's an odd testament to his spiritedness that, despite the coldblooded killing and trail of the dead, Mr. Vengeance feels warmly suffused with life.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
28 Oct 2005
fresh:
It is a worthy start to a trilogy and to a director who is fast establishing himself as a new light in Asian cinema.
– Peter Howell,
Toronto Star,
23 Sep 2005
rotten:
Promises to be a stylish, resonant plunge into the dark waters of despair and revenge but ends up amusing itself with ostentatious shocks.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
9 Sep 2005
rotten:
It's all a little ultra-cool for me. Shakespeare was right. Revenge is a dish best served ice-cold, not cool.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Sep 2005
rotten:
So bloody, scatologically violent and consistently shocking, it seems to have no larger purpose than itself -- which is pretty grim.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Aug 2005