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
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Revenge was never this sweet.
2002 · 2h 9m · R
Action, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Park Chan-wook
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
54%
Tomatometer
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
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
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
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
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