Old Boy

This is a crazy Korean movie that features some extreme violence and one hell of a plot twist. I'm calling it Memento meets The Game meets Kill Bill Vol. 1, but I guess it's basically a thriller of sorts. A guy gets kidnapped and imprisioned for 15 years for "fun" by an old enemy. Once he is released from his makeshift prison, he sets out to find out who was behind the kidnapping and torture and vows revenge. Along the way he falls in love with a young girl who implicitly wants to help our hero. Sounds like a standard Steven Seagal potboiler. Until the twists start to unravel and the voilence mounts...this movie is unlike any other that I've seen, and although I picked up on the plot twists ahead of time, I'm still recommending it highly. I love something different in cinema. And this is something different all right.