... leaves the comic-book super-villain melodrama and operatic excess of Old Boy for a conflicted story of righteous vengeance at any cost.
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06/21/06
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Lady Vengeance (2005)
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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:60
Rotten:22
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Stylistically flashy and gruesomely violent, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance fits in nicely with the other two films of Park's revenge trilogy.
Theatrical Release:Apr 28, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: South Korean maestro Park Chan-wook concludes his Revenge Trilogy with the operatic, mesmerizing SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE. Unlike the first two films in the trilogy--SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE... [More]
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Reviews for Lady Vengeance
For once Park has stopped smirking long enough to consider the practical point of violence in a way that's pertinent to his own gruesome cinematic pursuits.
06/09/06
Top CriticLooks may not be able to kill, but boredom can sure do the job.
06/08/06
The freshness and ingenuity of Oldboy has been replaced with the kind of lazy self-satisfaction that often comes when a unique filmmaker unexpectedly achieves worldwide success and isn’t quite sure of how to handle it.
06/03/06
Hell can't possibly get any more beautiful, or strange, than the way it's rendered in Lady Vengeance.
06/02/06
..a fine performance by Yeong-ai Lee as the title Lady keeps things together as the story...paints her plan for revenge in a complicated, compelling way
06/01/06
If Lady Vengeance is just a slick cheap thrill, it also boasts extraordinary performances and unusually skillful, eerily beautiful production.
05/25/06
Top CriticA film with the capacity to both sicken and delight, a dark thriller with an obsessive, shocking story, shot in gorgeous images that heighten the gruesomeness and horror of what they reveal.
05/25/06
Top Critic...less brilliant than Oldboy but still brilliant.
05/25/06
...the trilogy's most outrageous comeuppance
05/21/06
Operating on many emotional and visceral levels, and occasionally shifting from reality into fantasy, the film demands complete attention, even if the shocking images often make the viewer want to look away.
05/19/06
Top CriticIt's the kind of movie Kill Bill would have been if Quentin Tarantino had any truck with subtlety.
05/19/06
For anyone else interested in one of the most skillful and startling directors today, Vengeance is worth bracing yourself for.
05/19/06
Top CriticThis is OldBoy or Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance redux, with the minor twist of a female protagonist, which only makes the movie seem that much more of a cut-rate Kill Bill clone.
05/11/06
[An] inflammatory, inimitable movie inventory of hell on earth.
05/10/06
Top CriticSouth Korean director Park Chan-wook's tremendous conclusion to his Vengeance trilogy is a modern classic.
05/05/06
Top CriticWhile Lady Vengeance is not quite as devastating or brilliantly plotted as Oldboy, it's still a solid punch to the soft stomach of the modern crime thriller.
05/05/06
Top CriticIn the end Geum-ja emerges as a stirring feminist icon...
05/03/06
Top CriticNovices should prepare for mind-bending bloodshed and violence.
04/28/06
The last of director Park Chanwook's revenge trilogy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is another astonishing achievement of slasher-style justice, moral tussles, and eye-candy design ...
04/28/06
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May 15, 2009:
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Park Chan-wook is best known for his exceptional Vengeance Trilogy -- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Lady Vengeance -- three blood-soaked, expertly drawn films that... More...
May 10, 2009:
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The Cannes Film Festival will screen nearly 100 films as part of its Official Selection and associated sidebars when it kicks off next week in the Southern France town. The... More...
March 17, 2008:
Charlize Theron Has Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
She'll spend the summer blending humor and superhero action with Will Smith and Jason Bateman in Hancock, but Charlize Theron already has Vengeance on her mind. More...
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