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Suitably grim and bloody yet disappointingly safe and shallow, Spike Lee's Oldboy remake neither surpasses the original nor adds anything new to its impressive legacy.
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It's an enjoyable work of its own, less hyper stylized, with certain changes that make it more viciously pulpy and, surprisingly, seedier. August 29, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
It's an enjoyable work of its own, less hyper stylized, with certain changes that make it more viciously pulpy and, surprisingly, seedier.
Nicholas Bell
Spike Lee scrambles Chan-wook Park's story in a perfunctory attempt to be original, but too much is lifted from its famous Asian counterpart. June 8, 2019 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
Spike Lee scrambles Chan-wook Park's story in a perfunctory attempt to be original, but too much is lifted from its famous Asian counterpart.
Christopher Preston
The unraveling and ending of this who-and-why dunnit mystery is crazily twisted and a double blow to the gut. January 25, 2019 | Full Review…
The unraveling and ending of this who-and-why dunnit mystery is crazily twisted and a double blow to the gut.
Nathalia Aryani
Oldboy is elaborate and complex, but that's not the same thing as being engrossing and deep. It winds up being a better riddle than it is a movie. January 19, 2019 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Oldboy is elaborate and complex, but that's not the same thing as being engrossing and deep. It winds up being a better riddle than it is a movie.
Abbie Bernstein
The remainder of the picture suffers from a predictable lack of originality. But the inability to consistently entertain is an issue of its own creation. October 27, 2018 | Full Review…
The remainder of the picture suffers from a predictable lack of originality. But the inability to consistently entertain is an issue of its own creation.
Sarah Gopaul
It's an unconventional action film whose closest American kin might be Christopher Nolan's "Memento." It doesn't all work, but it's fascinatingly conflicted. February 17, 2018 | Full Review…
It's an unconventional action film whose closest American kin might be Christopher Nolan's "Memento." It doesn't all work, but it's fascinatingly conflicted.
Steve Erickson
The film has graphic violence and perversion, but there is no take-away. It leaves you trying to nail down what the point to this remake really was. November 18, 2017 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
The film has graphic violence and perversion, but there is no take-away. It leaves you trying to nail down what the point to this remake really was.
Reagan Gavin Rasquinha
Lee's remake will strike a cord with unfamiliar audiences, but, for the most part, it's a hit-and-miss effort that comes close to good results. June 21, 2016 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Lee's remake will strike a cord with unfamiliar audiences, but, for the most part, it's a hit-and-miss effort that comes close to good results.
Jack Giroux
The first hour or so of Lee's 'Oldboy' is so gripping that it's dispiriting to watch the wheels fall off the wagon so spectacularly in the third act. June 18, 2016 | Full Review…
The first hour or so of Lee's 'Oldboy' is so gripping that it's dispiriting to watch the wheels fall off the wagon so spectacularly in the third act.
Jason Bailey
It's captivating to watch Spike Lee dabble in genre filmmaking. April 15, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's captivating to watch Spike Lee dabble in genre filmmaking.
J. Olson
Compared directly, the difference between both films are more than a little disappointing, but with all of that said, 2013's Oldboy still has pleasures to be witnessed. October 30, 2014 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
Compared directly, the difference between both films are more than a little disappointing, but with all of that said, 2013's Oldboy still has pleasures to be witnessed.
Colin Biggs
Lee takes his time crafting fiery characters and an impenetrable, who-and-why mystery only to rush through a series of arbitrary clues and explanations. August 20, 2014 | Rating: 5/10 | Full Review…
Lee takes his time crafting fiery characters and an impenetrable, who-and-why mystery only to rush through a series of arbitrary clues and explanations.
Shawn Hazelett
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