Lady Vengeance (2005)
"Exonerated after 13 years, she crafts a revenge plot. Fans of thrillers like 'Kill Bill' will be hooked; avoid if you dislike intense drama."
Genres: Drama, Thriller
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Lady Vengeance(2005)
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Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.
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Lee Young-ae
Lee Geum-ja

Choi Min-sik
Mr. Baek

Kwon Yea-young
Jenny

Kim Si-hoo
Geun-shik

Nam Il-woo
Detective Choi

Kim Byeong-ok
Preacher

Oh Dal-su
Mr. Chang

Lee Seung-shin
Park Yi-jeong

Kim Bu-seon
Woo So-young

Ra Mi-ran
Oh Su-hee

Koh Soo-hee
Ma-nyeo

Seo Young-ju
Kim Yang-hee

Kim Jin-goo
Ko Sun-sook

Kim Ik-tae
Won-mo's Father

Lee Yeong-mi
Won-mo's Mother

Choi Jung-woo
Dong-hwa's Father

Park Myung-shin
Dong-hwa's Mother

Lee Yong-nyeo
Jae-kyung's Mother

Kim Chun-gi
Jae-kyung's Father

Won Mi-won
Eun-ju's Grandmother
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Figured it would be a lot more gory given the comments, but no, it was exactly what I was expecting. It wasn'#39;t over the top and didn'#39;t show unnecessary violence, in my opinion. Great film.
One of the most gory movies I have ever seen (from what I remember at least).
After Oldboy, another great movie by Park Chan-wook. Cruel and brutally realistic as only Korean movies can be: you'#39;ll probably want to vomit at some point. Terrific performance by Lee Young Ae.
Well, there was definitely vengeance in this movie. A gorgeous ending to Park Chan-wook's Vengeance trilogy, and a film that I will most certainly rewatch in the future.
All-time favorite film of female empowerment.
I love this movie so much... Please watch it. (Unless you are easily traumatised/put off by violence. Then for the love of God, don'#39;t)
Solid final addition to the Vengeance Trilogy, but doesn't hit as hard as Oldboy did for me. Still a very good watch.
Very beautiful but mostly sexual assault
Great movie, way better than Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, the acting is really good, the cinematography is also very good. It's the less violent of the trilogy.
Vengeance trilogy by Chan-wook Park Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - Part 1 Oldboy- Part 2 Lady Vengeance - Part 3
Visually, itโs possibly even more stylish and daring than Park Chan-wookโs previous films. Needless to say, his usual taste for sadistic black comedy is perfect for this kind of convoluted revenge story. The fast-paced collage of flashbacks and weird characters presented during the first half builds up great expectations, but unfortunately, things get slightly monotonous if not a bit too linear in the last 60 minutes. Itโs indeed an above-average film, even though the outcome fell a little flat emotionally if compared to โSympathy for Mr. Vengeanceโ or โOldboyโ.
We liked it more than Mr Vengeance'#39;s, so much jumping back and forth in time, it puzzles a bit, but it has been entertaining, yes, revenge has been different from what we expected
The least accessible of the trilogy. It's hard to tell who is who and who is doing what and why after only one viewing. The third act is so straightforward it feels like another movie.
Definitely my second favorite movie of the trilogy. For a first view, I wasn'#39;t really that impressed until we reached the halfway point; the 2nd half of the 2nd act and the 3rd act (in particular) were amazing. Also, this movie has by far the best direction and cinematography in the trilogy. It'#39;s an absolutely stunning movie, and its soundtrack is on par with Oldboy'#39;s. I honestly can'#39;t wait to re-watch them.
Gotta love vengeful women. That'#39;s all.
This movie is my favourite from the trilogy because the cinematography is absolutely gorgeous. I like Park Chan Wook'#39;s works most of the time, but this movie still the one i prefer by far. It'#39;s cruel, beautiful, sad, heartbreathing... Dylaned: I'#39;m not sure about this: '#34;Cruel and brutally realistic as only Korean movies can be'#34;. You probably don'#39;t watch movies from a lot of different countries, cause i can assure you Koreans aren'#39;t the only ones doing this well (and really not the best!). But yeah overall i have to agree with you.
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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is the perfect finish to the Vengeance Trilogy, in plot and in theme. The 'good kidnapping vs bad kidnapping' of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance returns, as does the decade in the making scheme of Oldboy, but with a fresh and meaningful spin on them to make the resemblance not derivative but qualitative in how this film compares and contrasts to the one before it. The film has so much to set up, and yet the pace of Park Chan-wook's directing is... a breeze is the wrong word. It's a gust, propelling to the moment of revenge but with undeniable heft and weight to the proceedings. I love the passion in his work. He takes big swings with his visual style, never coasting, and they always pay off. The growing crimson behind Lee Guem-ja's head, the illumination of her face as an admirer looks upon her, tracking shots that move from the street through the window of the nearby building... he knows that emotion and feeling may be real, but they are not always _realistic_. They're larger than life, they're visceral, they bleed into the environment around them, and he captures that so beautifully. And his experience with the last two films pay off well in regards to the violence in this one. He knows when to lean in and when to cut away, that the pool of blood cleaned up in the aftermath can be more brutal than how the blood got there, and that the lead up to and the reaction of a parent watching their child being hanged is more devastating than actually seeing it in full, all while deftly avoiding being exploitative or bloody for bloody's sake. The treatment of vengeance here is at its most nuanced as well. The gaze of the film is empathetic and mournful, not judgemental. It understands why these people are driven to these lengths. It just mourns that vengeance will not bring them the peace they want or deserve. It cannot bring them redemption. Only living can bring some sort of approximation. And every cast member here thrives. Lee Young-ae, of course, is magnetic. You understand perfectly why people are so drawn to her, and the things she does with her face at the burning is pure magic. But the parents make use of every second of their lesser screentime, and are heartbreaking. You can see mini arcs in their eyes, they could carry character pieces on their own, and the group mourning scene in the bakery is just overwhelming in the resigned grief pouring from each of them, the communal sin, the silent promise to never speak of it again. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is a masterpiece, and another example of Park Chan-wook's exemplary and passionate film-making.
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