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Lady Vengeance
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0842498030240
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Tartan Video
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), Korean (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Tartan Video
MPN: DTVD3024D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Tartan Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 26, 2006
Running Time: 112 minutes
Studio: Tartan Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Editorial Review:
The third stop in Chan-wook Park's breathless revenge trilogy, Lady Vengeance comes down slightly--just slightly--from the astonishing highs of middle segment Oldboy. Elegant and ultraviolent in equal measures, Lady Vengeance requires rapt attention from the opening moments, as Park unloads his set-up in a jumble of characters and flashbacks. At the center is a doll-faced ex-con named Geum-ja (Yeong-ae Lee), who just spent 13 years in the slammer for killing a little boy. There's much more to her case than the public knows, and Geum-ja has been carefully, quietly preparing for revenge against the man who put her in this situation. We watch those gears turning throughout the movie, but as Lady Vengeance nears its completion it broadens into an even bigger event than Geum-ja expected. Funny and horrifying, Lady Vengeance is as measured as Geum-ja's own preparations, and has a gorgeous sort of logic about it. As impressive as those machinations are to watch, the movie doesn't make as forceful an argument as Oldboy on just how revenge might be as punishing to the revenge-taker as for his target. Lee is a cool heroine, and Min-sik Choi, who did such heroically exhausting service in Oldboy, is here employed as the monster. (The film's title in the U.S., Lady Vengeance, is different from international title Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, a closer tie to the first part of the trilogy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.) --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Artistic and Entertaining...
This is the third film in the vengeance trilogy and the best for my money. It is visually stunning and also gritty. Revenge has never been so artistic and beatiful while being painful and dark. I won't spoil it for any future watchers, but I will say that that the story is gripping and you won't be able to look away. enjoy
Rating:  - This movie, to put it plainly, sucks
Alright. Let me say this, if you are looking for a really artsy movie that is not entertaining but is unpleasant as well as disturbing this is your movie. Do not be fooled into thinking that you are in for something like Kill Bill, or a Bittersweet Life, or any "cool" violent movie. This movie isn't like them. I cannot beleive I wasted my time on it, and I would recomend that anyone who says this is a good movie or that they enjoyed this movie be institutionalized. And it isn't sophisticated ... Read More
Rating:  - Good film, with some reservations
Lady Vengeance, the third installment in Park Chan-Wook trilogy of vengeance is some notches below the masterpiece that was Old Boy (I have not seen the first movie, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) but it is still a well-made film, worth seeing. In this case, as the title suggests, is a woman who seeks revenge, Lee Geum-Ja, after being held in prison for thirteen years for the murder of a child he did not commit (but was involved in the kidnapping). She was forced to confess to the murder after the murderer, ... Read More
Rating: - stunning
this movie popped up on my netflix as a "suggestion" and i didn't give it much thought but added it anyway. that was six months ago. i have rented it another two times since and now i'm just going to break down and buy it. i have since seen the other two installments in the revenge trilogy (in backwards order) and this is by far the most thrilling for me. the imagery and soundtrack are stellar and the story is engaging. i'm pretty picky about movies and i'm not easily impressed. this film left more ... Read More
Rating: - Vengeance is a dish best served COLD! Successfully closes the trilogy....
LADY VENGEANCE (aka. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) is the third installment in Park Chan-Wook's "vengeance" trilogy, among of which my favorite is the terrific "Oldboy" and the first film ""Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance". These three films have different plotlines and characters; the only thing that ties them together is their similar themes about suffering, revenge and redemption (or the goal for redemption). Fans of the franchise will undoubtedly compare this to "Oldboy" since it cemented Park Chan-Wook's ... Read More
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