Lady Vengeance (US Version) DVD Region 1
Park Chan Wook (Director)
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nchristi
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September 28, 2007
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September 28, 2007
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SHOULD BE RATED R++++++ or X-
SHOULD BE RATED R++++++ or X-
| If YesAsia's product description would have been accurate about the graphic depravity shown in this film (both sexual and violent), I would never have purchased it. For all the glorious words and awards, I found NOTHING redeeming about it. The director's talent is overshadowed by his content. This film is so useless that I didn't pass it on to someone else -- I simply threw it in the trash. |
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June 6, 2007
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June 6, 2007
Sympathy For Lady Vengeance
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There is no denying that this movie looks visually stunning, with its mix of retro glamour and manga-noir fantasy. From the wallpaper to details like the peach-pink shade of a single marble (a significant prop in this storyline), director Park Chan Wook displays an unerring, Wong Kar Wai-like instinct for saturating his work with lines and colors so sensual they also make you swoon. The most obvious example of this is the red eye shadow rimming the eyes of leading lady Lee Young Ae, which gives her a cooler-than-thou air that is part ironic geisha and part avenging angel. In a glib subversion of her virtuous Jewel In The Palace persona, Lee plays a woman released from prison after serving time for a crime she didn't commit. She then sets out to avenge herself, and, along the way, reclaims her long-lost daughter, Lee demonstrates her versatility well, playing various degrees of twisted, jaded, and remorseful with an understated elegance. Still, there is something troubling about the film's apparently feminist stance. Despite the casual servings of stylished violence and black humour one has come to associate with Park, Sympathy For Lady Vengeance ultimately strikes one as a deeply conventional piece. Its protagonist, armed with a halo of maternal love, is never really tainted by the sins she commits, which are filmed with such a grosteque-comic air that one can scarcely take them seriously anyway. The final act of this movie, which involves a collective act of vigilante justice, is the apotheosis of the movie's facile wit - too clever by half and lacking in real emotional resonance. As far as kickass female avengers go, you would do better to stick with The Bride from Kill Bill. |
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