Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance with Shin Ha-kyun: DVD Cover

    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Director: Park Chan-wook Cast: Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Du-na, Lim Ji-Eun, Song Kang-ho

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    • DVD Release Date: 11/22/2005
    • Original Release: 2002
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 10,812

    Viewer Rating: (5 ratings)

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    Features

    Director's commentary; Behind the scenes; First look at Lady Vengeance; Original theatrical trailer; Subtitles: English and Spanish; Photo gallery; Tartan Asia Extreme™ New Releases

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    1. At Work [8:20]
    2. Fired [6:51]
    3. The Donor [6:51]
    4. A Plan [7:18]
    5. Daddy Loves Yodsun [7:49]
    6. The Letter [7:43]
    7. Deep Water [9:08]
    8. The Autopsy [7:45]
    9. The Funeral [4:11]
    10. You're Like an Ant [2:57]
    11. Kill Them [6:12]
    12. Revenge [5:52]
    13. A Warning [6:30]
    14. Waiting [6:12]
    15. You Know Why? [9:44]
    16. It's Him [8:42]
    17. End Credits [5:36]

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    Korean director Park Chan-wook followed up his highly acclaimed Joint Security Area with this tale of a deaf mute named Ryu (Shin Ha-kyun) trying to help his sister (Lim Ji-Eun) get a kidney transplant. Because his blood type is incompatible and no donors are available, he turns to a group of black-market organ dealers who offer to find one in return for one of his and ten million won. The dealers rip him off, so Ryu conspires with his girlfriend, a political activist, to kidnap his former boss' young daughter and ransom her for the ten million won. But a horrible complication ruins their plans and things begin to spiral out of control as the girl's father (Song Kang-ho) decides to take matters into his own hands with the help of a sympathetic cop. ~ Tom Vick, All Movie Guide All Movie Guide

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    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeanceby Anonymous

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    January 29, 2007: Koreans, in particular, of Far East cinema make real down movies when they are horror flicks. Believe me, they are horror flicks, much better than our brand--probably because of all the bad wars that have accumulated their culture over time. Rich in mythology and not violence, although it is gory where it is, Sympathy is a vengeance film and provides the viewer with the Asiatic view or I should say, the Korean view of revenge. They hit back silently and quickly without thought like spiders. Hence the silent river and deaf girl. The anger here can be felt with riveting performances by all involved.

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    January 08, 2007: Asians excel at horror because, not having to pander to Hollywood's rules, they can take you anywhere at all. For all this filmed was billed as a gory horror, violence was minimal, and certainly not gratuitous, but man......it was good when it happened! The film revolves around the lives of a deaf-mute and his sister who requires a kidney transplant. A kidnap attempt to raise money goes tragically wrong, and much blood-letting ensues. The ending makes me wince to this day. My only quandary with Park is that he holds certain scenes too long. He needs more discipline in the editing room. Green hair playing with the little girl for ten minutes or burying a body for another ten minutes while a very annoying device character and a mentally challenge kid of some sort wanders about causing mayhem, I started to look at my watch. It all comes together in a blood bath of revenge. The performances all around were decent. I liked Du-Na-Bae and felt she was lively and interesting Ha-kyun Shin also did well considering he had no lines to speak of. However Song was a mystery to me, he only had one moment (the one that I have already mentioned) where I felt he did something worthy of note, the rest of the time his was a non-performance. Aside from him, I think everyone was OK but that the material and the delivery just wasn't there to support them. “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” is a very interesting take on Korean revenge mythology and modern society. But what that take is I'm not sure. This one is necessary for film aficionados, just for the camera set-ups and stunning color. I also think that this film delivers an important message. To exact vengeance on someone because you are hurting only makes more people hurt, and it doesn't stop yours.