"Old Boy's" vivid star Choi Min-sik plays a terrible schoolteacher -- yet another damned soul in Park's inflammatory, inimitable movie inventory of hell on earth.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Lady Vengeance is not for everyone. The violence, while less over-the-top and orgiastic than Park's two previous installments, is still hard and crackling. The sex is grim and graphic. And deadpan nihilism permeates the air.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Dense with pathos, poetry and humor, this is Park's finest work to date. His stomach-churning climax -- which depicts gruesome bloodshed without directly showing it -- simultaneously gratifies and indicts our most primitive instincts.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Stephen Hunter
What you get for your entertainment dollar in Lady Vengeance is Korean director Chan-wook Park's brilliantly orchestrated story of how Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young-ae ) got her groove back.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris
For most of Lady Vengeance, Park is playing with us. But the jokey atmosphere dissipates and the fun turns inside out in the movie's last act.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Lady Vengeance contains violence (some extreme), but it is not an action film. It is deliberately paced, allowing the audience to have time to reflect upon what's happening. And the comedy is of the gallows variety.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
As much as Lady Vengeance spins around its implacable protagonist like a rabid dog on a rope, the film becomes in its last, galling act an unlikely but stunning ensemble piece.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Nathan Lee
A convoluted hodge-podge of time frames, subplots and bit player back stories.Read Full Review »
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