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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002 · 129 min

A grim, methodical descent into mutual destruction that is hard to shake and harder to enjoy.

Tagline: Revenge was never this sweet.
Overview: A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
grief
guilt
class
isolation
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	5
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	8
Darkness	9
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: action, drama, thriller
Directed by: Park Chan-wook
Written by: Park Chan-wook, Lee Jae-soon, Lee Mu-yeong, Lee Jong-yong
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Im Ji-eun, Han Bo-bae, Lee Dae-yeon, Ki Joo-bong, Kim Se-dong
Music: Bek Hyun-jin, Lee Byung-hoon
Cinematography: Kim Byeong-il
Runtime: 129 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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