Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Released
- 2002
- Country
- South Korea
Details
Release year: 2002
Storyline
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
Top credits
Song Kang-ho — Dong-jin Park
Shin Ha-kyun — Ryu
Bae Doona — Cha Yeong-mi- Lim Ji-eun — Ryu's Sister
Did you know
• All characters that used sign language learned alongside deaf and nonverbal/mute individuals, having sign-language conversations with them about the movie.
• First film in history to have a sex scene with sign language.
• (at around 1h 45 mins) In an interview, Shin Ha-kyun said that in the scene where Park kills Ryu, the beating was actually real because the filmmakers were not able to use special effects. They couldn't shoot the poster for the film the next day because his face was still swollen. Song Kang-ho invited him for a drink as an apology.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $45,289
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $9,827 (2005-08-21)
User reviews
Grips you like a vice. Hits you like a ton of bricks.
A Sensible Review
Well crafted and challenging
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 2.41 : 1
- Color
- Color
