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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002 · Movie · 121 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer54%as of 2021-10-06
  • Rotten Tomatoes average6.2/10as of 2021-10-06
  • Metacritic59/100as of 2024-03-02

What it is

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a 2002 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook, who co-wrote the script with Lee Jae-soon, Lee Moo-young, and Lee Yong-jong. Starring Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, and Bae Doona, the film follows an ill-fated kidnapping of a wealthy man's daughter, leading to a path of vengeance.

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Genres
Drama / Crime / Thriller
Original language
Korean

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