If you like a good psychological thriller, this Korean film will be perfect for you. Dae-su is kidnapped and captured by an unknown person, for an unknown reason, spending 15 years isolated and in a semi-drugged state. When he is "released", the remainder of the film is spent finding out why this happened to him. As the watcher, we are just as confused as Dae-su, and just as surprised and shocked as discoveries are made. And in the end, his captor both wins and loses... actually, everybody both wins and loses. The film is both disturbing and revealing about the human condition, both in our ability to inflict damage as well as our ability to endure and heal from damage. While I don't really love the psychological thriller genre, this was pretty good.
3 stars (out of 5)
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