Park Chan-wook's meditation on the meaning of revenge and its spiritual cost
Kyu Hyun Kim (qhyunkim)
"Lady Vengeance" ("Sympathy for Lady Vengeance") is marketed as the concluding chapter in Park Chan-wook's "vengeance" trilogy, a follow-up to "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" and "Old boy". The truth of the matter is that Director Park never intended the latter two films to be connected in any way, and indeed they are quite different in tone and content from one another. "Sympathy" is in my opinion one of the most terrifying and darkest films ever made in the history of cinema. It tanked at the Korean box office, despite rave reviews by many critics. The viciously dazzling "Old boy", however, not only turned out to be a smash box office success but also went on to garner stellar international reputation, winning the Grand Prix at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Now comes "Lady Vengeance", which in interesting but not always successful ways addresses some of the criticisms levelled...|
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