Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Name: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Director: Park Chan-wook
Released: 2002

Park Chan-wook

revenge and retaliation desperation and moral compromise disability and social marginalization class inequality cycles of violence

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Synopsis

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.

Cinema Atlas Connection

I’m a fan of the Korean revenge films, and I like the more severe ones: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, I Saw the Devil. Those are all films that I love and are very influential to me in terms of their tone and pacing.

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This Film Influenced

→ Oldboy (2003) → Prisoners (2013)