Oldboy -2003- [UPDATED]

Choi Min-sik delivers a raw, transformative performance as Oh Dae-su. His commitment—including eating a live octopus on camera—highlights the character's animalistic desperation.

Park Chan-wook uses this prolonged isolation to explore the degradation of the human psyche. Dae-su transforms from a soft, pathetic man into a creature fueled entirely by a meticulous, burning desire for revenge. He shadowboxes against the wallpaper, tattoos his years of confinement into his skin, and plots the destruction of his unknown captor. Oldboy -2003-