Lady Vengeance

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  • Opened May 5, 2006 
  • 1 hr 54 min
  • R | strong violent content - some involving children, and some sexuality

  • Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae) has spent the last 13 years in prison for a murder she didn't commit. She's fantasized about getting revenge on the various people who wronged her, including the police officer (Nam Il-woo) who forced her to confess and a shady teacher (Choi Min-sik) with whom she has a checkered past. After her release, she teams up with a group of eccentric friends she made while behind bars and sets out to clear her name and find the daughter she was forced to leave behind. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Lee Yeong-ae, Kim Shi-hu, Nam Il-woo, Kim Byeong-ok
  • Director: Park Chan-wook
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller

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San Francisco Chronicle
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Unlike the previous two installments, Lady Vengeance generates on odd feeling: hope. Read full review

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TV Guide
| Maitland McDonagh

It concludes Park's trilogy on a dual note of circular tragedy and fragile hope, while working equally well as an introduction to his universe of retribution and repentance or as a stand-alone thriller with a darkly feminist twist. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

"Old Boy's" vivid star Choi Min-sik plays a terrible schoolteacher -- yet another damned soul in Park's inflammatory, inimitable movie inventory of hell on earth. Read full review

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New York Daily News
| Jami Bernard

Less bloody than its predecessors, Lady Vengeance wraps up with a killer (literally) finale that calls into question the killer instinct. It's one of the reasons Park's brutal films are so emotionally rewarding. Read full review

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