It’s always dangerous territory to remake a much celebrated film - especially one that has such a twist ending as Oldboy - and then to do nothing new with the twist… it’s a bizarre choice given that the only real audience for this film is fans of Spike Lee and people who have seen the original - and that is likely the same audience, I imagine. So I guess my first question is - what the hell was the point of this? Stylistically this film doesn’t even touch the original - there’s nothing super special or unique happening here outside of Lee’s own version of the “hammer fight” sequence. It might have looked a bit flasher, but the original still takes the cake by a long shot, as does the entire film. Who knows, maybe if I’d seen this without the original I’d have a different opinion - but it’s just a bit too much of a rehash. Shame.
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