Oldboy (2003)

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Synopsis

Korean-language Thriller/Drama. After being imprisoned in a single room for fifteen years, a man (Min-sik Choi) is given seven days of freedom to discover the identity and motive of his captor.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive and variations, once in a sexual context
• Frequent hand-to-hand and weapons violence—blood and detailed wounds; infrequent portrayal of torture—blood
• Unsimulated depiction of man eating a live octopus
• Portrayals of suicide and attempted suicide—blood and detailed wounds
• Portrayals of various sexual activities, some in an incest context—breast and buttock nudity

Thematic elements

• The desire for revenge
• The human desire for intimacy
• The human capacity for cruelty

Classification rationale

Rated R for brutal violence, torture, and sexual images in an incest context.

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