There’s a new poster for OldBoy, Spike’s Lee upcoming remake of the South Korean drama movie of the same name:
OLDBOY
Ask not why you were imprisoned.
Ask why you were set free.
“An advertising executive (Josh Brolin) is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.”
Actor Josh Brolin got the lead role as Joe Doucett.
Release date: October 25, 2013.
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“Oldboy” is actually based on Japanese comic books of the same name, which was first published in 1996. Even though the English version of Wikipedia says that the movie was “loosely” based on the Japanese comics, the only differences between the movie and the comics are:
1. the number of years the main character was held hostage (20 years in the remake, 15 years in the first movie, 10 years in the original),
2. the reason why he was held hostage (in the movie, it’s because the main character spread a bad rumor about his captor back in school days. in the original, it’s because the captor felt insulted when the main character found out that the captor was a lonely guy, and also the captor started getting jealous of the main character.),
and 3. of course all the characters were changed from Japanese (original) to Korean (2003 film) to Westerners (remake).