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Lady Vengeance

Play trailer Poster for Lady Vengeance R 2005 1h 54m Mystery & Thriller Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Lee Geum-ja 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 who forced her to confess and a shady teacher 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.
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Stylistically flashy and gruesomely violent, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance fits in nicely with the other two films of Park's revenge trilogy.

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Alyx Vesey Bitch Media Jan 5, 2021
[Sympathy for Lady Vengeance] far surpasses Oldboy in its ability to dazzle and unnerve. Go to Full Review Brian Tallerico UGO Mar 24, 2007
What most will take from Lady Vengeance is a director in love with film and the ability to express that passion through the language of his medium. Go to Full Review Bob Longino Atlanta Journal-Constitution Aug 6, 2006
B+
... as brutal as it is beautiful. Go to Full Review Howard Feinstein The Advocate May 24, 2022
Lady Vengeance is an electrifying South Korean thriller with a strong female protagonist, a bold color palette, and a healthy dose of dark humor. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Apr 6, 2019
Park Chan-wook focused on a female character and created a unique amalgam of black humor, blasphemous irony, extreme violence, which at times, is turned on children, and liberating humanism, chiefly depicted in the final sequence of collective revenge Go to Full Review Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Sep 17, 2010
3.5/4
As a man is made to mediate the terms of his own murder, Park Chan-wook offers a perfect resolution to his "Vengeance" trilogy: an acutely agonizing elegy for whatever shred of humanity is left after the impulse for vengeance has worked itself out. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Julian May 28, 2025 It’s a five star production and Lee Young Ae was amazing in it. However the daughter subplot really drags the film down, to a screeching halt. The film could have dropped that subplot and the young lover plot and added more of Mr. Baek or more of the plan and the film could have been better. Folks have to realize it’s not Old Boy 2. See more andrea C @Charst Sep 4, 2026 La trilogia della vendetta finisce con un film che, nonostante sia il più recente dei tre, dà la sensazione opposta a causa delle inquadrature e delle macchine da presa utilizzate. Detto questo, il racconto è ciò che ci si aspetta, con un finale soddisfacente e anche evocativo. Alcuni personaggi restano di contorno e non danno grandissima profondità alla storia al di fuori della protagonista che però è rivoluzionaria soprattutto per l'abbinamento tra sesso femminile e vendetta spietata e soprattutto premeditata. See more Rohit R @RT41221724 Aug 21, 2026 Good satisfying movie, even though my least favorite in the triology. See more thiago s @Thiagostone May 8, 2025 Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é fraca, os personagens sao fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes para fazer o filme ser bom. See more Rehan T @RT81460504 May 5, 2025 A really sad but great movie. Loved it... See more Akatsuki M @RT02027212 Apr 9, 2025 One of the best movies I ever seen. The main actress is incredible. See more Read all reviews
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Park Chan-wook

Director

Lee Young-ae

Lee Geum-ja

Choi Min-sik

Mr. Baek

Nam Il-u

Det. Choi

Kim Byeong-ok

Preacher Jeon

Kim Bu-seon

Woo So-yeong

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Synopsis Lee Geum-ja 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 who forced her to confess and a shady teacher 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.
Director
Park Chan-wook
Producer
Lee Tae-heon, Jo Yeonguk
Screenwriter
Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong
Production Co
Moho Film
Rating
R (Some Sexuality|Some Involving Children|Strong Violent Content)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Korean
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
May 5, 2006
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$211.7K
Runtime
1h 54m
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