
Oldboy(2003)
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.


“Ask not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free.”
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

Josh Brolin
Joe Doucett

Elizabeth Olsen
Marie Sebastian

Sharlto Copley
Adrian Pryce

Samuel L. Jackson
Chaney

Michael Imperioli
Chucky

Pom Klementieff
Haeng-Bok

James Ransone
Dr. Tom Melby

Max Casella
James Prestley

Linda Emond
Edwina Burke

Elvis Nolasco
Cortez
Oldboy is a drama, thriller, mystery, action film released in 2013 exploring themes of imprisonment, remake, revenge, based on manga, incest, psychotic. Directed by Spike Lee, it stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley. A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
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