Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the first Chan-wook Park movie I have watched. I'd only heard good things about it and from what I've read about it I knew that I would like it. And I did. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a dark drama mixed with humour and violence. However, it is not as violent as I expected considering its reputation. In fact, the first 90 minutes or so are not violent at all. The pace is rather slow, as is the case with all the South Korean movies I've watched. But this slow pace was not annoying, which I've found it to be in many other South Korean films (not all, though). In fact, when little seemed to happen in the plot and the action, the movie was always interesting because of camera angles, sound and such things. It has a very original feel to it.
The acting is amazing in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Kang-ho Song impressed me the most (he was also great in the brilliant serial killer drama Memories of Murder). Ha-kyon Shin is also great as Ryu, the main character in the movie.
So, I liked this film, but it is by no means a masterpiece. It was a bit too long and perhaps not as engaging as I would have wished. (7/10)
The acting is amazing in Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Kang-ho Song impressed me the most (he was also great in the brilliant serial killer drama Memories of Murder). Ha-kyon Shin is also great as Ryu, the main character in the movie.
So, I liked this film, but it is by no means a masterpiece. It was a bit too long and perhaps not as engaging as I would have wished. (7/10)