The Hollywood remake of awesome Korean revenge flick Oldboy looks like it could be off, with proposed director Justin Lin letting slip that he doesn’t think it will happen.
Seems things aren’t quite coming together as he wanted and he doesn’t want to disrespect the original film with a shoddy remake. Fair enough. Hollywood remakes aren’t necessarily a bad thing, especially when they produce films like The Departed, but it’s best they’re not just bashed out half-heartedly.
Oldboy is about a man inexplicably imprisoned in a hotel room for 15 years, who is suddenly released and goes on a big haired vengeance spree (though there’s a little more to it than that) so maybe it will be appropriate if the remake takes 15 years to come out.
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Eoin said
January 26 2007 @ 3:46 pm
It would be impossible to translate to the US. The ending is just a little too morally extreme. I’m glad it’s sunk
Mark said
January 26 2007 @ 6:44 pm
Oh, this is glorious news.
dc said
November 14 2008 @ 9:57 am
its would be a travesty of film making if they remade this movie.