Product Details

• Actors: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Shi-hoo Kim, Yea-young Kwon, Tony Barry
• Directors: Chan-wook Park
• Writers: Chan-wook Park, Seo-Gyeong Jeong
• Producers: Beth Kono, Chun-yeong Lee, J.J. Harris, June Lee, Miky Lee
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1), Korean (DTS 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Tartan Video
• DVD Release Date: September 26, 2006
• Run Time: 112 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GBEWNY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,060 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Lady Vengeance" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The third stop in Chan-wook Park's breathless revenge trilogy, Lady Vengeance comes down slightly--just slightly--from the astonishing highs of middle segment Oldboy. Elegant and ultraviolent in equal measures, Lady Vengeance requires rapt attention from the opening moments, as Park unloads his set-up in a jumble of characters and flashbacks. At the center is a doll-faced ex-con named Geum-ja (Yeong-ae Lee), who just spent 13 years in the slammer for killing a little boy. There's much more to her case than the public knows, and Geum-ja has been carefully, quietly preparing for revenge against the man who put her in this situation. We watch those gears turning throughout the movie, but as Lady Vengeance nears its completion it broadens into an even bigger event than Geum-ja expected. Funny and horrifying, Lady Vengeance is as measured as Geum-ja's own preparations, and has a gorgeous sort of logic about it. As impressive as those machinations are to watch, the movie doesn't make as forceful an argument as Oldboy on just how revenge might be as punishing to the revenge-taker as for his target. Lee is a cool heroine, and Min-sik Choi, who did such heroically exhausting service in Oldboy, is here employed as the monster. (The film's title in the U.S., Lady Vengeance, is different from international title Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, a closer tie to the first part of the trilogy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.) --Robert Horton

Product Description

Chan-wook Park's final film of his revenge trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy). Lady Vengeance is both elegant and ultraviolent, commanding the viewer's attention from the very first moments.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 50 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars pARK cHAN wOOK's LaDY vENGEANCE June 17, 2006

By DA MAN

Format:DVD

This is the last installment of Park Chan Wook's theme linked Vengeance trilogy - the first being Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and then OLdbOY....

Synopsis -

Geum-ja (Lee Young-ae), in her teen years is thrust into the spotlight when she is arrested and charged for the abduction and murder of a six year old boy, a crime she did not commit. The killer is Mr Baek (Old Boy's Choi Min-sik) framed her. While in jail, she gets allies to her cause for revenge and upon her release she takes her time to play out her fantasy of vengeance and the movie takes us through that journey as the director blends in a pespective of vengeance that is rather different from the last 2 films.

Review -

For fans of style , you will get your appetites filled as they are beautiful sets are littered all throughout the film. The violence is built up till the end when it erupts on screen. If you are a fan of OLdbOY, and that's the reason you are gonnna catch it; my suggestion is, do not expect an OLdbOY sequel or anything that resembles OLdbOY, as you will be sorely disappointed... Enter this film with the impression that is a whole new film experience and you will enjoy it......But mind you, this is a wonderful effort and a fantastic conclusion to the revenge trilogy....

The DVD -

2:35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen

Korean Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 Surround tracks

English and Spanish subtitles

Theatrical trailer, and some preview trailers

The rest of the extras are still not released.... I will update them when i recieve them..

But it's been confirmed that the fade to black version of Lady Vengeance(which appears in the Korean Special edition) is not available here.

Ps: Please note that the Korean distributors of the movie have only released a 2 disc special edition and there is a HK single and double disc edition available. If there are anyone mentioning a Korean single disc edition - there is no such thing and they are not legal versions, beware such sellers!!!!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars **Justice and choices** There are no spoilers in this review. Dvd Features below. August 13, 2007

By Mike Liddell VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

I would give this more stars if I could, I've made a list of "great movies" here on Amazon and when I see something I love I add it to my list, After this review this movie will be added, I believe I have it in some pretty amazing company.

Director Park Chan-Wook's conclusion to his vengeance trilogy is an amazing film. Out of the trilogy I have seen Oldboy (Three-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition), which i liked very much, i found this to be superior in every way, a masterpiece.

I will not go into any detail or spoil anything this movie is a rare treat and I wouldn't want to spoil any minute so I will give you the basic premises a beautiful woman Geum-ja Lee played perfectly by Yeong-ae Lee is wrongly imprisoned at the age of 18 for 13 years, so begins her plan of 13 years for revenge on the real criminal.

I believe this movie is all about choices and what is right and wrong. Are gods laws right? Are mans laws right? Lady Vengeance let's you analyze and decide that for yourself well after the credits roll.

On the cover it says "The best revenge thriller since Kill Bill." Kill bill was very good and entertaining movie, this movie goes deeper like all great movies it stays with you, you experience this film, it seeps into your subconscious, becomes one of your memories. I also enjoyed the Kill Bill's and as a drama and a thriller i believe it is better than both of them combined, however Kill Bill is superior on the action side of things.

This film is something you could debate and analyze it has deep meanings but it is also just a great story which keeps you guessing and at times can shock you while others make you laugh.

The score is beautiful to match the movie, the cinematography, and the transfer. Geum-ja Lee is referred to as an angel i believe she was an angel of vengeance and wrath. There is a beautiful shot at the end we get a god's eye view camera angle as snow falls onto three faces 2 open there mouths as if to receive communion from the white pure snow, but who doesn't? Was justice served? I think so.

Lady Vengeance was also on Reel's website on their top 10 of 2006, Was also on one of the editors at IFC's. It also has me rethinking which movie to drop from my personal top 10 of 2006 to make room for this gem.
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DVD Special features (from the back of the dvd)
-Interview with director Park Chan-Wook
-The making of Lady Vengeance
-Audio Commentary by Director Park Chan-Wook
-Audio Commentary by Director, Cinematographer, and art dirctor
-Audio Commentary by Richard Pena- Program Editor, film society of Lincoln -Center, and associate professor of film, Columbia University
-International and U.S. theatrical Trailers
-English and Spanish subtitles

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Park Chan-wook proves to us that he is one of the best directors from Korea. December 14, 2006

By Jenny J.J.I. VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

This film is really good. Park Chanwook made the perfect conclusion to a trilogy with Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. The three films work off each other beautifully, and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is far from a disappointment.The acting is top-notch, with cameos from Park Chanwook's first two films intermingling with new talent. The directing is superb, not quite eclipsing Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance or Oldboy but coming quite close. Park's directing style is solid and distinctive; he builds off earlier films and ideas to give an air of intensity surrounding the most innocent of scenes.

SFLV cuts back on the violence and focuses on personal turmoil, a welcome change from the beginning of his revenge trilogy. My favorite elements of this movie are the use of flashbacks to tell the witty, yet complicated story, and that the film sticks to its theme of vengeance with a die-hard, unwavering dedication. The only thing holding back from a perfect score is a slow ending, one which is necessary to bring the trilogy to a close but still slightly treading.

All in all, this film represents a master finishing his masterpiece, should be viewed by everyone, and works perfectly as a separate film and not a piece of a trilogy. Violence is minimal compared to Park's first two films, but is graphic. "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" is one of the few films that will make people cry not out of sadness but out of love.