Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

This is the third vengeance instalment by South Korean Director Park Chan-Wook, who introduced the film. He did Old Boy and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is an interesting but sometimes gory film - nothing as pointless or bad as Beowulf. Through an interpreter, the director told the audience his film had a reputation for being violent but he said he showed it to his 10 year-old daughter who was unaffected. I think he's nuts. Lady Vengeance spends time in a tough female prison for a crime she didn't commit. The real perp is a male teacher who kidnaps students, sexually abuses and kills them, then moves to the next school. He kidnapped Lady V's young daughter to blackmail her into taking the fall for his crime. Her time in prison is punctuated by a series of bizarre and kinda evil cellmates. While in prison, Lady dabbles in revenge, killing meaner inmates when they torment other, weaker ones. When Lady is released, she focuses on finding the real kidnapper and then brings the parents of his victims together to give them a chance to get even. This part is the most fascinating/ grisly/ humourous and is the reason to keep watching till the end. From the sumptuous opening titles, this film is a pretty good thriller (better than the originals of The Ring and The Grudge.) See it if you're in the mood to watch bad karma in action. MMMm

Lady seeks revenge
Kills to find a kidnapper
Prison girl with plan