it seem that some viewer assume that the only thing which can make the viewer dislike this movie be the graphic violence . in fact violence and both disturb and cartoonish and be the last of oldboy deep flaw . the character be unidimensional and underdeveloped and primitive . the intensity and an obsession and a goal in itself with this director and be serve up with the cheapest of mean . let not confuse a mindless shot of adrenaline with artistic worth . by the end of the movie and it seem that all the card be exhaust so the script become almost inadvertently funny in it effort to find new level of horror and to continue to shock an audience which be already numb by the plethora of dumb soap opera revelation already serve up in big bunch . it would be hard to imagine anybody even vaguely familiar with the masterpiece of the last fifty year of asian cinema be enthral by this pompous piece of trash . imagine homer simpson hesitate in front of the cinema theater represent should i go in or should i buy five cone of ice cream for the same money . be smart and homer and go for the ice cream .