{"id":1182,"date":"2011-01-15T01:16:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-15T09:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2011-01-15T01:33:16","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T09:33:16","slug":"a-knack-for-vengeance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2011\/01\/a-knack-for-vengeance\/","title":{"rendered":"A Knack for Vengeance"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my hunt for good cinema, I ventured outside the decline of Hollywood into the land of Kim Chi and really nice flat screens. I’m just selective by nature, so I believe a bit research and homework goes a long way in saving you from a 2-hour long waste of time. Sure, everyone’s idea of what’s “good” is subjective and might warrant skepticism, but usually when a title has high votes and rating on IMDB, you’re off on the right foot at the very least.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’ve personally watched these movies below, and in my opinion, find them all to be very solid. What’s interesting is that ALL the following movies share a common motif: Vengeance. Their plots usually revolve a rather cliche hero, who typically has previous special forces training or something bad ass like that. Said hero then gets betrayed by a powerful organization of baddies, and effectively goes on a one-man-army rampage. Don’t worry though, each movie is different in their own ways, and full of intensity and brutality.<\/p>\n

Simply said, Korea has a very strong grasp of the Vengeance theme.<\/p>\n

Let’s start the list off with the most well-known title…
\n OldBoy<\/a> (2003)\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance<\/a> (2002) wasn’t my favorite of the group, but worthy enough for inclusion<\/em>
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A Bittersweet Life<\/a> (2005)
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The Chaser<\/a> (2008)
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I Saw the Devil<\/a> (2010) this one is probably the goriest
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The Man From Nowhere<\/a> (2010)
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Departing from the vengeance theme, here’s a small batch of honorable mentions: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring<\/a>, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War<\/a>, A Tale of Two Sisters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my hunt for good cinema, I ventured outside the decline of Hollywood into the land of Kim Chi and really nice flat screens. I’m just selective by nature, so I believe a bit research and homework goes a long way in saving you from a 2-hour long waste of time. Sure, everyone’s idea of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1191,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}