hey what's up guys. today I'll show you
a crime thriller film: "Old-boy"! spoiler ahead, watch out and take care!
Joe is a narcissistic drunkard and an overconfident jerk.
following his divorce, he neither pays the alimony, nor makes time
to celebrate his daughter's birthday. although he fails in his relationship,
he is actually a hormone maniac. he works as an advertising executive,
selling marketing strategies to rich people, and helping them gain popularity.
one day, Joe almost closes a deal with a tycoon, and looks forward to making lots of money.
but when the man walks away to answer his phone, he begins to
flirt with his wife like a sleazebag! needless to say, he loses the sale,
and gets beaten up by the client. as usual, Joe tries to drink
his way out of frustration. but it turns out that alcohol
does not solve any problems, so Joe ends up staggering and puking late at night!
to make matters worse, it begins to rain while he is walking alone in the street.
in a daze, Joe sees a girl with an umbrella, standing in front of him.
for a moment, he forgets all the troubles he is faced with, be it his
relationship failure or career setbacks! Joe is sure that the lady will be attracted
to him, so he brings her to a hotel. after a bender, Joe wakes up naked in
the morning, and cannot recall what has happened the previous night!
the lady has already taken her leave, and the hotel room is quiet.
Joe simply thinks the lady might be busy with something. but soon he notices something strange!
the hotel room is without a window and telephone!
even the door itself is locked from outside!
he has no way to open the door, or leave the place!
just when Joe thinks he will be starved to death, a small slot is opened at the bottom of the door.
from there, some Chinese dumplings and wine are served to him.
Joe immediately puts his head through the hole to call for help, but to no avail!
even though food and drinks are free, life locked up in the room is extremely boring!
the only entertainment available is to watch television.
so Joe fills his time with different television programs, and horror movies
from Daniel CC channel! one day, striking news
sends a shiver down his spines. It's reported that his ex-wife is murdered,
and Joe is suspected to be the murderer! Joe breaks down after watching the news.
he has no idea why he is imprisoned, and accused of being a murderer.
in his hallucination, he finds the man in the painting comes alive.
Joe knows that he is on the verge of going insane!
what gives him a glimpse of hope, is a piece of broken floor tile in the bathroom.
right then, a mouse sneaks in from that crack, and gives birth to a litter of mice.
Joe regards the mice as his friends, and he enjoys their company.
however, suddenly a cloud of white smoke wafts in from the ceiling!
as soon as Joe breaths in the hypnosis gas, he faints away!
when he wakes up again, the mice are gone without a trace.
while Joe wonders where they are, his food is delivered.
to his shock, the rat and its babies are all cooked yummy, and served to him!
devastated, Joe breaks the mirror, and takes up a broken piece of glass to slit his wrist.
unexpectedly, the hypnosis gas is released again, to knock him unconscious!
after quite some time, Joe awakens to find his wounds well-bandaged,
his hair cut, and his beard shaved. it is not easy to swallow the pains
and sorrows of imprisonment, and Joe strives to cope with it.
another day, Joe watches a show named Mysteries of Crime.
the program covers the murder case of his ex-wife, and does an interview with his daughter.
now that Joe knows his Daughter is adopted by a wealthy family after the he's being kidnapped.
she is well provided in life, and is now a burgeoning young cellist.
the short video of his Daughter gives Joe the strength to survive and thrive.
he realizes if he dies in the room, he cannot clear his name.
what's worse, he will never be able to see his daughter again.
so from that day onwards, Joe pledges to live for his Daughter.
he begins to do reading, and gets his body in shape by exercise.
no more alcohol and as much exercise as his tiny room will allow.
while healthy lifestyle works himself into peak physical shape, Joe starts to write
letters to his Daughter. these letters are nothing
close to being delivered. so Joe plans to dig up the floor
tiles in the bathroom, hoping that one day, he will finally create a big hole in the bathroom,
and escape with the letters. during the twenty years of his jail terms,
Joe removes many pieces of tiles. when the time arrives for him to evade
the lifeless room, he's attacked by the hypnosis gas once again!
this time however, he opens his eyes to the outside world.
in fact, he is drugged and dropped in an open field!
along with him, there is some money, a mobile phone, and all letters
that he has written over the two decades!
though released, Joe does not feel any joy. instead, full of anger and confusion,
he's determined to find out who kidnapped him, and why they have now let him go!
Joe first makes a name list of his enemies, and eliminates the candidates one by one.
when Joe is disappointed with the progress of his revenge, he meets
Marie, a nurse from the community clinic. Marie is a beautiful and sympathetic young lady,
who believes in Joe's past sufferings, and willingly offers help to him!
so Joe and Marie team up to search whatever clues, to hunt down his captors.
at last, Joe is suddenly reminded of the Chinese dumplings, that he got
to eat day after day during his imprisonment. as far as he recalls, the dumplings are take-outs
from a Chinese restaurant called Dragon. even though the brand owns many franchises,
Joe is confident that he can tell which restaurant supplied his food.
so he goes about tasting dumplings at every branch.
after trying a huge number of dumplings, Joe finally confirms the particular shop.
during his stakeout, he discovers a man, who purchases a large number
of dumplings at a fixed time daily. Joe follows the man all the way to a
building, and there he finds the private prison trapping him for twenty years!
at this place, they can lock anyone up for the right amount of money.
thinking of his misery over the two decades, Joe punches the warden in the face, and then forces
him to reveal who paid to hold him in captivity! to his disappointment, when it comes to
an illegal business like this, all the clients are anonymous and untraceable.
the warden's answer throws things back to square zero. Joe is clueless once again.
just when Joe is about to indulge himself with drinks, his enemy wearing a little beard,
appears before him with a group of thugs. after bullying Joe, LittleBeard
initiates a game with Joe. He reveals he is the mastermind behind
the brutal rape and murder of Joe's ex-wife. and he even shot videos of the whole process!
if Joe wins the game, he will get the videos to clear his name!
moreover, LittleBeard will give him twenty-million worth of diamonds, and he will commit suicide.
that's to say, if Joe wins the game, he will emerge free of sins, and full of riches!
the game is to find out two things within the next forty-six hours:
the identity of LittleBeard, and the reason why he has locked Joe up for twenty years.
right now, Marie is being tortured by LittleBeard's accomplices.
only when Joe agrees to take on the bet, LittleBeard will tell him where Marie is.
without any choice, Joe accepts the challenge, and rushes to Marie's house to rescue her.
having been through so much, love sparks off between the two of them,
before they head into a two-minute hormone game.
however, they never expect that they are monitored by LittleBeard.
actually, LittleBeard seems to enjoy watching the hormone game, more than playing it in person.
afterward, Joe and Marie join hands to identify LittleBeard.
it turns out, LittleBeard is the younger brother of Joe's classmate at university.
Back then, Joe was already addicted to alcohol in college.
once late at night, he was wandering on the campus after getting drunk,
and happened to see LittleBeard's sister having a tongue massage with an old man.
without much consideration, Joe shared it with everyone, and every classmate knew it.
later, sick of the humiliation, LittleBeard and his sister moved to other schools,
and disappeared. LittleBeard actually
comes from a rich, famous, but perverted family! among the family members, their father maintains
intimacy with the children. it turns out, the old man being seen tongue-massaging LittleBeard's
sister that night, was exactly their father! at first, When the family scandal broke,
the father wanted to take his family abroad. however, wherever he went, he was too famous to
hide his own identity. breaking down,
the father went on a shooting spree. He killed his wife, son, and daughter, and
he committed suicide, ending his incest life! unexpectedly, the shot at his son was misfired,
so LittleBeard survived despite serious injuries! upon recovery, LittleBeard inherited the family
estate, and he hates Joe for ruining his life and family.
That's why he comes up with all sorts of ways to torture Joe, and even pays to imprison him!
now that Joe wins the game by identifying him, as promised, LittleBeard will give him the diamonds,
and bring him to see his daughter. soon, Joe is led into a secret chamber,
where cameras and green screens are set up. it turns out, the Mysteries of Crimes is merely
a show made by LittleBeard, and Joe is the one and only audience of the show!
apparently, the show is fake, and the girl in the interview is just an actress, not his daughter!
however, to Joe's disbelief, his daughter is Marie, the very nurse who he had played
the fast hormone game with! in fact, their encounter is
well-planned and arranged by LittleBeard. It's revealed that LittleBeard has paid to
raise Marie, and deliberately trains her to be a community clinic nurse.
he knows that such a kind and compassionate girl would take pity on a loser and broke man,
and show him the hormone mercy! it is LittleBeard's conspiracy to
have Joe and his biological daughter meet and fall in love together.
what he wants to see, is Joe feeling so bad for committing the same incest sins with his own
daughter, that he can't live without dying! the whole revenge plan is a blown away for Joe,
and he does not know what to do next! at this time, LittleBeard calls Marie,
and prepares to reveal the truth to her. needless to say, Marie will break out if she gets
to know Joe is actually her biological father. not wanting to ruin the rest of his daughter's
life, Joe immediately drops to his knees, begging LittleBeard to keep it a secret.
by the sight of his tears of regret, LittleBeard knows that his twenty-year
plan for revenge has succeeded. Joe's crying and crumbling have
given LittleBeard enough satisfaction. so he hangs up the call with Marie.
soon after, LittleBeard draws a gun, and kills himself without regret!
his kidnapper LittleBeard is dead, but Joe is not happy at all!
He's so remorseful and annoyed that he dares not see Marie in person, but to bid
farewell to her through a letter. and he has disappeared from her life ever since then!
along with the letter, he packs in many diamonds and a toy duck.
twenty years ago, he bought the duck as a birthday gift for his daughter when she turned three,
but he has kept it until today! having sent the gift box,
Joe returns to the same private prison. But this time round, he does not come back
as an avenger, but rather a customer! The movie ends with Joe paying the warden
a bag of diamonds, in exchange for the service to lock himself up for the rest of his life!
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