Oldboy, Hollywood English Film Movie Review, Johnson Thomas, Rating: * * *
English Film Review Johnson Thomas Spiked up but not True Film: Oldboy Cast:Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, James Ransone, Samuel L.Jackson Director: Spike Lee Rating: * * * This American version of Park Chan-Wook's Korean thriller of the same name, is Lee's most easy on the mind and exciting movie since " Inside Man ”. It’s not a masterpiece by any stretch, but a reasonably lively commercial genre picture. The creatives lend it a hypnotic effect and the storyline has a strong enough hook to hold you in thrall. Yet, it’s the treatment that really Spike’s the show. Spike’s version like Park's , tells of a drunken, abusive lout named Joe Doucette ( Josh Brolin ) who's imprisoned for a long time by a mysterious jailer. In 1993 , Joe was a pretty lousy human being - a drunk dad whose bad habits overwhelm his skill as an advertising man. Before he can be fired, though, he disappears, waking up in a private priso...