Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a stylish bloodbath relieved by shafts of dark humor. The Dissolve Scott Tobias There's a genuine sophistication, both technically and thematically, to what Park is doing in Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance.
Urgently in need of the money to pay for his gravely ill sister's kidney transplant, Ryu, a punky deaf-mute factory worker, resorts to kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy industrialist. This act of desperation leads to a series of events that spiral into a bloody cycle of violence and revenge.
Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance. 2002 · 2 hr 1 min. R. Thriller · Crime · Drama · Foreign/International. A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant. The first part of The Vengeance Trilogy. StarringDoona Bae Kang-ho Song.Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance movie production status is currently Development . May 21, 2013 • Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight' Silver Reel and Lotus Entertainment have partnered with di Bonaventura Pictures and CJ Entertainment for an English-language remake.Korean. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a 2002 South Korean thriller film directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook. The film stars Shin Ha-kyun as Ryu, a young, deaf-mute factory worker trying to earn enough money for his sister's kidney transplant by holding the daughter of a wealthy man for ransom, and the path of vengeance that follows when This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. .