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Oldboy Park Chan-wook Directed with astonishing flair by South Korean director Park Chanwook, this ultraviolent thriller is perhaps the best offering to date from the wildly unbound New Korean Cinema. Unfolding as a series of escalating revenge scenarios, the film follows the struggle of Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), a middle-aged man who is held behind bars for no discernible reason. Released after 15 years of captivity, Dae-su immediately sets out to discover who's responsible for his imprisonment and the murder of his family. Boasting a labyrinthine plot and shockwaves of gore and violence, "there is little chance of emerging from it unexhausted and unscathed by its cataract of rage and regret" (The Village Voice). The DVD is letterboxed and includes deleted scenes and English and Spanish subtitle options. In Korean with English subtitles. South Korea, 2003, 120 mins. DVD | $44.95
3 Extremes Takashi Miike/Fruit Chan/Park Chan-wook Three of the most exciting and audacious figures in Asian cult cinema lend their talents to this horror triad, which "just may be the sickest, most twisted flick you'll see all year" (Vibe). In Box (Takashi Miike), a tortured female novelist receives a mysterious invitation to meet at the site where she caused her twin sister's death. In Dumplings (Fruit Chan), an aging actress grows distraught at the realization that her beauty is slipping away. Desperate to reverse the process, she seeks the rejuvenating effect of a doctor's "magic" dumplings, only to discover that they contain some stomach-churning ingredients. Finally, Cut (Park Chan-Wook) is a gut-wrenching exercise in the macabre from the director of Oldboy. A sadistic mastermind captures a film director in an impossible puzzle; the man must decide whether to let his child be killed or watch his wife's fingers cut off one by one. 2-DVD Special Edition. In Cantonese, Korean, and Japanese with English subtitles. Japan/China/South Korea, 2005, 125 mins. DVD | $44.95
Joint Security Area (JSA) Park Chan-wook A firefight occurs in the Korean de-militarized zone and two North Korean soldiers are killed. The North claims that the incident was an attack by the South Koreans, while the South claims that one of their soldiers was kidnapped. In order to resolve the dispute, the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission dispatches intelligence officer Major Sophie E. Jean (Lee Young-ae) to investigate and what she finds surprises both sides. With Lee Byeong-hun, Song Gang-ho, and Kim Tae-woo. Includes trailer, music video, JSA documentary featurette, About JSA: The Movie featurette, The Opening Ceremony featurette, The Production Log featurette, 5.1 sound, optional Korean language tracks and Chinese subtitle options (traditional and simplified). In Korean with English subtitles. South Korea, 2000, 110 mins./360 mins. DVD | $44.95
Lady Vengeance Park Chan-wook The final film in a shockingly violent trilogy by South Korean director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy) stars Lee Young-ae as Geum-ja, a beautiful woman who is blackmailed and wrongly jailed for 13 years. When she's finally freed, Geum-ja embarks on a violent vigilante mission against former teacher Mr. Baek (Choi Min-sik), the man responsible for her imprisonment. "Lady Vengeance is [Chan-wook's] most sullen and patient film, and yet it's breathless pop filmmaking, narratively mercurial, viscerally traumatic, and thematically infernal" (Michael Atkinson, Village Voice). Includes director interview, commentary with film expert Richard Pena, selected scenes from the other two installments of "The Vengeance Trilogy", trailer, and English and Spanish subtitle options. In Korean with English subtitles. South Korea, 2005, 112 mins. DVD | $44.95
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance Park Chan-wook Park Chan-Wook's (Old Boy) unrelenting action film is a hard-boiled Asian thriller that hemorrhages blood, brutality, and nihilism. Shin Ha-kyun stars as Ryu, a slow-witted steel worker who kidnaps his boss' daughter in hopes of ransoming her for the cost of his sister's desperately needed kidney transplant. When the scheme goes south, Ryu and his girlfriend find themselves entangled in a hellish new reality, in which corporeal torture is an everyday event. "Brutally nihilistic, this is one of the best Korean films to have hit these shores in a very long time" (Jamie Russell, BBC). In Korean with English subtitles. South Korea, 2003, 121 mins. DVD | $37.95
