FilmDistrict will release Spike Lee's Oldboy, a remake of the 2003 South Korean blockbuster of the same name, on Oct. 11, 2013. Oldboy, headlining Josh Brolin
as an advertising executive who is kidnapped and held hostage for 20
years in solitary confinement for unknown reasons, also stars Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley and Samuel L. Jackson. When
the ad executive is released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to
discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment only to
find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment. His quest
for revenge leads him into an ill-fated relationship with a young social
worker (Olsen) and ultimately to an illusive man (Copley) who allegedly
holds the key to his salvation. As of now, the movie has the weekend to itself. The South Korean film was directed by Park Chan-wook and won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It grossed north of $14 million worldwide.
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