Oldboy
- Release Date
- November 14, 2013
- Director
- Spike Lee
- Cast
- Elizabeth Olsen , Josh Brolin , Samuel L. Jackson , Hannah Simone , Hannah Ware , Sharlto Copley
- Runtime
- 104
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Garon Tsuchiya , Nobuaki Minegishi , Mark Protosevich
- Tagline
- Ask not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free.
- Website
- http://oldboyfilm.tumblr.com/
Summary
A provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably 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.
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