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2002 South Korean thriller film

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (; "Vengeance Is Mine") is a 2002 South Korean neo noir crime 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 the plan goes awry. Alongside Ha kyun, the film's cast includes Song Kang ho, Bae Doona, Han Bo bae, and Im Ji eun. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance did not fare well commercially upon its initial release in South Korea, and has garnered mixed reviews. Despite this, it won several awards. It is the first installment in director Park's thematic Vengeance Trilogy, and is followed by Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005).

Ryu is a deaf mute man who works in a factory. His ailing sister is in desperate need of a kidney transplant, but Ryu's is not a match. After he loses his job, Ryu contacts a group of black market organ dealers to exchange one of his kidneys for one that his sister can use. However, the dealers disappear after taking Ryu's kidney and severance money. A legitimate kidney donor is found, but after having been conned by the organ dealers, Ryu is unable to afford the operation. To raise money, Yeong mi, Ryu's radical anarchist girlfriend, suggests kidnapping the daughter of the executive who fired Ryu. They observe the executive with company president Park Dong jin arriving at the latter's home one day, where one of Dong jin's former employees, Peng, attempts to commit harakiri in front of them. Ryu and Yeong mi change their plan, deciding to kidnap Dong jin's young daughter Yu sun. Yu sun stays with Ryu's sister, who believes that Ryu is babysitting her. Ryu and Yeong mi send a request for ransom to Dong jin, and he obliges. Upon returning home with the ransom money, Ryu discovers that his sister learned that Yu sun was kidnapped and, not wanting to be a burden any longer, has died by suicide. Ryu takes Yu sun and his sister's body to a riverbed they frequented as children to bury her. Distracted by the burial and unable to hear, Ryu is unaware when Yu sun slips into the river, and she drowns. After Yu sun's body is discovered by the authorities, a deeply mournful Dong jin hires an investigator to find her kidnappers. Dong jin finds Ryu's sister's corpse by the riverbed, where he interacts with a disabled man who witnessed Ryu burying his sister, and begins to piece together the identities of Ryu and Yeong mi. Ryu, armed with a baseball bat, locates the organ traffickers and murders them, receiving a stab wound in the process. Meanwhile, Dong jin finds Yeong mi and tortures her with electricity, also killing a deliveryman who comes to her apartment. She apologizes for Yu sun's death but warns Dong jin that her terrorist friends will kill him if she dies. Unfazed, Dong jin electrocutes her. Ryu returns to Yeong mi's apartment and sees the police removing her corpse. Dong jin knocks Ryu unconscious with a booby trap. He takes Ryu to the riverbed where his daughter died and drags him into the water. Dong jin slashes Ryu's Achilles tendons and waits for him to drown. After Dong jin dismembers Ryu's corpse, Yeong mi's anarchist associates arrive and stab Dong jin, pin a note to his chest with a knife and leave him to die.

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance opened in South Korea on March 29, 2002, and had a worldwide box office gross of $1954937. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 56/100 based on 21 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "a waste", referring to it as "so bloody, scatologically violent and consistently shocking, [that] it seems to have no larger purpose than itself – which is pretty grim." Manohla Dargis of The New York Times wrote that "it is a drag that the film never rises to the level of its director's obvious ability", stating that "the violence [in the film] carries no meaning beyond the creator's ego." Daniel Eagan of Film Journal International called the film "glossy, morbid and childishly provocative", praising its visual style but criticizing director Park's "curdled vision". Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "[It] is a rigorously planned film. It's also a disingenuous one, somber in tone, callow at its core." The Guardians Peter Bradshaw gave the film a score of three out of five stars, calling it "deeply twisted and bizarre" but noting its "weirdly nightmarish conviction." Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe gave the film a positive review, calling it "a pristine looking movie with astounding framing and a deftly handled sociopolitical bent", and concluding that, "despite the coldblooded killing and trail of the dead, Mr. Vengeance feels warmly suffused with life." In her review of the film for The A. V. Club, Tasha Robinson wrote that Park's "style is as bold and uncompromising as his story, which seems designed to show how revenge dehumanizes more than it satisfies, even for people who wholly deserve revenge. [ ] It's a difficult balancing act, but Park crafts his layers carefully and masterfully."

In January 2010, Warner Bros. acquired the rights for an American remake of the film. Brian Tucker was attached to write the screenplay, to be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian, in a team up with CJ Entertainment.