Sympathy for Lady Vengence (Korean Movie)

This Korean movie is by Director Park Chan Wook and concludes his Vengeance trilogy. It stars Lee Young Ae as Geum Ja, a fun-loving student who became pregnant and left home to seek shelter with her teacher Mr. Baek acted by Choi Min Sik of Old Boy fame.

Unknown to her, Mr Baek is a serial kidnapper and murderer of young children, for ransom and for thrill. Geum Ja was caught by the police and took the blame after a young boy was kidnapped and killed, and she was found guilty of the crime . As a result she spent 13 years in prison. She survived those years by being nice to all the inmates, even to the biggest bully in her cell block. She made friends with all and as a result, made many friends there wiling to help her at a later stage.

Released from prison, she was no longer the same naive girl of her younger days nor was she the sweet helpful girl her prison mates knew. Geum Ja became cold and calculating, plotting her revenge on Mr Baek who'd left her in prison.
Calling in the debts owed her, she managed to obtain plans for a gun, got it made, tracked down Mr Baek.
Geum Ja was reunited with her daughter who was adopted while she was in prison.
The end justified the means, and justice from Geum Ja's view was served. The parents of all the children that Mr Baek had kidnapped and murdered were able to be part of that justice.

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Cast:
Lee Young Ae as Geum Ja
Choi Min Sik as Mr Baek

Rating: 4/5
This is a side of Lee Young Ae that is totally new. No more the sweet innocence but the cold, calculating and vengeful demon woman. This, alone, makes Sympathy for Lady Vengeance a definite must-see. Young Ae showed why she is so highly regarded in the Korean entertainment scene. When Korean movies are good, Korean movies are very good.
They don't believe in half measures.