
Release date:November 26, 2013
(p.m. screenings)
Studio:FilmDistrict
Director:Spike Lee
MPAA Rating:R (for strong brutal violence, disturbing images, some graphic sexuality and nudity, and language)
Screenwriter:Mark Protosevich
Starring:Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, James Ransone, Samuel L. Jackson
Genre:Thriller
Official website:Oldboyfilm.com| Facebook
Plot Summary:
"Oldboy" is 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.