Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Back to browse
75% Critic Match

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Revenge was never this sweet.

7.5 / 10 2002 2h 9mR Korean
ActionDramaThriller

Storyline

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

Cast & Crew

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Dong-jin

Lead
Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun

Ryu

Bae Doona

Bae Doona

Yeong-mi

Im Ji-eun

Im Ji-eun

Sister

Han Bo-bae

Han Bo-bae

Yu-Sun

Lee Dae-yeon

Lee Dae-yeon

Detective Choi

Ki Joo-bong

Ki Joo-bong

Engineer Peng

Kim Se-dong

Kim Se-dong

CEO

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Park Chan-wook's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker