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Oldboy (2013)

★ 5.9 · 2,111 ratings on TMDB

Ask not why you were imprisoned. Ask why you were set free.

Oldboy poster★ 5.9

A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

DirectorSpike Lee
CastElizabeth Olsen, Elvis Nolasco, James Ransone, Josh Brolin, Linda Emond, Max Casella
GenresAction, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Oldboy keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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