Park Chan-wook's SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE Being Remade

Park Chan-wook's Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance is getting it's English language feature film remake. Three years ago Warner Bros. was looking to remake the film, which is part of Park’s South Korean film trilogy which also includes Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Oldboy. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian were attached to produce the remake when the project was initially set up, and they are still attached. They've hired Broken City scribe Brian Tucker to write the script.

The movie tells a dark and twisted story of revenge that follows Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu ends up being laid off from his job, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap his bosses daughter. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

I love Chan-wook's work, and this is another great film of his. If you haven't seen it yet, you should definitely take the time to check it out. It's already out there. There's no point in waiting around for the remake, unless you don't like to read subtitles. 

It's no secret that Hollywood likes to remake movies. All we can ask for is that they do a decent job doing it because they will keep remaking movies whether we like it or not.