Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2006) is a Korean film with beautiful cinematography, stark colors and contrasts, and a solid narrative which is told via great dialogue and superb editing. "Be white, like this"-- a great finish to a story of justice and atonement. As soon as the intro-credits roll with the swirling and indents of finger pads, red liquid akin to red blood rolling down, you're hooked-- and it's not corny or cliche' at all. The unique dark humor reflected in the drama surrounding a prison inmate nicknamed "The Witch" as she throws her weight around, and the revenge enacted on her by her roomies is a great backdrop for the real conundrum ahead: Do you leave scum-sucking dirt bags to the state? Do you pronounce and enforce sentence yourself? "Big sins, big atonement. Small sins, small atonement." It can be gruesomely painful to watch at times, but on the whole, you appreciate the sensual ride and the conclusions our heroine comes to make in the end. As part of a revenge trilogy by Park Chan-wook, I look forward to the other two: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy.
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Loved Park and all his films including this one. We find Oldboy's the best in this trilogy of vengeance.
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