If you loved The Paperboy, try Oldboy

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Mystery / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Paperboy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Oldboy is

Downtown. Rain. A dropped hammer. Joe Doucett, wrecked, adrift in a booze haze, yanked from his life, locked away. Two decades vanish. One moment he's drowning in vice; the next, he's dumped back into daylight with a single clue. Lee's remake hits harder than most.

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