Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
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.
At a glance
Countries
South Korea
Ratings
Audience (TMDB & IMDb)
7.5/10
1,691 votes on TMDB
Critics
53%Rotten Tomatoes
59Metacritic
Rating consensus
65/100 blend
Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~65/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Song Kang-ho
Dong-jin
Shin Ha-kyun
Ryu
Bae Doona
Yeong-mi
Im Ji-eun
Sister
Han Bo-bae
Yu-Sun
Lee Dae-yeon
Detective Choi
Ki Joo-bong
Engineer Peng
Kim Se-dong
CEO
Lee Yoon-Mi
Boss
Ryoo Seung-bum
Person with Cerebral Palsy
Ji Dae-han
Detective Ji
Heo Jong-su
Detective Heo
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Park Chan-wook
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