Keyword: rage and hate
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Oldboy
Park Chan-wook isn’t a director who plays it safe, and Oldboy — released in 2003 — is proof of what happens when that restlessness meets a strong cast. The film’s own tagline — “15 years of imprisonment, five days of vengeance.” — tells you almost everything about the tone it’s going for. At its core,…
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
If you’ve never given Kill Bill: Vol. 2 a fair shot, 2004 is as good a year as any to fix that — Quentin Tarantino’s film has aged into something like a cult favorite. The film’s own tagline — “The bride is back for the final cut.” — tells you almost everything about the tone…
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Fight Club
Every so often a film shows up that seems built for exactly one mood, and “Fight Club”, released in 1999, is one of those titles. That reputation, as it turns out, is well earned. “Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.” That is the tagline, and it does a surprisingly honest job of setting the tone before a single…
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Se7en
Word of mouth is a strange thing, and “Se7en” from 1995 is exactly the kind of film that earns it one recommendation at a time. It does not take long to understand why people keep bringing it up. Everything the film wants you to feel is right there in its tagline: “Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Envy.…