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Published: Feb. 22, 2016, 9:39 a.m.

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Oldboy (2003)

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d. Chan-wook Park

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Starring:
Min-sik Choi
Ji-tae Yu
Hye-jeong Kang

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This week on Total Movie Recall,\\xa0Steve and Ryan\\xa0take on the roles of \\xa0Oedipus and\\xa0Sophocles as they regress deep into their subconscious to cope with the brutal realities of Seoul\'s gritty underbelly. Steve comes to terms with his unquenchable thirst for revenge, Ryan double checks his list of those he has wrongs, and they both conclude\\xa0that eating a live octopus might be a one way ticket to Elder God hell.

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Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk bailed from the police station yet again by a friend. However, he\'s abducted from the street and wakes up in a cell, where he remains for the next 15 years, drugged unconscious when human contact is unavoidable, otherwise with only the television as company. And then, suddenly released, he is invited to track down his jailor with a denouement that is simply stunning.

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Things discussed\\xa0in the show:

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Seoul, South Korea

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Brooklyn - Saoirse Ronan, Nick Hornby

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The Big Short - Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling

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The Revenant, Room

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30 Rock - Dean Winters

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The Raid 2

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American Crime Story: O.J. Simpson - John Travolta, Cuba Gooding Jr. (Snow Dogs, Boat Trip), David Schwimmer

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Ryan Murphy - Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, Glee

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The Crow

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Battle Royale

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The Happiness of the Katakuris, The Host

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The hallway fight scene

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Un Chien Andalou - Luis Bu\\xf1uel, Salvador Dali

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Blue Velvet - David Lynch

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The octopus scene\\xa0- Octopus and their alien DNA

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H.P. Lovecraft

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The Count of Monte Christo

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Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

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Lars Von Trier - The Element of Crime, Dancer in the Dark

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Oedipus, Sophocles

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Oldboy (2013) - Josh Brolin, Spike Lee

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Oldboy soundtrack

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Look Who\'s Talking

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Stoker

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The Rocketeer, Beauty and the Beast, The Black Cauldron

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Next week: The Sword in the Stone

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