Oldboy (2013 film)

Oldboy
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySpike Lee
Screenplay byMark Protosevich
Based on
Oldboy[a]
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySean Bobbitt
Edited byBarry Alexander Brown
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
Distributed byFilmDistrict
Release date
  • November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27)
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[2]
Box office$5.2 million

Oldboy is a 2013 American neo-noir action thriller film directed by Spike Lee, written by Mark Protosevich, and starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, and Sharlto Copley. It is a remake of the 2003 South Korean film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the Japanese manga of the same name. It follows a man (Brolin) who searches for his captors after being mysteriously imprisoned for twenty years.

Oldboy was released theatrically in the United States on November 27, 2013, by FilmDistrict. It received negative reviews, with many critics deeming it inferior to the original, and was a box office bomb.


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  1. ^ "Old Boy (18)". British Board of Film Classification. November 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "2013 Feature Film Study" (PDF). FilmL.A. Feature Film Study. May 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2022.