Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Whatever else you may say about it, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is a very stylish film. Its palette - both visually and thematically - is highly distinctive; its 'feel' equally so. As a matter of fact, I thought that it was really good, oddly fable-like ('a fairytale with fangs', as a grab on the dvd box puts it), and it makes an impression that lingers. I certainly found watching it to be a more enjoyable experience than was the case with Oldboy, and equally charged in the way that the other was.