What Is It?Oldboy is Spike Lee's American remake of a popular and slightly overrated South Korean thriller, a movie about a man who is imprisoned for several years for no apparent reason and - upon his release - must set out to discover why. There's a great fight scene in it, which you've probably seen, and all sorts of twists and turns. The remake stars Josh Brolin and Samuel L. Jackson instead of Korean people. Why You'll Say You'll See It... "There's a good chance that, given the fine cast and its director, this could be that rare Hollywood remake that really pays off." Why You Really Want To See It... To criticize it to death. Uh-huh: Lee's Oldboy remake will become your new shorthand reference for "Hollywood has no faith in the intelligence of its audience." Because you want this to fail, don't you? What else will you talk about at parties if you can't critique the "unoriginal" state of the movie industry? This being released, too, will also give you far more openings to recommend people watch the original, and not the "lackluster" remake. That, or you just want to see the fight scene again, but with different people getting beaten up. Yeah, that's it. That's the reason.