History Film / SympathyForMrVengeance

* SlidingScaleOfUnavoidableVersusUnforgivable

* {{Tragedy}}

* TwoLinesNoWaiting

* RousseauWasRight

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Ryu begins his descent to HeWhoFightsMonsters by killing the organ dealers.

* {{Irony}}

* YankTheDogsChain: So many instances.

* ForWantOfANail: As explained by Yeong-mi, everything is the fault of Ryu's bosses: since they fired Ryu, he went to the mob to get an organ match for his sister without the waiting list; since they rob Ryu, this leads to the kidnapping plot and everything that goes wrong from then on. In other words, ''it could have all been avoided if Ryu wasn't laid off.''
* FromBadToWorse

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Ryu's neightbors masturbate to his sister's moans through the walls. It turns out that [[spoiler:they're moans of pain from her illness]].

* AnAesop: Revenger is ugly and only just leads to more violence. All the while it can turn you into someone horrible. It doesn't solve anything and only makes things worse.

* DownerEnding: Heck, ''downer'' movie.

* AnAesop: Revenger is ugly and only just leads to more violence. All the while it can turn you into someone horrible.

* GenreDeconstruction: This movie is very much a deconstruction of the revenge genre film. The characters seeking revenge on those who have wrong them isn't treated as some glamorous form of justice but instead something that turns them into horrible people. As mentioned above, the theme is clearly about how seeking revenge does not solve anything and all it accomplishes is a endless cycle of violence that can very much destroy your humanity and life.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The autopsy.

* AnAesop: Revenger is ugly and just leads to my violence and despair. It can turn you into a horrible person too.

* GenreDeconstruction: This movie is very much a deconstruction of the revenge genre film. The characters seeking revenge on those who have wrong them isn't treated as some glamorous form of justice but instead something that turns them into horrible people. As mentioned above, the theme is clearly about how seeking revenge does not solve anything and all it accomplishes is a endless cycle of violence that can very much destroy your humanity.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:By the end of the film, every major character is dead.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Ryu's hair is dyed green.

* LooksLikeSheIsEnjoyingIt: Ryu's neighbours masturbating to what they assume to be sex but is in fact his sister suffering from her failing kidneys.

* NotSoDifferent

* InfantImmortality: Averted. [[spoiler:Yu-sun didn't survive her drowning.]]

* CycleOfRevenge: The central theme of the film.

''Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance'' (2002, Korean: 복수는 나의 것; ''Vengeance Is Mine'') is a dark thriller directed by Creator/ParkChanWook. It stars (Shin Ha-kyun) and (Creator/SongKangHo) as two strangers who become locked in a bitter and deadly feud. The film became the first installment of Park's ThematicSeries on revenge, followed by ''Film/{{Oldboy 2003}}'' and ''Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance''.

''Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance'' (2002, Korean: 복수는 나의 것; ''Vengeance Is Mine'') is the first installment of Creator/ParkChanWook's ''[[Film/{{Oldboy 2003}} Vengeance]] [[Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance Trilogy]]'' and easily the most depressing and most violent of the three films. The plot is a standard {{tragedy}} that makes good use of {{irony}} as the film follows the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two protagonists]], Ryu (Creator/ShinHaKyun) and Park Dong-jin (Creator/SongKangHo).

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Ryu's kidnapping scheme.

* KafkaComedy: '''Nothing''' goes right [[CrapsackWorld for anyone.]] For example, Ryu is laid off and has to resort to trading with criminals to buy a matching kidney, as he won't be able to pay his sister's medical bills much longer. [[spoiler:After the criminals remove his kidney and flee with his savings, ''Ryu's doctor then informs him they have miraculously found a matching donor for his sister, and his savings will cover the operation''.]]

* AProtagonistIsRyu: Ryu himself is one of the main characters.

''Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance'' (2002, Korean: 복수는 나의 것; ''Vengeance Is Mine'') is the first installment of Creator/ParkChanWook's ''[[Film/{{Oldboy 2003}} Vengeance]] [[Film/SympathyForLadyVengeance Trilogy]]'' and easily the most depressing and most violent of the three films. The plot is a standard {{tragedy}} that makes good use of {{irony}} as the film follows the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting two protagonists]], Ryu and Park Dong-jin.

Ryu, a deaf-mute aspiring artist, has to leave art school to take care of his ill sister, who badly needs a kidney transplant. Unfortunately he is laid off from his factory job, but he refuses to tell his sister. Out of desperation, he makes a deal with black market organ traffickers to find a kidney for his sister in exchange for one of his own kidneys and 10,000,000 Korean won. The organ dealers swindle him out of his money, leaving him unable to pay for his sister's operation ([[{{Irony}} which cost exactly 10,000,000 Korean won]]) once her surgeon finally gets a kidney. Ryu and his girlfriend Cha Yeong-mi resort to a kidnapping scheme in order to get the money to save his sister. This benevolent crime begins a cycle of disaster and revenge that threatens to destroy everyone involved.

* KafkaComedy: '''Nothing''' goes right [[CrapsackWorld for anyone.]] For example, Ryu is laid off and has to resort to trading with criminals to buy a matching kidney, as he won't be able to pay his sister's medical bills much longer. [[spoiler:After the criminals they remove his kidney and flee along with his savings, ''Ryu's doctor then informs him they have miraculously found a matching donor for his sister, and his savings will cover the operation.'']]