Author Jeff Peterson

The first in an ongoing column designed to help readers broaden their understanding of a wide variety of movies, and to become a well-rounded cinephile.

In this 2013 American “reinterpretation” of Park Chan-wook’s Oldboy – which was itself loosely based on a ‘90s manga by Tsuchiya Garon – a misogynistic, binge-drinking ad exec (Josh Brolin) is...