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After the garish, exhaust-spewing spectacle of most “political” thrillers, Steven Spielberg’s Munich arrives like a shock to the moral system—a slow-burning fever of a film, where triumph is measured not by body counts but by the corrosion of souls. Released in the long winter shadow of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, Munich isn’t content with the easy uplift of righteous action. No, Spielberg has something far more unsettling in mind: he gives us the nightmare of retaliation—personal, national, and ultimately, existential—and then refuses to wake us up.

Expectations were naturally high coming into "Lady Vengeance" (2005), Park Chan-wook's concluding opus of his acclaimed Vengeance Trilogy. With "Oldboy" having left a significant mark on the cinematic landscape, it was a challenge to present a film of matching prowess. Yet, "Lady Vengeance" stands strong on its own merits.