‘Oldboy’ Stills: Josh Brolin Sports an Impressive Beard, Bursts From a Steamer Trunk

By  · Published on August 14th, 2013

‘Oldboy’ Stills: Josh Brolin Sports an Impressive Beard, Bursts From a Steamer Trunk

Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy, Chan-wook Park’s 2003 story of a man imprisoned in a hotel room for 20 years for no rhyme or reason and then suddenly released for just the same, is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated films of the year. While the red-band trailer gave us all of the gore and revenge fantasy imagery our greasy little hearts could desire, these new stills released from the film, courtesy of Huffington Post, are offering us something a bit more subtle to work with, albeit still powerful.

The first shot of Joe Doucett (Josh Brolin) emerging from his classy steamer trunk to fresh air and freedom for the first time in 20 years is incredibly powerful. He looks tiny, like a doll inside of a suitcase forgotten in that field. This image of Brolin bursting from the casket used on the poster, but it’s his more revenge-happy, confident persona leaping out, rather than crawling that they decided to depict. Two other images show Brolin’s character while he’s still being held captive in Hotel Hell, sporting some Castaway-level facial hair. The fourth still introuduces our heroine Elizabeth Olsen, who plays the young therapist who attempts to help Doucett cope with his situation post-captivity. She deserves that cigarette mightily. Check them out after the break.

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Oldboy also stars Sharlto Copley, Michael Imperioli, and Samuel L. Jackson, and is in theaters November 27th.

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