One of the best thriller movies ever is airing on TV tonight

A truly unforgettable film, though it is not for the faint of heart.

The film centres on Oh Dae-su (played by an absolutely electric Choi Min-sik - I Saw the Devil, Lucy), a businessman and alcoholic who is abducted in 1988.

Awakening confused and terrified in a sealed room containing a TV, he learns that he has been framed for his wife's murder.

Dae-su remains trapped in the room for 15 years and is frequently drugged unconscious whenever his captors need to make human contact with him.

Growing deranged from the complete solitude, the abducted man passes the time by theorising about the identity of his captor and training himself in martial arts.

One day in 2003, Dae-su springs from a wooden box on a rooftop patch of grass.

Releasing that he has been released, he seeks brutal revenge on his captors, as well as answers for why he was abducted in the first place.

A loose adaptation of a Japanese manga, Oldboy was the international breakthrough for the acclaimed director Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden, The Sympathizer, the now-in-cinemas No Other Choice).

Having earned an American remake 10 years later starring Josh Brolin, the original Oldboy is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on the channel Sky Sci-Fi at 2.40am.

Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:

Kill Bill: Volume 1 - ITV4 - 10pm

A female assassin wakes from a four-year coma and promptly sets out on a campaign to wipe out her erstwhile colleagues, who tried to kill her at her own wedding .

The Son - Channel 4 - 9pm

Drama, starring Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby and Anthony Hopkins.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Sky One - 7.15pm

Conclusion of the fantasy adventure trilogy, starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Luke Evans and Orlando Bloom.

Alien Nation - Legend - 11.25pm

A race of aliens fleeing slavery seeks shelter on Earth. One of their number becomes a cop, and is paired with a bigoted human partner to investigate a murder.

The Asphyx - Legend Xtra - 1.25am

Supernatural chiller following the experiments of 19th-century scientist Robert Stephens, whose dabblings in the unknown uncover the secret of immortality. 

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