FilmDistrict has released a green-band trailer and new images for Spike Lee's Oldboy. For those unfamiliar with the story, it centers on a man (Josh Brolin) who is kidnapped for mysterious reasons, and is released twenty years later with no explanation. Once free, he goes on a mission to find his captor and take revenge. The new trailer is mostly the same as the red-band trailer but with a few bits of new footage. I keep forgetting this movie is coming out, and then I get interested again once I remember. There are definitely going to be some new twists and turns, but I'm still curious how far it will veer away from Park Chan-wook's excellent 2003 adaptation of the graphic novel.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer, images, and comments from Brolin on why he prefers the director's cut. The film also stars Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Lance Reddick, Michael Imperioli, and James Ransone. Oldboy opens on November 27th.

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Speaking to The L.A. Times, Brolin was surprisingly candid with his thoughts on the upcoming film:

…the movie possesses a dark baroque quality that will likely alienate some critics and even seems to have elicited a mixed reaction in Brolin. ‘I do have opinions, but it’s better to bite my tongue,’ he said when asked what he thought of the finished film. (The actor says he was more enamored with Lee’s earlier three-hour director’s cut that was both quieter and filled with more character-centric moments.)

It's always surprising when someone associated with a movie doesn't give it their full-throated support before the release date. It's possible Brolin could do some back-peddling in the next few days, but it's out there, and it's believable. Oldboy is very easy to cut into a standard action film, and while Lee's style will be unmistakable, the nuance and drama of the story may have been stripped away. To be clear, this doesn't necessarily mean the new version of Oldboy will be bad. It just means its star prefers a different cut (according to The Playlist, the theatrical cut is 104 minutes). Audiences may be fine with what they see in theaters (and hopefully the director's cut will find its way to Blu-ray/DVD).

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