First teaser poster for Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy

FilmDistrict has unveiled the first teaser poster for Spike Lee’s remake of Chan-wook Park’s seminal revenge thriller Oldboy.

The film centres on an advertising executive who is kidnapped and held captive for 20 years before being inexplicably set free and setting out on a mission of vengeance.

Josh Brolin takes the lead, with Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley co-starring.

Oldboy is released in Irish cinemas on October 11th.

Oldboy is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of an advertising executive (Josh Brolin) who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his bizarre and torturous punishment only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment.