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Tuesday, 30 December 2025

No Other Choice (2025)

AKA: 어쩔수가없다 (Eojjeolsugaeopda)

After 25 years at the job of a paper mill company, a well-to-do family man is left unemployed and in dire straits. Driven to desperate measures, he realizes he needs to eliminate the competition in order to get back in good standing.
Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) is so damn good in the film and Park Chan-wook has great fun with the material, loaded with lots of stylistic choices and clever farcical humor. It's a dark satirical thriller that reminded me of Parasite in more ways than one, especially the idea of common folk taking on the class system. 

4 potted plants out of 5

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