In his wickedly incisive new thriller, Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave, Oldboy) delivers a brutal allegory of modern work culture, starring Lee Byung Hun as a devoted family man driven to violence after losing his job. When esteemed paper specialist Yoo Man-soo is suddenly laid off, the carefully constructed life he has long prided himself on begins to unravel. So when a coveted new opportunity arises, he devises a flawless plan to eliminate his rivals—by any means necessary. With dazzling precision and a gleefully sinister edge, Park Chan-wook delivers an entertaining thriller steeped in his trademark dark humor, razor-sharp twists, and sumptuous visual style, reaffirming his singular place in contemporary cinema.
This preview screening of No Other Choice will be preceded by the short film-
The Missing Man (Directed by Morgan Peter Sinclair, UK, 6 min)
Could finding the absurd courage in choosing to live be as simple as waking up to weather good enough for a round of golf? The Missing Man goes on a journey to find out. What he finds, or loses, is the ability to answer the above, or anything else he has ever wondered, including whether there even is weather where he’s headed.
