Film
No Other Choice (15)
Dir. Park Chan-wook, South Korea, 2025, 139 mins. In Korean with English subtitles. Cast. Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon.
🏆 Nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.
Park Chan-wook returns with this satirical black comedy/thriller about a husband and father who takes violent action after being laid off.
Man-soo had it all: a loving wife, two talented children, and two happy dogs. But after 25 years of loyal service for a paper manufacturing company, he is suddenly made redundant. As his redundancy pay dwindles rapidly, he begins to take merciless measures to scoop a coveted position in a new company, leading to wild, and ever more absurd, acts of violence designed to dispatch the competition.
A chilling satire on workplace politics and ruthless status-seeking, No Other Choice is a continuously and deliciously surprising film that more than deserves its comparisons to Parasite. Winner of the Peoples' Choice Award at TIFF.
Flashing / flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
🏆 Nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.
Park Chan-wook returns with this satirical black comedy/thriller about a husband and father who takes violent action after being laid off.
Man-soo had it all: a loving wife, two talented children, and two happy dogs. But after 25 years of loyal service for a paper manufacturing company, he is suddenly made redundant. As his redundancy pay dwindles rapidly, he begins to take merciless measures to scoop a coveted position in a new company, leading to wild, and ever more absurd, acts of violence designed to dispatch the competition.
A chilling satire on workplace politics and ruthless status-seeking, No Other Choice is a continuously and deliciously surprising film that more than deserves its comparisons to Parasite. Winner of the Peoples' Choice Award at TIFF.
Flashing / flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
