No Other Choice

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When a man is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years, he grows increasingly desperate in his hunt.

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Directed with pristine precision by Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice is a wickedly clever takedown of the corporate rat race that finds a perfect avatar in Lee Byung-Hun's skillfully hapless performance.

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Zachary Barnes

Wall Street Journal

The film is a zany, all-out crowd-pleaser from Mr. Park, who exhibits a rare genius with the camera throughout, devising breathtaking shots, zooms and transitions, his cockeyed visual wizardry perfectly matched to the outlandishness of the plot.

Oct 16, 2025

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

A caustic portrait of the rat race as legitimately killer, and another feather in the cap of one of world cinema’s true maestros.

Oct 10, 2025

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Coleman Spilde

Salon.com

Park’s graphic elegance may be at odds with the awkward, idle indignities depicted onscreen, but the discrepancy between the two generates an edge-of-your-seat tension. What will happen next, and how will it look?

Oct 7, 2025

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Jack Martin

Film Feeder

Chan-wook is at his most outwardly comedic with No Other Choice, a film that takes sharp satirical aim at the ruthlessness of modern-day capitalism and the lengths one goes to get a mere taste of success.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 6, 2025

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Dionar Hidalgo

Algo Más Que Cine

Park Chan-wook turns a tale of unemployment into a darkly comic masterpiece — a brutal, elegant study of masculinity, despair, and the absurdity of capitalism. A visually stunning and deeply human satire of our algorithmic age.

Rated: 10/10

Nov 2, 2025

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Matthew Turner

Nerdly

Packed full of cinematic pleasures, from inspired soundtrack moments to pratfalls to dance sequences to laugh-out-loud one-liners.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 31, 2025

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Synopsis

When a man is abruptly laid off by the paper company where he has worked tirelessly for many years, he grows increasingly desperate in his hunt.

Director: Park Chan-wook
Producer: Park Chan-wook, Jisun Back, Michèle Ray-Gavras, Alexandre Gavras
Screenwriter: Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Jahye Lee
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Moho Film, KG Productions
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 19m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)