No Other Choice

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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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Taylor Williams

Slant Magazine

Across the film, “no other choice” becomes a kind of disingenuous mantra, demonstrating how platitudes and apathy reinforce a violent status quo.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 20, 2025

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Son Ye-jin brings emotional ballast as Man-soo’s conflicted wife, grounding the satire in humanity and reminding us of the real lives caught in capitalism’s crushing gears.

Sep 12, 2025

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Meagan Navarro

Bloody Disgusting

Park Chan-wook’s deceptively simple dark comedy proves anything but and makes for one of the more visually engaging films of the year.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 10, 2025

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Kyle Pinion

The Beat

A nuclear bomb of a film seething with anger.

Sep 29, 2025

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James Marsh

ScreenAnarchy

No Other Choice parades a ravishing visual aesthetic, through brightly coloured production design, vivid cinematography & intricately layered editing, all of which serve to underscore the escalating absurdity of this increasingly frantic comedy of errors.

Sep 29, 2025

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Edgar Ortega

The Cinema Spot

Is it worth selling out your values and the livelihoods of others for your personal needs? For some, it absolutely is... Park Chan-wook successfully discusses these issues in a funny and thrilling fashion.

Rated: 4.5/5

Sep 29, 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