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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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

Chan-wook’s dexterity and craft is in great display while marrying the sound and visuals to the off-kilter plot and seamlessly handling the tonal shifts and transitions.

Nov 13, 2025

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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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Sarah Gorr

The Spool

Handily, one of the best films of the year.

Nov 26, 2025

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Ayaan Paul Chowdhury

The Hindu

It’s hard to think of a more relevant satire in a year when job security is vapour and algorithms promise to make human labour optional, and PCW proves how terrifyingly plausible the absurdity is. It’s a small masterpiece of misanthropic sympathy.

Nov 24, 2025

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Dustin Chang

Floating World

The film touches upon a lot of modern society's illness with satirical humor. And usual, Park Chanwook is a first and foremost visual stylist. There's more visual ideas in No Other Choice than most Hollywood releases in a year combined.

Nov 24, 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
Rating: R (Violence|Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 19m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)