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London Calling
2025 · Action · Crime
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Would you kill for a job?
After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
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Manuel São Bento
October 16, 2025
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/no-other-choice-review/ "No Other Choice proves to be a fantastic piece of art with superb tonal control and dedicated performances that solidify Park Chan-wook's return to the style that defines him. It's a painfully entertaining analysis of a man driven to madness by corporate greed and social pressure, and a courageous, violent, hysterical look at how dysfunctional…
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December 22, 2025
They say that “Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” and, arguably, that might be true – but only when the imitation works. When it doesn’t, the result is more of a pale wannabe clone, and that’s precisely the problem with this latest release from writer-director Park Chan-wook. This dark comedy essentially seeks to be this year’s equivalent to the Oscar-winning South Korean offering “Parasite” (“Gisaengchung”)…
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CinemaSerf
January 21, 2026
Sadly for “Man-su” (Lee Byung-hun) being pulp man of the year doesn’t guarantee your future in the paper industry, and when modernisation costs him his job he has to find another one. With a house, his wife, two children and two dogs to keep he can’t be out of work for long, but he quickly realises that nobody needs his skills anymore. He tries his hand at a few more menial jobs but when “Miri” (Son Ye-jin) announces…
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June 10, 2026
This is sharp, merciless filmmaking that finds the comedy in desperation and absurdity in survival. The South Koreans understand something essential about dark comedy: the most horrifying truths become bearable only when delivered with a wink and a knife. No Other Choice takes aim at the particular hell of middle management in late stage capitalism, and the result is as savage as it is hilarious. Middle managers occu…
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