Korean film critic turned director’s new film is billed ‘masterpiece’ | Films | Entertainment

The film’s synopsis reads: “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.”

Based on 71 reviews so far, No Other Choice has already garnered a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The critics’ consensus states: “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.”

Zachary Barnes of the Wall Street Journal said: “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.”