No Other Choice

No other choice understand the masculine nature of capitalism and how it funds the need for men to provide for the flock.

Lee byung-hun is incredible and so are most of the supporting players.
Park chan-wook while sometimes to over stylized with his camera and editing is still able to show how digital cinematography could be vibrant in a sea of sludge.
Not as sharp as on the first watch, I think its more so because movies about capitalism never really give a solution, they just point out problems and in many ways thats a good thing but once the anti capitalism genre hits its course, maybe we should be looking for answer and show them?

(Watch my feature film https://boxd.it/cQ1mBp )

No Other Choice2025

00

Read review

really masterful and a unique entry in the "kill capitalism" genre.
lee byung hun is excellent, him allong with park's direction creates a film that pokes an eye at how jobs and to a larger extend, money controls us as a society and not only what we lose but how we treat eachother.

all of these people, no matter how much time we spent with them are victims in one way or another despite their conflicting morality.
park like his last feature, uses various fade ins and outs, split screens and other technique's to show the emotions of each character. the score is great as well and it helps build stakes in every scene.
its refreshing to see yoo man-soo win but at cost of his morals and humanity. he wins but he is still just another cog in a machine eager to replace anything it can to get bigger and bigger.

also watch my films
https://boxd.it/bAMBX3
https://boxd.it/aJLHWr
https://boxd.it/bG4NOX

No Other Choice2025

00

Read review