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"There's no coming out of a Park Chan Wook film with your hands clean. It's why the infamous twist at the end of his revenge thriller Oldboy felt so shocking in the implication of shared guilt, when all we did was witness and, perhaps, find some empathy in another's torment. His new black comedy, No Other Choice, feels particularly tacky (in the adhesive sense), as if it might require a lint roller to finally scrape off its effect on us."
"Perhaps it's because it concerns itself with a near-universal sin: participation in the gladiatorial arena that is the job market. As if to underline the point, Park's film adapts a 1997 American novel, The Ax by Donald Westlake, already adapted in 2005 by Greek-French director Costa-Gavras (to whom the film is dedicated). It's set in the director's native country, South Korea."
The Independent covers reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, deploying reporters to developing stories and producing documentaries such as 'The A Word'. The outlet investigates topics from Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC finances to grassroots movements, and keeps reporting accessible by avoiding paywalls and asking for donations to fund field reporting. Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice evokes lingering moral stain, recalling Oldboy's shared-guilt twist, while presenting a black comedy critique of ruthless job-market competition. The film adapts Donald Westlake's The Ax, relocates the narrative to South Korea, and opens on protagonist Yoo Man Su enjoying a domestic BBQ with his family.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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