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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Critics Consensus

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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Audience Says

Deliciously dark and sharply comedic, this finely acted Park Chan-wook mystery leaves you No Other Choice but to love it.

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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

1d

I thought it was genuinely remarkable.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

5d

3/5

...the mise-en-scene is meticulous, the violence intermittently darkly comic, but the effect is tonally various and curiously blunted.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

5d

4/5

It’s tense, absurd, desperate and daft, all at once: seldom have so many contradictory tones been so gainfully employed.

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Mel Campbell

ABC Radio (Australia)

1d

Paper-making acts as a lovely metaphor for people who are out of step with society’s cruelty: paper is disposable, and so too are these men … Beautiful shots almost feel like collages – [evoking] paper using all the other elements that cinema can marshal.

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Eileen Jones

The Jacobin

1d

It’s a great film that works in such unexpected ways, you can’t really anticipate what you’re going to see from a typical summary. It’s one of those rare films that discombobulates you and silences your glib responses.

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Aglaia Berlutti

El nacional

2d

A+

Park Chan-wook turns workplace anxiety into a dark fable about frustration and violence in ‘No Other Choice’.[Full Review in Spanish]

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Rob

8h

Great if you love Korean films!

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Nicole

8h

The main actor has outdone himself, so captivating and dramatic- and the movie was light but kept me on the edge of my seat! Loved this!

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Adh

1d

Highly recommend, if you enjoy international films, especially Korean films. Every part of the film was superb, I was engaged throughout.

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Harley G

2d

A very relevant tale of our current struggles in the workforce and how desperate we are to make a living. Loved it.

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geoffrey w

3d

Graded on a curve because I love this director. Is it his best work? Not in my opinion. But is it better than nearly every other movie I saw in 2025? Yup.

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Evan M

3d

Very relatable, funny and dark, well-acted. I liked the ending.

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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 (Some Sexual Content|Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2026, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.3M
Runtime: 2h 19m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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