No Other Choice
aka Eojjeolsuga eobsda
First screened in December 2025

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Director: Park Chan-wook. Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Song Ye-jin, Woo Seung Kim, So Yul Choi, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won, Park Hee-soon, Yoo Yeon-seok, Oh Dal-su, Lee Seok-hyeong, Kim Hyung-mook. Screenplay: Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Jahye, and Don McKellar (based on the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake).

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Photo © 2025 NEON/CJ Entertainment/Moho Film

In Brief: Always loud but fitfully potent about themes. Splintered style veers between excitement and sloppiness. A journey!

VOR: ④  As usual, I am talking myself out of a prevailing distaste while watching and trying to focus on singularity and daring. Sometimes I succeed.

Grade: B–

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Golden Globe Nominations:
	Best Picture (Musical/Comedy)
	Best Actor (Musical/Comedy): Lee Byung-hun
	Best Non-English-Language Film
Other Awards:
	Toronto International Film Festival: International People's Choice Award

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