No Other Choice and the Generational Impacts of Capitalism
This review contains spoilers. Park Chan-wook’s newest feature film No Other Choice is a South Korean capitalist critique through a provocative lens. It follows You Man-soo (Lee Byung-hun), a “paperman” of 25 years who has been fired as a manager from his company after restructuring by the new American owners. This prompts him to plan the murders of the three other men eligible for a job opening at the successful company Moon Paper, taking them out so that he can pass the interview without a...
