If you took a shot for every corporate euphemism in No Other Choice, you’d be circling back, going in a different direction, finding your services no longer required, rightsized, downsized, and as plastered as one of the characters.
The very title itself evades responsibility, a phrase used by big companies to hide behind intentional, cold decision-making. In this superb dark comedy-thriller, legendary South Korean director Park Chan-wook delivers a biting social commentary on the brutal job market and its associated hyper-competitiveness that sees candidates out for blood, literally.
‘No Other Choice’ trailer: Park Chan-wook’s latest is a black comedy about capitalism and murder
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