Man-soo had it all — a loving family, the forest home of his youth, and a 25-year career at Solar Paper, where he’s suddenly given the axe. Park Chan-wook’s brilliantly incisive, darkly comic satire finds this newly unemployed man who, desperate to land a coveted job, hatches a ruthless plan to dispatch the competition. In Park Chan-wook’s world, given the right set of circumstances, anyone can be driven to murder. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it.
“With humour blacker than black bean noodles, the film is a masterful work of cinema which might well be Chan-wook’s masterpiece.” —John Bleasdale, Time Out “The rare film that feels sympathetic toward its protagonist without ever rooting for him…. Man-soo starts off a long way from likable and tumbles much lower in our estimation from there…. No one on Earth can match Park’s signature ability to make characters more endearing as they stumble toward the void.” —David Ehrlich, IndieWire “Park’s filmmaking is as elegant as ever, in a wildly enjoyable picture that balances psychological tension against giddily hilarious comic set pieces.” —Wendy Ide, Screen Daily
