We’ve got a couple of photos to share with you offering a first look at Park Chan-wook’s next film No Other Choice.
The film is a dark comedy thriller based on the 1997 novel The Ax, written by Donald E. Westlake. The story centers on Burke Devore, a middle-aged manager at a paper company when the cost-cutting ax falls, and he is laid off.
“Eighteen months later and still unemployed, he puts a new spin on his job search — with agonizing care, Devore finds the seven men in the surrounding area who could take the job that rightfully should be his, and systematically kills them.
“Transforming himself from mild-mannered middle manager to ruthless murderer, he discovers skills ne never knew ne had — and that come to him far too easily.”
Film film was adapted by Chan-wook, Lee Kyung-mi (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, The Truth Beneath), Don McKellar (The Sympathizer), and Lee Ja-hye (Decision to Leave, The Handmaiden).
Park talked about the film during an interview with Korean media outlets: “I think it’s been about 17 years since I started writing the script for this movie. I’m so touched that I’ve finally finished filming the work that I’ve wanted to make for a long time. I’ll work hard on the post-production to make a movie that everyone who participated in can feel a sense of accomplishment.”
The cast includes Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won, and Yoo Yeon-seok.
