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Rating: 7.5 stars

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IMAX amc westminster promenade 24 AMC Korean Family dark comedy amc a-list father mother cellist job interview

All movies seen on 12/08/2025

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No Other Choice (2025)

Directed by Park Chan-wook

Crime | Drama | Comedy

Overview

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

Length 139 minutes

Actors

Lee Byung-hun | Son Ye-jin | Park Hee-soon | Sung-min Lee | Yum Hye-ran | Cha Seung-won | Kim Woo-seung | Choi So-yul | Kim Hyeong-mook | Woo Jung-won | Yoo Yeon-seok | Yoon Ga-i | Oh Dal-su | Lee Suk-hyeong | Oh Gwang-rok | Lee Yong-nyeo | Kim Hae-sook | Im Tae-poong | Nam Jin-bok | Ahn Hyun-ho | Kim Jung-pal | Yoo In-hye | Kim Sung-kang | Nam Dae-hyeob | Joo In-young | Jeong Soo-kyo | Ryu Ji-an | Jason Lane Cutler | Bae Ki-bum | Jo Eun-joo | Han-sol Lee | Son Sang-gyu | Yoo Yeon | Byun Jin-soo | Kim Chae-yoon | Bae Hyun-Kyung | Hiram Piskitel | Henny Savenije | Derek Chouinard | Lee Jin-kyul | Kwon Hyuk | Hwang Gyu-chan

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Early Access screening in the IMAX theater, which I initially wondered about bc it’s not an IMAX film. Then I realized it’s the largest theater capacity at Promenade and made sense for a one night only screening. And the theater was packed, which was surprising to see. But also nice to see a large crowd come out for a subtitled Korean film.

The movie is fun, slight, yet entertaining for the story and cast. A good one to watch with a big audience. Was happy when Oh Dal-soo shows up, a favorite character actor. Very much a Park Chan-wook dark comedy!

Great to see Son Ye-jin again. Hard to believe it’s been 11 years since The Pirates was released (she’s so good in that movie).

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