Hope Review: Riotous South Korean Creature Feature Stars Michael Fassbender Like You've Never Seen Him Before
- South Korean director Na Hong-jin's sci-fi thriller 'Hope' premiered Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, receiving a 6-minute standing ovation for its depiction of an alien invasion in the rural village of Hope Harbor.
- Marking the director's first feature since the 2016 horror hit 'The Wailing,' this ambitious blockbuster features an international cast and the largest production budget in Korean film history.
- Starring Hwang Jung-min and Hoyeon Jung, the film follows local police confronting a 'freaking monster' that levels the village, with intense action set pieces drawing exuberant applause during the premiere.
- Meanwhile, Jeanne Herry's 'Garance' also captivated festival audiences with a 12-minute standing ovation, the longest of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, as cast members including Adèle Exarchopoulos exchanged hugs.
- Distributor Neon acquired North American and English-language rights for 'Hope,' planning a release following the film's summer debut in South Korea as it enters the international market.
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At the Cannes Film Festival, the film "Hope" (Hopeu) of South Korea's film director Na Hong Jin was shown as one of the most radical films of the festival, and not all viewers were able to see it to the end. It is an incredibly dynamic film based on the pursuit of aliens by the police, in which it is not easy to understand what is happening and who is shooting at whom.
Hope review: Riotous South Korean creature feature stars Michael Fassbender like you've never seen him before
Hope, the madcap new movie from South Korean director Na Hong-jin, is probably not the first sort of film you’d imagine when thinking of the prestige of the Cannes Film Festival. Premiering – however improbably – as part of the Competition line-up at this year’s edition, this creature feature is a flawed but utterly breathless piece of action cinema that’s just bonkers enough to make up for its various shortcomings. Na's previous film was the cr…
Neon's 'Hope' teaser introduces a terrifying, alien-filled post
Hope looks like one to put on the calendar.The Wailing director Na Hong-jin's new movie sees police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min) and officer Sung-ae (Jung Ho-yeon) investigating a trail of destruction in a South Korean village — which quickly escalates into something even bigger and more terrifying.Zo In-sung, Taylor Russell, Cameron Britton, Alicia Vikander, and Michael Fassbender also star.Hope is in theaters this fall.Want more of the late…
Sunday evening, the Cannes Film Festival experienced a real midnight session in Competition, with the fourth explosive film of Korean Na Hong-jin. ...
Review | Hope: director Na Hong-jin of The Wailing fame returns with a monster mess
2/5 stars If South Korean director Na Hong-jin had wanted to give his latest movie an even snappier title, it might be Run. Through long stretches of this two-and-a-half-hour action extravaganza, humans and aliens race down small-town streets, through forests and along highways, as if daring the viewer to – sorry – hope when and where this is all going to end. Except that it does not. By introducing a slew of new threads in the final reel, Na se…
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