Is Na Hong-jin’s Hope the Craziest Action Movie of the Year?
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‘Hope’ stuns as one of the most entertaining and unique action films of the year
Among the 22 movies which were shown at the 79th edition of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May, Na Hong-jin’s “Hope” sticks out as one of the most unique and unusual features to compete for the Palme d’Or. “Hope” is a South Korean science-fiction roller coaster of action, violence, worldbuilding, and humor. Combined with...
Hope Review: The Feel-Bad Blockbuster of the Year, Somehow Named Hope
By Genevieve Dammery Well, there certainly is a lot going on in the South Korean DMZ. After a decade away from feature filmmaking, Na Hong-jinhas returned with Hope, a film that asks a simple question: what if Jaws, The Wailing, a UFO conspiracy podcast, and a particularly aggressive Korean village council meeting all happened at the same time? The answer […]
Reputable director Na Hong-Jin, who has marked Korean cinema through immersive stories and masterly direction, comes to the attention of the public with his most ambitious project so far, the film "Hope: Final Attack". With the official selection of the film in the competition this year of the Cannes Film Festival, Na Hong-Jin sets a historical performance: all his films were invited to the prestigious festival in France. According to the inform…
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