US Edition‘No Other Choice’ Trailer: Park Chan-wook’s Black Comedy Gets New Promo With Christmas Release Date
The film follows a laid-off man who resorts to eliminating job competition, spotlighting the harsh realities of late-stage capitalism and earning 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
- NEON released the official trailer for Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice ahead of its December 25, 2025, U.S. limited release in select theaters.
- Adapted from Donald E. Westlake's 1997 novel The Ax, Park Chan-wook, director, has long treated it as a "lifetime project" and added a premise where the lead mirrors his victims.
- Lee Byung-hun leads as Man-su, a paper-industry worker laid off after 25 years who resolves to kill job competitors, supported by Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won, and Yoo Yeon-seok.
- Premiering to acclaim at Venice International Film Festival, No Other Choice won TIFF's International People's Choice Award and was selected by the Korean Film Council for the 2026 Oscars, holding a 100% Tomatometer rating.
- At 139 minutes, the film blends satire, thriller, dark comedy, melodrama, and absurdist farce, while the trailer teases handguns, a dance sequence, chainsaws and hides key surprises.
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‘No Other Choice’: First Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Latest Masterpiece Reveals a Korean Dad Driven to Darkness
Neon dropped the first official look at the Korean maestro's buzzy black comedy thriller, which stars Lee Byung-hun, of recent 'Squid Game' fame, as an unemployed everyman who decides his only choice is to eliminate the competition.
‘No Other Choice’ Trailer: Park Chan-wook’s Black Comedy Gets New Promo With Christmas Release Date
Following rave reviews for its Venice Film Festival premiere in August, Neon has released a new trailer for writer/director Park Chan-wook‘s No Other Choice. Ahead of its Christmas limited theatrical release before releasing everywhere in January, the South Korean black comedy’s new promo shows Lee Byung-hun starring as Yoo Man-soo, a down-on-his-luck family man who uses lethal means to take control of his career. In No Other Choice, after c…
No Other Choice — Park Chan-wook [NYFF '25 Review]
“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” – Frederic Jameson No one seems to enjoy the world we live in — in fact, everyone seems to hate it. Yet most of us accept it, see it as the only choice, play its game even if we know it’s [...] The post No Other Choice — Park Chan-wook [NYFF ’25 Review] appeared first on In Review Online.
New Trailer for Park Chan-wook’s Twisted Dark Comedy NO OTHER CHOICE — GeekTyrant
Neon has released the full trailer for the dark comedy No Other Choice, marking the return of Park Chan-wook after helming Decision to Leave in 2022. The movie is based on Donald Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax, the story follows Man-soo, played by Lee Byung-hun, a man who’s been out of work for years and becomes desperate enough to hatch a chilling plan to eliminate his rivals to land a job. The movie looks like a stylish and unsettling film that …
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