Overview
- NEON released the official U.S. trailer as the film screens in the New York Film Festival’s Main Slate this week.
- The U.S. rollout is set for select theaters on December 25, 2025, with a wider expansion planned for January.
- The story follows a longtime paper-company employee who, after being laid off and humiliated in interviews, decides to eliminate his job-market rivals.
- The film adapts Donald E. Westlake’s The Ax, directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook with Lee Kyung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye, and stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won, and Yoo Yeon-seok.
- Early reception has been strong with rave Venice reviews, a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score cited in coverage, a Busan opening-night slot, and the biggest South Korean opening of Park’s career reported.