Overview
- French outlets including Le Journal du Dimanche, Le Nouvel Obs and Le Canard enchaîné praise the film’s virtuoso direction and audacious blend of thriller and black comedy.
- The plot follows Yoo Man-su (Lee Byung-hun), an unemployed paper mill worker who sets out to eliminate rivals for a coveted job, with social satire foregrounded over shocks.
- Park describes the film as an exploration of moral dilemmas within capitalism and heightened professional competition in South Korea, with AI-era obsolescence looming over workers.
- Lee Byung-hun leads the cast after past collaborations and a long friendship with Park; Son Ye-jin is billed, and the film runs 2 hours 19 minutes with a Wednesday release in France.
- Park secured adaptation rights in 2009 following Costa-Gavras’s earlier version; the new film is dedicated to Costa-Gavras, with Michèle Ray-Gavras and Alexandre Ray-Gavras credited as co-producers.