No Other Choice
15th of 194 in Korean Cinema
- Out-grossed 80% of Korean Cinema releases with reported figures ($40M).
- Returned 3.3× its budget, against an industry median of 2.4×.
- Momentum in the 96th percentile.
- Audience rating 7.5 from 1,315 votes, the 77th percentile.
- Cost
- $12M
- Took
- $40M
Against a Korean Cinema median of 2.4×, so this one returned 1.4 times what a typical release there does.
The money says blockbuster. What do you say?
Yoo Man-soo is a middle-aged paper industry expert who has lived a satisfied and comfortable life for 25 years until he is suddenly fired. Faced with the reality of losing his home and his family's livelihood, Man-soo spirals into a desperate madness. He calculates that the only way to secure the one open position at a rival company is to eliminate every other qualified candidate. Based on Donald Westlake's novel 'The Ax', this dark comedy thriller follows Man-soo's bloody journey as he systematically hunts down his competition, exploring the lengths a person will go to when pushed to the edge.
- Released
- 24 September 2025
- Runtime
- 2h 19m
- Language
- Korean
- Industry
- Korean Cinema
- Lee Byung-hunMan-su
- Son Ye-jinMi-ri
- Park Hee-soonChoi Seon-chul
- Lee Sung-minGu Bum-mo
- Yeom Hye-ranLee A-ra
- Cha Seung-wonKo Si-jo
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Screenplay
- Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, Lee Ja-hye
- Original Music Composer
- Jo Yeong-wook
- Director of Photography
- Kim Woo-hyung