In The Host a giant creature terrorizes the South Korean capital without warning Seoul and even abducts people. This includes Gang-Doo’s (Kang-ho Song) young daughter Hyun-Seo (Ah-sung Ko). While the government declares a state of emergency, the family man tries to find his child with the help of his alcoholic brother Nam-il (Hae-il Park) and his sister Nam-Joo (Doona Bae), an excellent archer.
The result is a terrific cocktail of layered humor, parody and a horror grounded more in interpersonal fears than in a terrifying CGI monster. Many critics were rightly enthusiastic about the film (via Metacritic).
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Tarantino can relate to them. In a list of his favorite films he praised the Korean film as “absolutely wonderful“ and stated he had him”blown away“If you want to watch it now on Amazon Prime Video, you should hold on accordingly.
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From the sci-fi epic to the potential Oscar nominee, everything is included. The talents gathered are particularly impressive. In 2023 we can expect new movies from Martin Scorsese, David Fincher and Zack Snyder in the streaming space, while Gal Gadot, Leonardo DiCaprio, Henry Cavill and Chris Hemsworth will be in front of the camera.
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