Film

No Other Choice

2025 · 2h 19m · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

Would you kill for a job?

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

97%

Metacritic

86

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

Lee Byung-hun

Man-su

Son Ye-jin

Mi-ri

Park Hee-soon

Choi Seon-chul

Lee Sung-min

Gu Bum-mo

Yeom Hye-ran

Lee A-ra

Cha Seung-won

Ko Si-jo

Oh Dal-su

Detective #1

Kim Woo-seung

Si-won

Choi So-yul

Ri-won

Kim Hae-sook

Ok Sang-yeo

Yoo Yeon-seok

Chin-ho

Hwang Gyu-chan

Young Worker at Solar Paper

Bae Ki-beom

Elderly Worker at Solar Paper

Kim Jin-man

Bearded Worker at Solar Paper

Jason Lane Cutler

American HR Manager

Hiram Piskitel

American Executive 1

• Park Chan-wookProducer · Director · Screenplay
• Lee Kyoung-miScreenplay
• Don McKellarScreenplay
• Lee Ja-hyeScreenplay
• Donald E. WestlakeNovel
• Back Ji-sunProducer
• Michèle Ray-GavrasProducer
• Alexandre GavrasProducer
• Oh Hyeon-amProducer
• Miky LeeExecutive Producer

Official Trailer [Subtitled]Official Trailer #2 [Subtitled]The tastiest things grow on filth.Embrace the chaos. [Subtitled]When your choices are limited, limit the choices. [Subtitled]Timelessly thrilling. Thrillingly relatable. Park Chan-wook's NO OTHER CHOICE [Subtitled]

Release date

September 24, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Korean

Runtime

2h 19m

Rated

R

Budget

$12,200,000

Revenue

$40,223,568

Genres

Comedy, Crime, Thriller

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