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“Man has made his newest predator.”
In Park Jun-ho’s “The Host,” a grotesque, squid-like creature erupts from Seoul’s Han River, prompting a family’s frantic search for the teenage girl it abducts. The film’s grotesque monster and harrowing chase through the city’s underbelly are a grotesque yet exhilarating spectacle, blending social commentary with familial drama. With a relentless energy and a scathing critique of South Korean bureaucracy, “The Host” is a grotesque, darkly humorous tale of monsters and the monsters within.
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