This deliriously entertaining satire involves disposing of competitors for a coveted job.
Man-soo has a loving wife and kids, the beautiful woodland house where he grew up, two exceptional dogs. After 25 years at Solar Paper, he’s given the axe. Desperate to win a new position at Moon Paper, he hatches a diabolical scheme to despatch his rivals. Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave) transplants 1997 crime thriller by Donald E. Westlake, The Ax, to present-day South Korea. A chilling state-of-the-nation story mocks workplace politics and cutthroat status-seeking, mixing wickedly absurd set pieces with a poignant sense of the true awfulness of it all.
“genuinely remarkable” Mark Kermode, Kermode & Mayo’s Take
DIRECTOR: Park Chan-wook
STARRING: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min
SOUTH KOREA, 2025
2 HOURS 19 MINUTES,
KOREAN + ENGLISH SUBTITLES
The screening on Saturday in Malvern is sponsored by OPENCENTRIC
