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The Host

The Host

Magnolia Home Entertainment (2006)
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R
MP4
Action | Drama | Horror | Thriller
South Korea | English | Color | 01:59

Park Hee-bong is the loving father of three children. They live on the bank of Seoul's Han River, where Park runs a small snackbar. His daughter, Hyun-seo, is the favorite of her father and her brothers. Her oldest brother is immature and selfish, and her middle brother is a competitive athlete. But when a strange mutant invades the river and starts killing people, the whole area is concerned. And when Hyun-seo is taken, the three men are in totally disbelief. They soon realize Hyun-seo is still alive and they must work together to save her. But will they find her in time?


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Kang-ho Song Park Gang-Doo
Hie-bong Byeon Park Hie-bong
Hae-il Park Park Nam-il
Doona Bae Park Nam-joo
Ah-sung Ko Park Hyun-seo
Dal-su Oh The Monster
Jae-eung Lee Se-jin
Dong-ho Lee Se-joo
Je-mun Yun Homeless Man
Pil-Sung Yim Fat Guevara
Roe-ha Kim Hazmat Suit Man at Funeral
Yeon-su Yu District officer Mr. Jo
No-shik Park Inquiry officer
Su-hee Go Hostage nurse
Scott Wilson Douglas
Hak-sun Kim Civilian Military Mr. Kim
Paul Lazar American Doctor
Brian Rhee Young Korean Doctor
David Joseph Anselmo Donald
Seung-Ri Shin Donald's girlfriend
Byung-gil Kwun Isolation Ward Doctor 1
Jin-ho Song Isolation Ward Doctor 2
Do-bin Baek Skinny Man in Fumigation Truck
Jeong-gi Park Dyed-hair Man in Fumigation Truck
In-gi Jeong Isolation Ward Doctor

Trailer

Edition details

Edition Standard Edition
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 2
Screen Ratios 1.85:1
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Subtitles English
Distributor Magnolia Home Entertainment
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Jul 24, 2007
Regions Region 1

Personal

Owner Review?
Location Horror Disk 1
Purchased On Jan 13, 2020 at YTS for $ 26.98
Watched
Index 671
Added Date Jul 06, 2017 01:34:19
Modified Date Feb 19, 2020 13:28:20

Notes

My quick rating - 7,6/10. Ok, this needs to be said. Bong Joon Ho is amazing. I knew this already, but now going back to other works of his really drives this home. How to take an atypical monster movie, and not only take the monster out of the equation of the focus of the story, but almost make you forget it is even still there hunting. The scenes are meticulously thought out and shot to perfection. Don't mind the effects, they have little to do with it (which is fine for 2006 standards anyway). But the killer mutated monster is just the cover story to tell a tale of family importance and political cover up that really is what this is all about (very timely, is the coronavirus what this movie foreshadowed right now?). I won't go more into the conspiracy part, you should just see it to go. "Yep, I can see the government doing that". Too good to be missed. Oh, and I think this movie may have something to do with Cloverfield ever being made, but that is just me.

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