The Host

Watch: The Host

9/29/20062h 0m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Man has made his newest predator. ~

Overview:

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Director:

Bong Joon Ho

Status:

Released

Language:

Korean

Buget:

$11,000,000.00

Revenue:

$88,489,643.00

Key words:

daughter
pollution
monster
river
bravery
sewerage
formaldehyde
snack bar
archer
family
asian origins
seoul, south korea
han river
amused
farcical
frightened

Cast

Song Kang-ho

~ as ~

Park Gang-du

Byun Hee-bong

~ as ~

Park Hie-bong

Park Hae-il

~ as ~

Park Nam-il

Bae Doona

~ as ~

Park Nam-joo

Ko A-sung

~ as ~

Park Hyun-seo

Oh Dal-su

~ as ~

The Monster (voice)

Lee Jae-eung

~ as ~

Se-jin

Lee Dong-ho

~ as ~

Se-joo

Yoon Je-moon

~ as ~

Homeless Man

Yim Pil-sung

~ as ~

Fat Guevara

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Reviews (2)

Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
This is a monster horror movie that really tries, to the point where they don’t give a clear view of the creature in the previews, presumably not to ruin the initial shock moment for the viewer. It is in Korean with English subtitles, with a few bursts of English with Korean subtitles when the speaker is American.

The movie focuses on one family’s ongoing battle: not merely against the monster but also struggling against the authorities who want to capture them, suspecting they have been infected with a virus by coming in contact with the creature.

The dialogue is pretty ordinary. I seem to recall a few unintentionally funny moments, though I cannot say for sure that it wasn’t due to the translation. I don’t intend to be hyper critical here: I sort of let the movie wash over me to get to the end, and you may or may not need to do the same.

I found I was a little confused as to the final fate of one of the family members at the end. Perhaps I was inattentive and it would have been cleared up if I backed it up and watched again, but unfortunately I wasn’t quite inversted in the movie enough to do that. I put in my time and that was sufficient unto the day.
GeekyRedhead
Written 1 year(s) ago
8
These sites all missed the point. It's farce, it's funny. I actually liked the creature! He's kinda gruesomely-cute! Don't expect drama. It's all tongue-in-cheek, reminiscent of the old Godzilla creature films.