‘No Other Choice’ Review: A Company Man Cut Loose
Park Chan-wook, the director of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden,” brings comedic flair to the cruel tale of an employee pushed to the brink.
Adapted by Park and a handful of other writers, the story tracks Man-su from impotent stasis to flamboyant instability, from the security of his position at the paper company through his abrupt termination and the mounting desperation that follows. The story cranks up just as the new owners are taking over the company, where Man-su and others are seen milling about on the factory floor while keeping the enormous, deafening machinery running. Despite the fiery speech that he’s prepared to protest the new owners’ draconian reductions, he is soon cut loose from the firm where, he bleats, he has “slaved for 25 years.”

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