The Host (Collector's Edition) (2-DVD) R
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DVD Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 59 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 24, 2007
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Magnolia Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kang-ho Song | |
Performer: | Byun Hee-bong, Bae Hae-il, Bae Doo-na & Ko A-sung | |
Directed by | Bong Joon-ho | |
Music by | Byeongwoo Lee | |
Screenwriting by | Hah Joon-won & Baek Chul-hyun | |
Produced by | Choi Yong-bae | |
Director of Photography: | Kim Hyung-goo |
Entertainment Reviews:
3.5 stars out of 4 -- [The film defines] horror for the new millennium. This you have to see.
Rolling Stone
Rating: 3/4 --
Bravely shifting tones from the horrific to the slapstick and back again, Bong Joon-ho has made a movie that's comprised almost equally of family sitcom, political indictment, high-urban paranoia and maximum-geek, monster-movie delight.
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Toronto Star
A delicious, often darkly funny combination of monster movie and dysfunctional family drama...
Sight and Sound
Rating: 5/5 --
The best monster of the 21st century. [Full review in Spanish]
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Cinemanía (Spain)
Rating: 3.5/4 --
As ebullient and bizarre as a monster that can do back flips, leaving the viewer in a shock of delight.
Globe and Mail
The Host filled a crucial hole in our horror life: a big, hulking, unstoppable force that we accidentally created and can't control.
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The Ringer
4 stars out of 5 -- [T]he digital effects and direction are both stunning...
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Product Description:
Bong Joon-ho's THE HOST is a giddy revelation--an inspired and unexpectedly moving contribution to the monster movie genre. Several years ago, a crooked government official from the United States ordered the dumping of toxic substances into Seoul's Han River. Years later, the hapless Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) is working at his father's food stand along the river, caring for his bright daughter Hyun-seo (Ko A-sung). But one day, a monstrous creature emerges from the water and embarks on a murderous rampage throughout the community, swallowing Hyun-seo whole. Gang-du's bullish younger brother Park Nam-il (Park Hae-il) and sister Nam-joo (Bae Doo-na) condemn him for being such a failure, while their father angrily chastises them for being so cruel. But when Gang-du receives a cell phone call from Hyun-seo, the family must band together to reclaim her. Unfortunately, at this stage, the government has announced that the monster is the host of a dangerous virus, and anyone who has come into contact with it--namely Gang-du--must be isolated. As the monster continues to wreak havoc on Seoul, Gang-du, his father, and his siblings must learn to work together to bring Hyun-seo home. Bong Joon-ho's third film, after BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE and MEMORIES OF MURDER, firmly establishes his status as one of the world's most gifted storytellers. Not simply a monster movie spectacle--though it is certainly that and then some--THE HOST also works as a poignant family drama and a biting critique of America's invasion of Iraq.
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- UPC: 876964000994
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