Korean Film: The Host

The Host

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Adventure/Thriller

2006.07.27

119min

12 Rating

Director- Bong Jun-Ho

Actors- Song Gang-Ho,

Bun In-Cheol,

Bae Du-Na,

Ko A-Sung,

Park Hae-Il

★★★★☆ 8.61

There is a family in Han river.

They live peacefully in Han river.

In late 2000, an American military pathologist commands a reluctant Korean assistant to violate protocol by dumping over 200 bottles of formaldehyde down a drain leading into the Han River. Over the next few years, there are sightings of a strange amphibious creature in the waterway, and the fish in the Han River are dying off because of water pollution. A suicidal businessman, just before jumping off a bridge into the river, sees something dark moving under the surface of the water.

While Gang-du is delivering food to some customers, he sees a crowd along the Han River.

Gang-du grabs the hand of a girl whom he believes to be Hyun-seo and starts to flee. When he realises he isn't holding Hyun-seo, he turns to see the creature running towards her. The creature then snatches Hyun-seo and dives back into the river.

While in quarantine inside a hospital, Gang-du receives a phone call from Hyun-seo, who is not dead, but trapped somewhere in the sewers by the creature. She is cut off when her phone battery runs out. Gang-du tries to explain this to others, but his protests go ignored by all except his family. The four of them decide to escape the hospital to track down Hyun-seo. Hee-bong buys a truck, weapons, and a map of the sewers from a group of men, so they are prepared for the search.