호프 (2026)
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A police chief and his rookie deputy must defend their community from a mysterious creature after wildfires sever all communications.
The story
Ko Bum-seok, the police chief of Hope Harbor, is alerted to a dead cow with gaping wounds. While his cousin and a hunting party suspect a stray tiger, the discovery of more dead livestock and a deceased farmer suggests a more sinister presence. As wildfires break out and sever all communications, Bum-seok must team up with a retired colonel to track down a mysterious creature terrorizing the local community. The duo faces the daunting task of protecting the elderly residents of the village while navigating the chaos caused by the environmental disaster and the unknown threat lurking in the nearby mountains.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After a local hunter finds a dead cow, police chief Ko Bum-seok discovers a large creature has massacred several villagers. He teams up with retired colonel Ahn Nak-yeon to track it, but they accidentally wound a local chef. Bum-seok eventually joins a militia and learns the creature is an intelligent, indestructible humanoid. Rookie officer Im Sung-ae saves him with grenades, and they eventually kill the creature when it is run over by a tanker. Later, they find a 'monster infant' named Kh'arli in a freezer; Bum-seok realizes the adult was searching for its offspring. Meanwhile, a hunting party finds a crashed spaceship and discovers the creatures are aliens. They are ambushed by the Empress J'aur and her subordinates. During a chaotic chase, a second spaceship from Emperor Kh'worl crashes nearby. The film ends with a mid-credits scene showing Sung-ki limping along a highway.
- First release year
- 2026
- Runtime (minutes)
- 160
- Production countries
- South Korea
- Original languages
- Korean
- Directors
- Na Hong-jin
- Writers
- Na Hong-jin · writer
- Cast and characters
- Hwang Jung-min · Ko Bum-seok; Zo In-sung · Ko Sung-ki; Jung Ho-yeon · Im Sung-ae; Michael Fassbender · Ma'veyyo; Alicia Vikander · J'aur; Taylor Russell · Ai'dovor; Cameron Britton · Va'migere; Eum Moon-suk · Yang-bae
- Genres
- science fiction; monster; action; thriller
- Themes
- survival; alien invasion
- Tone and mood
- unhinged; tense
- Setting
- Hope Harbor, a small village near the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
- Premise and plot tags
- monster; sci-fi; action
- Reception
- The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 7/10 · scale: 10 · review count: 166; Metacritic · score: 67 · scale: 100 · review count: 37
- Production trivia
- The film was the first South Korean film to compete for the Palme d'Or since Decision to Leave (2022).; The budget for the film was reportedly higher than any previous Korean film.; It marks the first on-screen collaboration for real-life married couple Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender since 2016.
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