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Pay no mind to the countless comparisons to “Jaws”, “Alien”, and the rest of the monster classics that a quality film like this always draws. This one stands on its own as an original mix of harsh political commentary, family drama, black comedy, and horror. The metaphor for the hysteria over the asian SARS epidemic is thick and the accusatory tone towards America’s interventionist ways and the alarmist media’s sensationalism is thicker. But don’t think this is some heavy-handed self-serving political film that wallows in its own symbolism; this film is about the importance of family pulling together and taking care of each other when noone else will. Oh yes, and there’s a monster in there somewhere too.
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I’m going to drop a few minor spoilers now so if you want to go in completely cold and experience the full thrill I received viewing this movie you might want to go watch the film now. Alright, on with the content review. Let me put it this way, I got my money’s worth in the first 20 minutes of the film. The sudden appearance of the beast breaks the most entrenched of monster movie standards: the slow reveal. The almost complete lack of buildup shocked me as the monster came charging out of the background in its high-velocity and unsettlingly awkward gait with ferocious momentum sending humanity flying left and right. What follows is one of the greatest rampage sequences ever seen by human eyes. I was absolutely thrilled by it and only the most jaded of film fans could feel otherwise. In fact, aside from a few gaping plot holes, my only real complaint about this movie is that it climaxes so soon. That’s not to say the rest of the film isn’t good, but it never reaches that fever pitch again.
As the trigger-happy government declares quarantine and almost immediately begins asserting it’s will on the victims -even as they still mourn their lost family members- the media spreads word of a deadly and highly contagious virus that the creature is carrying (hence, “the host”). But as the film progresses, we don’t see the evidence of any abnormal sickness, just the paranoia of the people in reaction to the media’s hysterics and government’s jumping to conclusions. As our protagonists, the Park family, search for their little girl (Hyun-seo, taken to the monster’s den for later consumption) we come to see that when the government is incompetent and overbearing and the general populace is collectively terrified of the guy standing next to them the only things you can rely on are your own family and what you can see and do for yourself.
The ne’er-do-well Park family consists of Hyun-seo’s father, a slow-witted narcoleptic, her aunt who’s a professional archer with a tendency to freeze under pressure, a college-educated alcoholic of an uncle with a hot temper who can’t find a job, and a caring grandfather who holds them all together. The dysfunction of the family is humorous to watch, but the devotion they all share in the search for their little girl is touching; and that’s the real heart and soul of this film. The monster is menacing, the government is corrupt, the Americans are comically over-the-top self-serving jerks, the populace at large are terrified for all the wrong reasons, and the real disease is the paranoia spread by the media but the Park family’s struggle is the real story here and it’s a great one.
Really, do not watch the dubbed version of this movie. If you’re watching that then you are not watching the same movie. I have a feeling that nearly all of the negative reviews are due to the atrocious dubbing this film received.
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If you’re not willing to watch the subtitled version, then I suggest you avoid the film, because it will be an awful experience. I just watched a clip of it on YouTube and I was cringing!
The dubbing is an insult to the original cast and crew of this film. Please. Please. Please. Do not watch the dubbed version.
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