The Host

In Cinemas: 08/03/2007 Watch The Host trailer Other Links

The Han River runs through the heart of Seoul and when the US military dumps toxic chemicals in the river, a monstrous mutant creature is conceived in its waters. Then suddenly the creature reveals itself and creates a path of destruction on the local residents by the river. Gang-du (Song Kang-ho, star of JSA, SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE) , who operates a snack bar on the riverbank, witnesses his only daughter, Hyun-seo, taken away by the creature right before his eyes. The sudden and shocking appearance of the mutant creature renders the government and state powerless to act. The once-ordinary citizen, Gang-du, and his family , sneak past the military cordon and are thrust into a battle with the monster in a desperate attempt to rescue Hyun-seo and they are forced into an unstoppable showdown with the mutant monster. Directed by Bong Joon-ho (Memories of Murder, Barking Dogs Never Bite) THE HOST is tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary odds.

The Host

2 minutes 7 seconds

Eastern Eye

Release Date: 08/03/2007
Languages: Korean
Genre: Asian Cinema
Subtitles: English subtitles

Starring Song Kang-ho, Byeon Hie-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Du-na, Ko Ah-sung
& one giant tadpole thingy

What Australian critics are saying about THE HOST...
"A revelation!" - Melbourne Film Festival
"Humorous, thrilling, scary and intelligent, The Host might just induce movie nirvana" - FILMINK
"delivers the thrills and all-out fun of the best genre flicks Hollywood used to be able to make" - FILMINK
"keeps you on tenterhooks until the very end" - David Stratton, AT THE MOVIES
"if you enjoyed films such as ALIEN, GODZILLA or TREMORS, this monster movie could be what you've been waiting for" - COURIER MAIL
"the beast is a marvelous creation and belongs in the Movie Hall of Fame" - COURIER MAIL
"A Korean love letter to the kind of monster movie the Americans used to make in the 1950s" - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
"raucous and self-mocking, the film rockets along" - SYDNEY MORNING HERALD