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A police chief, a policewoman and a group of hunters try to track down and kill a mysterious creature that's laying waste to a Korean village.

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An unhinged sci-fi epic that boasts awe-inspiring production design and amusingly quaint visual effects, Na Hong-jin's Hope gets the adrenaline pumping whenever it focuses on the unraveling of its hapless human heroes.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

2 days ago

4/5

The sheer spectacle whipped up by director Na Hong-jin is remarkable.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Sep 22, 2026

The rickety CGI not its strong suit, “Hope” never quite follows through on its crafty first hour of peekaboo velocity.

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Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

Sep 16, 2026

B

Hope is the kind of movie that encourages talking around, in part that’s because it’s surprising, strange, and entertaining enough to make spoiler avoidance unusually worthwhile. That’s also not the whole story.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

2 hrs ago

After the film’s opening, it continues to take epic swings. But as the world gets bigger, everything feels just a little more unwieldy. And when "Hope" gets shaky, it only calls attention to its other failings.

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JD Duran

InSession Film

2 days ago

A-

Hope starts off as an action-horror-thriller, then morphs into an alien film, suddenly becomes Transformers and then ends in a way that would be like only watching the last 15 minutes of James Cameron's Avatar.

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Emma Simmonds

The List

3 days ago

4/5

The CGI isn’t much cop and a shift in tone and perspective at the climax is jarringly out of whack with what came before. But when the rest is this good, it hardly matters.

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Jose

1 day ago

it's a good balance of everything. there were parts I got frustrated while others parts making up for them. but overall, entertaining, and kept building suspense.

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FOSHOOO

1 day ago

Hella of a ride that takes big swings

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Patrick

2 days ago

Excellent suspense embedded in a deeply cynical but accurate view of human nature. The Alien story remains underdeveloped like an elaborate footnote in a philosopher’s magnum opus. If you’re looking for a rush of blood to the head, this is it.

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David

2 days ago

First class entertainment for action and humor. Can’t wait to see the sequel

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Fardous

3 days ago

I can't wait for second one to come out. the way they shoot the film is incredible.

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Michael B

4 days ago

My favorite alien movie in years. Hoping the sequel gets green lit

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Synopsis

A police chief, a policewoman and a group of hunters try to track down and kill a mysterious creature that's laying waste to a Korean village.

Director: Na Hong-jin
Producer: Kim Saemi, Son Seung-hyeon
Screenwriter: Na Hong-jin
Distributor: NEON
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2026, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.0M
Runtime: 2h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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