The story is about a pathetic man named Gang-Doo Park, played by Kang-ho Song, who runs a store with his father Hie-bong Park (Hie-bong Byeon). Gang-Doo has a daughter named, Hyun-seo (Ah-sung Ko), who has just came home from school. While his father and daughter are watching tv, Gang-Doo is serving some customers their food, when they see something weird attached to the bridge. It drops into the Han River and swims towards them. Gang-Doo throws a beer can at it and it snags it with it's tentacle. Then all of a sudden the monster is up on the shore attacking people. Gang-Doo and some others try to fight it off, but it is too strong. The monster gets away with Gang-Doo's daughter and they think she has died.
When Gang-Doo and his father, meet up with Gang's sister, Nam-Joo (Doona Bae) and brother, Nam-il (Hae-il Park), they are all very upset from the news. Then Gang-Doo gets a phone call from Hyun-seo and the family has to make it out of the hospital that they are in and past police barriers, to get to her.
It's up to the 4 family members to find Hyun-seo, but they don't know exactly where she is. They find out shes in a big open sewer, where the monster is keeping her, but there are too many sewers to look through.
The time is against them as the monster kills and eats more and more people and the government is about to release a gas called "Agent Yellow", to kill the monster.
The graphics and effects on "The Host" monster are amazing. It looks very real in most scenes, especially when it firsts arrives and chases people around. Like most Asian films, the acting is solid. Unless you watch it with the English dub, which makes the acting seem crappy, but really it's the voice actors that are bad.
The best acting job is probably done by Kang-ho Song, as Gang-Doo. He does a great job playing a dimwitted father, who will stop at nothing to get his daughter back. You can see his skills as he goes from idiot to hero, all at once.
There is even some comedy that helps pull everything in this movie together. Add that to the action, gore and scenes that make you feel for the characters, it all makes this movie very exciting to watch.
The Dvd has a creepy front cover, with the monster's tentacle grabbing a girl and dragging her into the water. It also has a lot of good reviews on the front and the back. "One of the Greatest Monster Movies Ever Made," says Logan Hill from New York Magazine. "On Par with Jaws," says Harry Knowles from Ain't it Cool News. "A Knockout Monster Movie," says Leah Rozen from People Magazine. "Wildly Entertaining," says Lisa Schwarzbaum from Entertainment Weekly and "One Helluva Monster Movie," says Jim Emerson from Chicago Sun-Times.
The Host was released in 2006 and directed by Joon-ho Bong. Released by Alliance Atlantis, Showbox, Cine Click Asia and Magnolia Pictures.
Collection#:
The Host: #558
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