No Other Choice (2025)

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Synopsis

Dir: Park Chan Wook. Korean-language Drama. Based on the novel 'The Ax' by Donald Westlake. After months of desperate searches for a new job, a man (Lee Byung-hun) resorts to every possible method to secure employment and provide for his family (Son Ye Jin, Woo Seung Kim, So Yul Choi).

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive, some in a sexual context; frequent use of cursing; infrequent use of scatological slang, profanity, and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent use of sexual references and language - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence - little blood, some detail; infrequent portrayals of corpses - no blood, little detail
• Infrequent buttock nudity in a non-sexual context - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Family bonds
• Perspectives on job hunting
• Business rivalries

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for violence and coarse language

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