The talk of the 2006 Cannes International
Film Festival, THE HOST, the latest film from critically
acclaimed visionary director BONG Joon-ho, has already
garnered a substantial amount of international buzz.
Utilizing state-of-the-art special effects courtesy of a
creative partnership between Weta Workshop (King Kong, The
Lord of the Rings) and The Orphanage (Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire, Sin City), THE HOST is equal parts
creature-feature thrill ride and poignant human drama.
Gang-du (SONG Kang-ho) works at a food-stand on the banks of
the Han River. Dozing on the job, he is awakened by his
daughter, Hyun-seo ( KO A-sung), who is angry with him for
missing a teacher-parent meeting at school. As Gang-du walks
out to the riverbank with a delivery, he notices that a
large crowd of people has gathered, taking pictures and
talking about something hanging from the Han River Bridge.
The otherwise idyllic landscape turns suddenly to bedlam
when a terrifying creature climbs up onto the riverbank and
begins to crush and eat people. Gang-du and his daughter run
for their lives but suddenly the thing grabs Hyun-seo and
disappears back into the river. The government announces
that the thing apparently is the Host of an unidentified
virus. Having feared the worst, Gang-du receives a phone
call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much
alive. Gang-du makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone
near the Han River to rescue his daughter from the clutches
of the horrifying Host…
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