2019 · thriller · drama
Parasite
Directed by Bong Joon Ho2h 13m2019
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Our read: Parasite (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive thriller · drama entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, extreme thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- bleak
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