{"id":53346,"date":"2026-05-18T15:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53346"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:00:35","slug":"review-cannes-2026-hope-movie-review-the-wailing-director-na-hong-jin-back-with-a-monster-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53346","title":{"rendered":"Review | Cannes 2026: Hope movie review \u2013 The Wailing director Na Hong-jin back with a monster mess"},"content":{"rendered":"


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2\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

If South Korean director Na Hong-jin had wanted to give his latest movie an even snappier title, it might be Run<\/em>. Through long stretches of this two-and-a-half-hour action extravaganza, humans and aliens race down small-town streets, through forests and along highways, as if daring the viewer to \u2013 sorry \u2013 hope<\/em> when and where this is all going to end.<\/p>\n

Except that it does not.<\/p>\n

By introducing a slew of new threads in the final reel, Na seems to be shaping Hope<\/em> as the first of a franchise. But the director has a lot of convincing to do to make it happen, as this first instalment is a high-octane, low-on-substance spectacle weighed down by a half-baked premise and bad CGI.<\/p>\n

Reuniting with Na after their collaboration on the 2016 horror hit The Wailing<\/em><\/span>,<\/em> Hwang Jung-min plays Bum-seok, the police chief of a remote Korean town who is called to investigate the mysterious mutilation of a cow.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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