No Other Choice is a 2025 dark comedy directed by Park Chan-wook, written by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar, and Lee Ja-hye. It is adapted from 1997 novel The Axe by Donald Westlake. It stars Lee Byung-hun plays Yoo Man-su, who has lost his longstanding position at a paper mill and must search for work in a shrinking job market. To reduce the competition he enacts a plan to kill the better qualified individuals for a job opening he will create through more murder so that he may once again provide for his family. This family includes his wife Lee Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), son Si-one (Woo Seung Kim), daughter Ri-one (So Yul Choi), and dogs Si-two and Ri-two.
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Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel
Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa
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