{"id":466040,"date":"2026-02-08T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466040\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:00:11","slug":"no-other-choice-gets-a-directors-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466040\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No Other Choice&#8221; Gets A Director&#8217;s Cut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/no-other-choice-gets-a-directors-cut.jpg\" data-caption=\"NEON\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/no-other-choice-gets-a-directors-cut.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"no-other-choice-gets-a-directors-cut\"\/><\/a>NEON<\/p>\n<p>One of last year\u2019s most acclaimed films, Park Chan-wook\u2019s \u201cNo Other Choice,\u201d is set to get a director\u2019s cut.<\/p>\n<p>The newest film from the \u201cOldboy,\u201d \u201cThe Handmaiden\u201d, and \u201cDecision to Leave\u201d helmer was released in the U.S. on Christmas Day to stellar reviews, though sadly failed to receive a Best International Feature nomination at the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>An adaptation of Donald E. Westlake\u2019s novel \u201cThe Ax,\u201d Lee Byung Hun stars as a devoted family man and veteran paper mill manager who is unexpectedly laid off and thrown back into a ruthless job market.  Humiliated by failed interviews and mocked by corporate gatekeepers, he resolves to claw back dignity by any means necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-WdeHbI8n_w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin McCarthy Podcast<\/a>, Park confirmed that while the film\u2019s 2hr 19mins theatrical cut will be available, an 18-minute longer 2hr 37mins director\u2019s cut will be available when the film receives its 4K home release.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t unusual for Park, whose \u201cThe Handmaiden\u201d saw an extended cut clocking in at 23 minutes longer than its 145-minute theatrical cut when it hit home video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Other Choice\u201d hasn\u2019t locked in a PVOD release at this point, though estimates are it could arrive as early as the back half of this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEON One of last year\u2019s most acclaimed films, Park Chan-wook\u2019s \u201cNo Other Choice,\u201d is set to get a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142132,134,344],"class_list":["post-466040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bigslider","tag-entertainment","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}