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From the manufacturer

THE HOST

Directed by 2020 Academy Award Winning Director Bong Joon-Ho

A creature plunges from a bridge into the Han River emerging on its shores for a feeding frenzy upon onlookers. When a young girl is snatched in the melee, her family sets off to recover her from the monster that the government claims to be a host of an unidentified virus.

STARRING

Song Kang-Ho
Byun Hee-Bong
Park Hae-IL
Bae Doo-Na
Ko A-Sung

SPECIAL FEATURES

DELETED SCENES
COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR BONG JOON-HO
MAKING OF THE HOST WITH DIRECTOR BONG JOON-HO
STORYBOARDS
MEMORIES OF THE SEWER
PHYSICAL SPECIAL EFFECTS
DESIGNING THE CREATURE
BRINGING THE CREATURE TO LIFE and more!

Editorial Reviews

When a young girl is snatched away from her father by a horrifying giant monster that emerges from the River Han to wreak havoc on Seoul, her entire family sets out to locate the beast and bring their little girl back home to safety in South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's big-budget creature feature.

Product details

Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 5.25 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 10100
Director ‏ : ‎ Joon-ho Bong
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours
Release date ‏ : ‎ July 24, 2007
Actors ‏ : ‎ Kang-ho Song, Hee-Bong Byun, Hae-il Park, Doona Bae, Ah-sung Ko
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
Producers ‏ : ‎ Junyoung Jang, Lewis Taewan Kim, Neung-yeon Joh, Tae-sung Jeong
Studio ‏ : ‎ Magnolia
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000PKG8SS
Writers ‏ : ‎ Chul-hyun Baek, Joon-ho Bong, Won-jun Ha
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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THowerton

The Host is a hodgepodge monster, as is this movie, and it all brilliantly works.

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017

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This is one messed up, great monster movie.

It’s easy to see what makes “The Host” a great movie. It starts with well-developed characters who all have tragic story arcs. None of them are particularly likable though they may be more uncomfortably relatable than any of us may want to admit. The drama is solid in this movie about a dysfunctional family who has suffered plenty in loss of loved ones, so solid in fact that the movie would succeed without the monster. But the monster (and, oh, what a bizarre fishamphireptilian this thing is) evinces at once repulsion, incredulity, and horror. This hapless product of bio-chemical waste is uniquely adapting to its South Korean riverfront environment with all of the gangliness and none of the charm of a young Bambi. I kid you not. This ugly lump of tadpolian flesh will make you laugh as much as cringe. It’s at once alien and familiar in its conglomerate form. It causes destruction in a haphazard way, but moreso in how the human response to the unnerving agent forces even more tragedies upon a populace trusting (or not) in its government. Is the film making statements? I think there are quite a few in here though I’m not entirely sure of what they are. Is the monster a metaphor for anything? Probably for many things.

In how the Host is at once alien and familiar it parodies the dysfunctional family whose members have a hard time getting things right themselves. As the monster takes their bright light (our protagonists young daughter) away from them they band together in spite of their ineptitude and fight the government for their right to save the best about them (and their dignity too) even as they track the monster down to its sewer slum where it’s keeping the daughter captive for a future meal. The director often adds intentional humor and purposeful and even natural human error and failing throughout the entire film to upset us even as it will make us laugh. Just when a movie would throw an overcoming moment into our laps and this movie appears to be about to do so it does just the opposite such as when the protagonist’s sister, an Olympic-level archer, faces off against the behemoth in the city sewer and is about to let loose her arrow. In many a movie the arrow would at least find its target, if not stop the beastie, but in “The Host” she misfires and is literally bumped aside by the bungling creature who then tries unsuccessfully to collect her from a cement drainage bunker. The scene is one of many memorable highlights. It also adds to the suspense of the film as the audience can never rest on their formulaic knowledge. And it’s not all happy endings in this Korean film that was a sleeper hit when it came out.

This film can be considered as much an art house film as a family drama as a monster movie. It holds up exceptionally well upon additional viewings. It awaits you…

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I still don't "get" Korean films

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2019

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An "indie" movie theater in LA where I used to go to movies had a slogan: "not afraid of subtitles." Well, I am the first to admit that, while I am not afraid of subtitles, I don't gravitate toward films in languages other than English.

However, when I was recently reading a review of a throwaway summer 2019 horror flick, the reviewer mentioned this curious Korean monster movie. it had come up on me recommendations on Amazon, or Hulu or something and I thought I should check it out, because the reviewer really liked it.

First, as to the subtitles. One aspect of subtitles is the typeface, color and placement - all are important in making it easier for the non-Native speaking viewer of the film to understand what is being said, while not sacrificing enjoyment of what is on screen. "The Host" does a good job with its English subtitles, and even features (thankfully) some English language dialogue. The problem is that, I guess, Korean is a rapid-fire spoken language, so the subtitles come and go so quickly it is sometimes hard to follow.

Not that it matters much, because "The Host"'s main character is a CGI creation – fairly seamlessly melded with live action characters and sets -- who, well, doesn't talk. What it does do, is menace the good citizens of Seoul, many of whom get eaten (?). Or, not. I don’t include Spoilers in my reviews, but sufficed to say it is not clear whether the strange catfish-cum-squid like thingy gobbles humans in order do digest them, or… Well, watch the film and you will find out.

The backstory here is that an American Military officer orders one of his Korean-born staffers to pour chemicals into the Han River – which runs through Seoul – and, well, like the ambiguous effect of radioactivity on lizards in Gojira, something really bad happens many years later. We are not talking Bill Nye, the Science Guy here. Just go with it.

The story arc involves a family that owns a Food Stand next to the Han. When Mr. Monster finally decides to attack, the family is forced to try to track it down when the youngest member is taken. The screenwriter(s) skillfully weave the personal struggles of this family, warts and all, as a personal backdrop (or foreground?) to the main event, which is the terror created by the monster.

The rest is just watching the action and personal drama unspool. One thing “The Host” has going for it is a great slam-bang ending, in which the family members come together to try to defeat the monster. Do they? Watch and find out.

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Tim Nickell

All the reviews aren't right . It does have English subtitles.

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2016

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I absolutely loved this movie so much I watched it on Netflix any chance I got , so I decided to order it from Amazon , I saw reviews saying this copy didn't have english sub , only english dub and it wasn't any good . Well I wasn't really looking forward to getting the movie after I had already ordered it . So the movie finally arrived , much sooner than expected I might add , and I was curious as to the set up options so I put the disc in as soon as possible. Much to my surprise, it does have english subtitles and it's the same movie I had watched on Netflix . I'm very happy with my purchase , and although I do listen to the reviews , I'm glad I didn't totally fall for every word some people had to say about this version . If you like to read subtitled movies , and you like good adventurous movies with a few twists here and there , this is a must see for you then . It has almost anything you want to see in a movie . Suspense , action , family values , and heart warming scenes that even got to me , and that's not easy . Check it out , I'm sure you won't be disappointed .

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discmythnut

Excellent South Korean kaiju movie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2017

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'The Host' is one of my favourite movies. Often described as 'Gojira' meets 'Little Miss Sunshine', this is one of those movies that's difficult to categorize.
In 2000, an arrogant American scientist orders his Korean assistant to dump all of the expired formaldehyde into the sewer, and all of the toxic waste goes into the river.
Six years later, the product of the chemical waste, a mutant creature the size of a bus, starts chasing and eating people. Two men arrive on the scene to help. One is Donald White, an American soldier living in Seoul with a Korean girlfriend. The other man is the protagonist, Park Gang-du.
Gang-du is one of the most unique heroes in cinema. He is the clumsy, slow-witted eldest son of a working class snack vendor, and he has a neurological condition which gives him social ineptitude and mild narcolepsy. He also has a teenage daughter, Hyun-seo and he only seems to be wide awake when his fatherly instincts kick in.
When Gang-du accidentally causes Hyun-seo to be carried off by the monster, he, his frazzled father, his alcoholic brother and his hesitant archer sister all take her for dead. But one night, Gang-du gets a call and finds that she's still alive.
Unfortunately, no one believes him and continuously treat him as insane, so he and his family take it into their hands to try and save her.
Meanwhile, down in the sewer where she is trapped by the monster, Hyun-seo, growing in courage, fights to survive.
This movie has everything: action, comedy, family drama, political and social satire, and strong central characters. It's beautifully filmed, and director Bong Joon-ho really knows how to use colour in his film.
If you are autistic like me or have any other special needs, you can definitely relate to Gang-du, who despite his social problems has a massive heart.

The acting is excellent. Byun Hee-bong is an actor I like to call the Korean Takashi Shimura, in looks as well as in ability. Song Kang-ho is wonderful as always in the role of Gang-du, and so are his co-stars, Ko Ah-sung, Park Hae-il and Bae Doo-na. Yoon Je-moon is near unrecognizable as a vagrant. And it's got a cute small boy, too.

Bong Joon-ho's quality as a director varies wildly, but I think this film is his best. It will make you laugh, cry, scream and cheer with delight.

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Jeff

The host

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2017

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This is a brilliant Korean movie and is one of south Korea's most celebrated movies of today. I wouldn't say it is much like "Jaws" or "Jurassic park" like it says on the DVD but is still "hugely entertaining." It is about a chemical spill in a river in Seoul that mutates a fish into a monster. The monster comes out of the water and attacks a park before snatching a little girl and takes her to it's lair. The whole film is about the family desperately trying to get her back, But will time run out?
The film has a good mix of action, sadness and comedy (although sometimes the comedy can get a bit over-powering and can come in at the wrong times). The first monster attack scene at the park is full of great action. I loved the characters and they have a great bond. Please don't be put off with it being in Korean as the subtitles are very easy to read.
Is it worth the money?
With great action and special effects I'd say it is worth the money. If you buy the 2 disc-edition DVD it has almost 3 and a half hours of interesting special features that shows you many things that you don't notice and appreciate during the film. the second disc includes things like deleted scenes, making of's, getting to know characters and crew members, what the CGI looked like before and after, Gag reels and tonnes of other stuff. That is really worth the money!
I enjoyed this monster movie and would happily watch again. I can see why it was a box office hit!

8 people found this helpful

D J Jackson: Passionate about Film.

SEOUL’S SUPER-SIZED SEWERS STAR! BUT SUBTITLES STINK!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2020

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This is a review of the Region B2 Blu-ray released in November 2007 by Studiocanal/Optimum Asia. The quality is excellent. However, whilst the subtitles make sense, they are very small, their position varies, and against the film they are often unreadable.

It was just good luck, that on the night Korean director Bong Joon-ho made OSCAR history by winning both Best Film and Best Director with ‘Parasite’, we were watching one of his earlier successes. Made in 2006, this film was a huge hit in Asia, the highest grossing Korean film ever, and was also well-received in the West.

At face value, ‘The Host’ is a superb monster movie, with excellent CGI effects. It daringly breaks all the rules of good horror films: the scariest monsters need to be heard, sensed, but seen very sparingly, to produce maximum impact. Here, we see a lot of the monster, including in full daylight ~ and the impact is tremendous because the monster is very, very good. The same CGI company responsible for ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ did the computer graphics, and really nail it.

Much of the film was shot on location in Seoul’s awe-inspiringly super-sized sewer network (once all those involved had received tetanus shots!). Their vast echoey tunnels and chambers, and the equally large network of bridges and riverside terraces on the Han River create an atmospheric backdrop to the scary and pacy action.

Below this overt surface, there is another film altogether. Bong has a lot to say about a host of contentious subjects. He has a real ‘go’ at the Americans and their continuing involvement in Korea, from the very first scene, through to their later dubious meddling. He takes a major shot at those polluting the ‘mighty’ Han ~ ‘it’s too big to pollute’ seems to be the mantra: the film draws upon a real incident perpetrated by the US Military. He directs pointed satire at the bureaucracy and insensitivity of Korean government officials of all kinds. Nor does he spare student protestors jumping on bandwagons, despite their insufficient grasp of the subject. He even takes a swipe at scary monster movies, and their hysterical ‘monster fodder’ characters, though here he is a little less successful. There are one or two slightly perplexing ‘hysteria’ scenes involving the main players, which do slightly detract from the flow.

The Park family, inadvertently caught up in the mayhem, are great fun. Song Kang-ho, now one of Korea’s best-loved actors, is a Bong regular, and here he is Gang-du the clumsy, dozy son of riverside vendor Hee-Bong, and father of schoolgirl, Hyun-seo. He is funny, pathetic, hysterical and pro-active by turns, a most engaging character. But the real star is Go Ah-sung, in her first film role as Hyun-seo. She is wonderful.

This is a film to enjoy at all levels. It is scary, exciting, technically clever, but mostly, great fun.

Clem

Enjoyable enough

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2020

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A perhaps slightly atypical Korean film, but with many threads that viewers of Korean cinema will recognise. Plenty of gore for those that like that sort of stuff, although the storyline was a bit implausible in places. Worth a watch though, but one of those films, that unless you're a fan, that you probably won't watch again. The blu-ray disc is a big step up from the DVD version, which I also had. Picture and audio quality are fine, and the sub-titles easy to read.

Elleppi

Alien meets King Kong, in an unusual and unexpected horror/drama

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2015

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From a fantastic and versatile director (someone who excels in crime like Memories of Murder, drama like Mother, distopian adventure like Snowpiercer) comes a surprising and moving horror/drama, a curious and perfectly accomplished mix of Alien and King Kong.
With all the thrilling but also the mercy for the beast,
It is not just a director amusement, but another way, another occasion for this highly talented guy to decline his sense of drama to the next genre, and still engage and enthrall the audience.