Hope

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Hope

R

Sep 2026

2h 40m

Horror

Sci-Fi

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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A police chief, a policewoman and a group of hunters try to track down and kill a mysterious creature that's laying waste to a Korean village.

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Critics Consensus

An unhinged sci-fi epic that boasts awe-inspiring production design and amusingly quaint visual effects, Na Hong-jin's Hope gets the adrenaline pumping whenever it focuses on the unraveling of its hapless human heroes.

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Once it gets going, there’s no stopping Hope as it takes viewers through the thrilling twists and turns of an alien invasion filled with equal parts humor and horror.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Sep 28, 2026

4/5

The sheer spectacle whipped up by director Na Hong-jin is remarkable.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Sep 22, 2026

The rickety CGI not its strong suit, “Hope” never quite follows through on its crafty first hour of peekaboo velocity.

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Jesse Hassenger

AV Club

Sep 16, 2026

B

Hope is the kind of movie that encourages talking around, in part that’s because it’s surprising, strange, and entertaining enough to make spoiler avoidance unusually worthwhile. That’s also not the whole story.

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Troy Ribeiro

Free Press Journal (India)

13 hrs ago

3.5/ 5

Na Hong-jin returns with Hope, a genre-bending Korean creature feature blending science fiction, horror, action and comedy. Hwang Jung-min and Jung Ho-yeon impress, but...

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Daniel de Partearroyo

Cinemanía (Spain)

23 hrs ago

4/5

In an era of Western assimilation after Parasite and Squid Game, Hope recaptures Korean cinema’s ability to throw the world off balance. [Full review in Spanish]

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Mamta Raut

Mashable India

3 days ago

3/5

‘Hope’ is a bonkers, brilliantly entertaining mess.

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Markus White

Oct 24, 2026

Incredible movie, action and build up was amazing. For a Korean foreign film it was incredible!

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Pdizzle

Oct 23, 2026

Can’t wait for the next installment

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Carlos

Oct 23, 2026

Awesome build up, intense horror and suspense in the first 2 acts however the movie falls apart in the third act because it adds far too much with too little time to dissect it.

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Ovan

Oct 18, 2026

movie started put good and had and interesting startup. But started to drag on and had a twist that came way out of left field. this struck me more as an anime storyline than a full length movie storyline.

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Mr Hollywood

Oct 11, 2026

One of the better action movies of the year. Fun thrill ride with a good enough story. It’s entertaining throughout

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Phantom

Oct 9, 2026

Liked the story but the CGI is horrible

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Synopsis

A police chief, a policewoman and a group of hunters try to track down and kill a mysterious creature that's laying waste to a Korean village.

Director: Na Hong-jin
Producer: Kim Saemi, Son Seung-hyeon
Screenwriter: Na Hong-jin
Distributor: NEON
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Strong Violent Content)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 9, 2026, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2026
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.0M
Runtime: 2h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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