The Host
| Score: | 1.5 / 10 |
| Released: | March 30, 2007 |
| Director: | Joon-ho Bong |
| Producer: | Yong-bae Choi |
| Studio: | Odeon Films |
| Cast: | Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeo, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Ah-sung Ko, Hie-bong Byeon, Park Haeil, Spencer Kim |
| Genre: | Horror |
| Length: | 119 minutes |
The Host Synopsis
Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) works at a food stand on the banks of the Han River. Dozing on the job, he is awakened by his daughter, Hyun-seo (Ko A-sung), who is angry with him for missing a teacher-parent meeting at school.
As Gang-du walks out to the riverbank with a delivery, he notices that a large crowd of people has gathered, taking pictures and talking about something hanging from the Han River Bridge. The otherwise idyllic landscape turns suddenly to bedlam when a terrifying creature climbs up onto the riverbank and begins to crush and eat people.
Gang-du and his daughter run for their lives but suddenly the thing grabs Hyun-seo and disappears back into the river. The government announces that the thing apparently is the Host of an unidentified virus. Having feared the worst, Gang-du receives a phone call from his daughter who is frightened, but very much alive. Gang-du makes plans to infiltrate the forbidden zone near the Han River to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the horrifying Host...