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\n\tEerie silence hangs over mangled bodies and buildings between flash cuts to a mysterious, galloping beast on the rampage \u2014 so begins the latest official trailer for cult Korean director Na Hong-jin\u2018s Hope<\/em>. The trailer finds the film\u2019s protagonists alternately hunting or fleeing the vicious creature \u2014 or creatures \u2014 through a tattered town known as Hope Harbor, a remote coastal village near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in South Korea. Snippets near the end of the roughly two-minute spot reveal an alien spacecraft streaking through the sky, laying bare that this is a rare, big-budget Korean sci-fi spectacle, not just another white-knuckle action freakout from the director of The Chaser<\/em> and The Wailing<\/em>. (See the full trailer below.) <\/p>\n

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\n\tThe spot debuted Thursday, ahead of a two-stage rollout: Plus M Entertainment opens Hope<\/em> in South Korean cinemas on July 15, before Neon launches the film exclusively in North American theaters on Sept. 9.<\/p>\n

\nHope<\/em> \u2014 the auteur\u2019s first feature in roughly a decade \u2014 world premiered in competition at Cannes in May, drawing a six-minute standing ovation and a wave of sharply divided critical reaction, ranging from rapture to some notes of bafflement.<\/p>\n

\nThe Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u2018s chief film critic David Rooney weighed in firmly on the rapturous side, hailing the film as a \u201crip-roaring sci-fi creature feature\u201d that \u201chas instant cult classic written all over it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling to know from a movie\u2019s first frames that you\u2019re in the hands of an assured genre auteur,\u201d Rooney wrote. \u201cThe rare action thriller that takes place almost entirely in broad daylight, Hope<\/em> pulls you in immediately with its virtuoso camerawork, pulse-pounding score, adrenalized pacing and sharply drawn characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tSet in the fictional border town of Hope Harbor, the film follows police chief Bum-seok (Hwang Jung-min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) as they hunt the mysterious creature laying waste to their village, while a band of local hunters led by Sung-ki (Zo In-sung) tracks the beast through the surrounding forest, only to become its prey. What begins as misjudgment, the official synopsis teases, spirals through human conflict into tragedy on a cosmic scale.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Korean ensemble \u2014 including Hwang, reuniting with Na after The Wailing,<\/em> and Squid Game<\/em> breakout Hoyeon \u2014 is rounded out by several high-profile Hollywood names, with Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Taylor Russell and Cameron Britton turning up in minor but surprising supporting parts. Rooney singled out Hoyeon in particular, calling the model-turned-actress \u201ca hoot in her first feature role, from her action moves to her comic timing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNa made his name on a trio of stunning genre spectacles \u2014 the crime thrillers The Chaser<\/em> and The Yellow Sea<\/em> and the 2016 horror hit The Wailing<\/em> \u2014 and reunites here with his Wailing<\/em> cinematographer, Hong Kyung-pyo, a revered figure in the Korean industry whose other credits include Bong Joon Ho\u2019s Parasite<\/em> and Lee Chang-dong\u2019s Burning<\/em>. The score is by Michael Abels, the composer behind Jordan Peele\u2019s Get Out<\/em> and Nope<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tNa has conceived Hope<\/em> as the first chapter of a potential franchise \u2014 and international buyers appear on board. Korean seller Plus M pre-sold the film to roughly 200 territories out of Cannes, a record for a Korean title, with the deals, per Plus M, recouping nearly half of the movie\u2019s net production budget ahead of release.<\/p>\n

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