Review of The Host

The Host (2006)
7/10
good monster movie
2 October 2015
Warning: Spoilers
An American military doctor dumps formaldehyde down the drain. Later, a monster emerges from the Han River. Park Gang-Doo is a bumbling idiot who runs a riverside snack shack with his father Hie-Bong. He has daughter Hyun-Seo, his competitive archer sister Nam-Joo and his drunk brother Nam-Il. The monster takes Hyun-Seo back to his sewer lair where she's joined by Se-Joo. All the witnesses are forcibly quarantined by the military. Hyun-Seo manages to phone her father. The Park family escape and go on a rescue mission.

I love the monster and this is a good creature feature. Kang-ho Song is a fun actor. It's got some political ax to grind. I really like the tension building up to the grandfather's death. It takes a break there before restarting. It would have been great to keep going instead of getting recaptured by the military. Overall, it's a good monster movie.
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