The Host

Going In/Coming Out

and this is over a budget bill,
imagine if these people were fighting a monster?

guarding the most militarized border in the world,
bet we have a plan for fighting a mutant river monster
in a draw somewhere

Japan has Godizalla, the United States has vengeful aliens from Roswell, New Mexico (Independence Day), Europe has Nazi's and what does Korea have? Well The Host answers that question, with one part ecological disaster and one part river monster and you have a sci-fi romp that is worthy of earning Korea's national monster title. The Host looks like a giant river salamander that is on a one monster destruction tour of Seoul's river district. This movie brilliantly gives insight into the Korean mindset (extremely orderly, even when running from a monster) and the response by the people (initially orderly withdrawal, later angry protests) is spot on if Korean politics are to be a gauge. Also included in the story is the US involvement in containing the monster because with 40,000 troops stationed in South Korea and the largest military budget in the world no one else is more qualified to fight a monster. But one area with this movie didn't cover was North Korea, which shows us the viewer, that in America the North Korean threat is paramount but in South Korea (living daily with the threat) it is just another potential monster, but the river monster wrecking the Seoul river front takes precedent.