“Hope races from modern-day western to action thriller to horror film to science-fiction epic – all while retaining the full-throttle energy and sweaty cult-movie atmosphere of a 1970s exploitation flick.”—Nicholas Barber, BBC.com
“There is nary a moment of boredom and its numerous peaks of exhilarating action are often undercut by a laugh-out-loud payoff. Brilliantly crafted and beautifully shot.”—John Bleasdale, Sight & Sound
“The jaw-dropping scale of it all puts most blockbusters to shame.”—Iana Murray, Little White Lies
In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police outpost chief Bum-seok (Hwang
Jung-min) and officer Sung-ae (Hoyeon) are called to find a mysterious creature that has
wreaked havoc on the village. In the nearby forest, a coterie of local hunters, including Sung-ki
(Zo In-sung) set out to track the beast and find themselves hunted instead. But all is not as it
seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of
disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.