The Host (2006) movie poster

The Host (2006)

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"Man has made his newest predator."
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👍 79%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 89%
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Director
Bong Joon Ho
Runtime
2h
Rated
R
Country
South Korea
Language
Korean
TMDB Rating
7.0/10 (3,067 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
85

Cast

Song Kang-ho as Park Gang-du · 82% avg
Byun Hee-bong as Park Hie-bong
Park Hae-il as Park Nam-il · 79% avg
Bae Doona as Park Nam-joo · 76% avg
Ko A-sung as Park Hyun-seo
Oh Dal-su as The Monster (voice) · 81% avg
Lee Jae-eung as Se-jin
Lee Dong-ho as Se-joo

Is The Host good?

Most people think so. 79% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 89%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#400 / 1168 · Horror
Rank in its year
#82 / 206 · 2006
Rank among its director's films
#7 / 7 · Bong Joon Ho
On ThumbScore's lists
Best Free Sci-Fi Movies on Xumo Play (#12) · Best Free Sci-Fi Movies on Fandango at Home (#16) · The Best Sci-Fi Movies on Peacock (#17) · 25 Best Free Full-Length Sci-Fi Movies on YouTube (#24)

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her. Wikipedia ↗

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