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# Parasite [Blu-ray]

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## Description

Meet the Park family, the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide "indispensable" luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks. By turns darkly hilarious and heart-wrenching, Parasite showcases a modern master at the top of his game.

Review: PARASITE - The Best Movie of 2019 - Define "Social Thriller" - a film which discusses themes about the oppression of society. This is the type of genre that might best describe what PARASITE (2019) basically is. It is also a black comedy thriller, as well, basically a cross between a Coen Brothers-style black comedy and a Hitchcockian horror-thriller, and one that takes you completely by surprise. I had already known who Bong Joon Ho, was having seen two of his films: The Host (2006), an amazingly done monster film and family drama, and the underrated Memories of Murder (2003), which might be my favorite detective/serial killer film. So when I heard of his new film Parasite, as well as the huge praise it was receiving, and what it was about, I knew it sounded like my kind of film, and that I had to see it. Couldn't find it in my store, but thanks to desertcart's wonderful service, I was able to get it on DVD. And it was absolutely worth it, after my first watch, I actually ended up watching six more times almost back-to-back, it was that seriously good. PARASITE is Bong Joon Ho at his very best, a wonderfully done film that is deserving of its praise. Once it starts, I was so deeply invested into it, that the language barrier and subtitles stopped feeling like a bother when watching. And it is so deeply layered with themes and subtext, that it might require a few viewings to get them all, but I do kind-of see the film as the perfect culmination of other similar 2019 films (those being US and JOKER) that had also explored socio-political themes about classism, class division, and "the poor vs. the rich". I can assure you that PARASITE is a film that must been seen, and I strongly believe that it now earns a place on the list of Greatest Movies Ever Made in Cinema History along the likes of The Godfather, Fargo, and Shawshank Redemption. The kind of movie that will leave you thinking even after the movie is over. I seriously believe that PARASITE is quite possible the best movie of 2019, bar none.
Review: Survival of the fittest in a record-breaking movie - This film’s title is “Parasite” (singular), because the survival of the Kim family depends on its ability to operate as a single organism, capitalizing on the gullibility and self-indulgence of the ultra-wealthy Park family. In the opening scene, we see the Kims in their cramped subbasement apartment in the South Korean slums where son Ki-woo/Kevin (Choi Woo-shik) and daughter Ki-jeong/Jessica (Park So-dam) find free Wi-Fi next to the toilet in the back of the apartment. Father Ki-taek (played by Song Kang-ho) seems like a hopeless optimist who finds opportunity in the mundane (e.g. free fumigation for stinkbugs in the kitchen) and teaches his children they must always have a plan. After the Kims’ failed attempt at folding pizza boxes for income, college student Min (Park Seo-joon) visits the family and changes their lives forever. Ki-woo agrees to replace Min in an English tutoring job for the Park family. Ki-woo also accepts Min’s gift of a special stone meant to bring fortune to its keeper. Indeed, the stone is part of the rise and devastating fall of the family as all 4 members intertwine their lives with the Parks’. When the Parks leave on a camping trip, the Kim family enjoys a rare night of luxury in the empty house. A heavy rainstorm leads to a Darwinian struggle with the Parks’ past housekeeper (replaced by Mrs. Kim), who returns to rescue her husband hiding in an underground chamber of the Parks mansion. In a long, nightmarish sequence in the dark, the Parks unexpectedly return early, and Ki-taek, Ki-woo and Ki-jeong narrowly escape. Returning to the slums to find their apartment flooded with sewage, they spend the night with others in a school gymnasium, and Ki-taek discloses his “plan.” In complicated events the following day, the divided classes violently clash, but ultimately coexist. The 2020 Academy Awards got it right in the unprecedented sweep for this movie (Best Picture, Best Director for Bong Joon Ho, Best International Feature Film, Best Writing--Original Screenplay). Don’t be scared away by the subtitles. This is a masterpiece you need to see.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Hyae Jin Chang, Joon Ho Bong, Jung Eun Lee, Kang Ho Song, Sin Ae Kwak, So Dam Park, Sun Kyun Lee, Woo Shik Choi, Yang Kwon Moon, Yeo Jeong Cho, Young Hwan Jang Contributor Hyae Jin Chang, Joon Ho Bong, Jung Eun Lee, Kang Ho Song, Sin Ae Kwak, So Dam Park, Sun Kyun Lee, Woo Shik Choi, Yang Kwon Moon, Yeo Jeong Cho, Young Hwan Jang See more |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 59,595 Reviews |
| Format | Blu-ray, Digital copy, NTSC, Subtitled |
| Genre | Art House & International, Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Mystery & Suspense/Thrillers |
| Initial release date | 2020-01-28 |
| Language | Korean |

## Product Details

- **Format:** Blu-ray, Digital copy, NTSC, Subtitled
- **Genre:** Art House & International, Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Mystery & Suspense/Thrillers
- **Initial release date:** 2020-01-28
- **Language:** Korean

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ PARASITE - The Best Movie of 2019
*by G***N on February 6, 2020*

Define "Social Thriller" - a film which discusses themes about the oppression of society. This is the type of genre that might best describe what PARASITE (2019) basically is. It is also a black comedy thriller, as well, basically a cross between a Coen Brothers-style black comedy and a Hitchcockian horror-thriller, and one that takes you completely by surprise. I had already known who Bong Joon Ho, was having seen two of his films: The Host (2006), an amazingly done monster film and family drama, and the underrated Memories of Murder (2003), which might be my favorite detective/serial killer film. So when I heard of his new film Parasite, as well as the huge praise it was receiving, and what it was about, I knew it sounded like my kind of film, and that I had to see it. Couldn't find it in my store, but thanks to Amazon's wonderful service, I was able to get it on DVD. And it was absolutely worth it, after my first watch, I actually ended up watching six more times almost back-to-back, it was that seriously good. PARASITE is Bong Joon Ho at his very best, a wonderfully done film that is deserving of its praise. Once it starts, I was so deeply invested into it, that the language barrier and subtitles stopped feeling like a bother when watching. And it is so deeply layered with themes and subtext, that it might require a few viewings to get them all, but I do kind-of see the film as the perfect culmination of other similar 2019 films (those being US and JOKER) that had also explored socio-political themes about classism, class division, and "the poor vs. the rich". I can assure you that PARASITE is a film that must been seen, and I strongly believe that it now earns a place on the list of Greatest Movies Ever Made in Cinema History along the likes of The Godfather, Fargo, and Shawshank Redemption. The kind of movie that will leave you thinking even after the movie is over. I seriously believe that PARASITE is quite possible the best movie of 2019, bar none.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Survival of the fittest in a record-breaking movie
*by M***C on February 17, 2020*

This film’s title is “Parasite” (singular), because the survival of the Kim family depends on its ability to operate as a single organism, capitalizing on the gullibility and self-indulgence of the ultra-wealthy Park family. In the opening scene, we see the Kims in their cramped subbasement apartment in the South Korean slums where son Ki-woo/Kevin (Choi Woo-shik) and daughter Ki-jeong/Jessica (Park So-dam) find free Wi-Fi next to the toilet in the back of the apartment. Father Ki-taek (played by Song Kang-ho) seems like a hopeless optimist who finds opportunity in the mundane (e.g. free fumigation for stinkbugs in the kitchen) and teaches his children they must always have a plan. After the Kims’ failed attempt at folding pizza boxes for income, college student Min (Park Seo-joon) visits the family and changes their lives forever. Ki-woo agrees to replace Min in an English tutoring job for the Park family. Ki-woo also accepts Min’s gift of a special stone meant to bring fortune to its keeper. Indeed, the stone is part of the rise and devastating fall of the family as all 4 members intertwine their lives with the Parks’. When the Parks leave on a camping trip, the Kim family enjoys a rare night of luxury in the empty house. A heavy rainstorm leads to a Darwinian struggle with the Parks’ past housekeeper (replaced by Mrs. Kim), who returns to rescue her husband hiding in an underground chamber of the Parks mansion. In a long, nightmarish sequence in the dark, the Parks unexpectedly return early, and Ki-taek, Ki-woo and Ki-jeong narrowly escape. Returning to the slums to find their apartment flooded with sewage, they spend the night with others in a school gymnasium, and Ki-taek discloses his “plan.” In complicated events the following day, the divided classes violently clash, but ultimately coexist. The 2020 Academy Awards got it right in the unprecedented sweep for this movie (Best Picture, Best Director for Bong Joon Ho, Best International Feature Film, Best Writing--Original Screenplay). Don’t be scared away by the subtitles. This is a masterpiece you need to see.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All about family, like all other Korean movies
*by S***K on February 11, 2020*

I'm not a Bong/Song fan and I was skeptical. Maybe the western viewers who are not familiar with Korean language/culture were hoodwinked by Bong. I decided to find out what the all fuss was about it since it was the first foreign language film that won Oscar Best Picture. Now I know why. At first, it looked like a typical Bong thing, complete with Song Gang-ho, and full of scheming buffoons . Then it unfolded into desperate people vs even more desperate people. It strikes the cord: in real life, here in the West as well as in Korea, it's the desperate people hustling and competing with the desprate, while the rest cruise on by. The film didn't set out to make it some sort of class warfare; it's just telling a story about desperate people. And the rich/poor happened to be a typical theme in Korean drama. The only thing that could pass as a social commentary in this film is at the end when the father Kim stabs his boss who turned up his nose on dying poor man. The real commentary though is the cynical outlook of the modern Koreans. You see, we grew up even poorer in the 60s and 70s. But we didn't go around making comments about the rich, how they are because they are rich, etc. Or pretending to be rich, or obsess with English as status symbol. Being poor was just the way it was because, well, most people were poor. Nowadays it's all about posing and pretending. The film at the end though is about family, their struggle, love. Kim asks "but you still love her", to which Park replies "of course" and then scoffs; the fired maid comes back for her husband in the basement, cries out for him; Ki-Jung yells at her father demanding that he give 우리 가족 (the family) priority when he ruefully worries about the driver he replaced; ki-woo promises that he'll come back for his father locked in the basement. It's the best film that Bong produced. It's better than the Memory of Murder which has been his best work so far.

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