For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja-a massive animal and an even bigger friend-at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when a family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija's dearest friend. With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja…while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home. Deftly blending genres, humor, poignancy and drama, Bong Joon Ho (Snowpiercer, The Host) begins with the gentlest of premises-the bond between man and animal-and ultimately creates a distinct and layered vision of the world that addresses the animal inside us all. Okja is a Plan B Entertainment, Lewis Pictures and Kate Street Picture Company production in association with Netflix. A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja. A stirring and compassionate film. I can do little but chorus the praise other reviewers have given this film, the director, the actors and CG craftspeople. The subject matter ism one that studios have avoided for ever. Even religionists and most moralists have not dared take it on. Everyone's heart must have been in this film. The cast, acting performances, the setting, the presentation, photography - everything is really, really good. I like the style of Joon-ho Bong a lot (Snowpiercer, The Host.. great movies!).<br/><br/>However, i felt the story was quite mediocre. It's basically a girl loves a sort of "endangered" animal story, not really original or new/fresh.<br/><br/>Also i'm not so fond of the chosen "design" of Okja / the Superpigs, i felt they could have looked better, either more tasty or more scary/weird. :)<br/><br/>Overall, a entertaining, very specially presented sort of child movie made for adults. Okja is OK! Ja. Okja is exuberant and wild filmmaking.
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