Skip to main content
Celluloid
Science FictionThrillerActionHorror Cannes

HOPE

Directed by Na Hong-jin · 2026 ·

LLM fact sheet (.md)

Answer Summary: Is HOPE worth watching in the UK?

HOPE (2026) earns a 72% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (82%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (75%).

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for HOPE?

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

72%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

82% Critic Score
75% Audience
68 Metascore
★★★☆☆ Letterboxd 3.4
6.7 IMDb /10
Runtime
2h 40m
Cast
Hwang Jung-min , Zo In-sung , Hoyeon , Michael Fassbender , Alicia Vikander , Taylor Russell , Cameron Britton

Where to watch in the United Kingdom

Not yet streaming in the United Kingdom — check local listings.

Why this score?

  • Majority of critics rated it fresh (82%).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (75%).
  • Metascore is generally favorable (68/100).
  • Celluloid Score 72% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

  • Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience

Not ideal for

  • Viewers who only watch top-tier, 90%+ rated films

Scores reflect data indexed at build time. Component sources are shown on this page; Celluloid Score is our composite, not a third-party trademark. Scoring policy

Is HOPE worth watching?

Yes — HOPE earns a 72% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

Critics Consensus

A decade of anticipation buys Na Hong-jin room to sprawl, and sprawl he does — an overstuffed, frequently astonishing creature epic whose nerve-shredding set pieces outrun its wobbly world-building and divisive ending.

Celluloid Critics Consensus

Critics (82%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (75%).

What is HOPE about?

In Hope Harbor, a fishing village hard against the DMZ, wildfires sever all communications just as something inhuman comes down out of the mountains. A weary police chief, a rookie officer and a village of armed locals set out to hunt the creature — and quickly become the hunted. Na Hong-jin's first film since The Wailing is a $46 million science-fiction colossus, a decade in the making, that premiered in competition at Cannes and delivered Korea's biggest box-office opening of 2026, with Hwang Jung-min leading an international ensemble that folds in Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander.

Critic Reviews

critic HOPE

Hope Review: Na Hong-jin Returns With a Monster Epic That Devours Itself

A decade after The Wailing, Na Hong-jin resurfaces with Hope — a 160-minute creature epic whose opening stretch is some of the most ferocious action filmmaking of his career, and whose back half spends that brilliance with both hands.

See it for the first hour, which is world-class, and brace for the sprawl. Genre devotees and Na completists should not miss it; viewers hoping for another Wailing should recalibrate.

Dr. Amara Okonkwo World Cinema Editor

More Like This