Every Bong Joon-Ho Film Ranked Worst To Best
6. Okja
In this 2017 Netflix exclusive, Bong made a film that featured a mix of acting talents from both America and South Korea. With the likes of Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal working alongside Ahn Seo-hyun and Byun Hee-bong.
After an environmentalist corporation generates a new breed of super pigs, they send specimens out to numerous farmers around the world to look after them as they grow. Ten years later, we are introduced to Mija, a South Korean girl living with her grandfather and their super pig, Okja. When Okja is declared the best of the super pig specimens, he is taken from Mija, with plans to send him to New York for further testing.
The film then follows Mija’s attempts to find and rescue Okja, with the help of an activist group who wish to uncover the corporations inhumane tests and treatment of its animals.
Okja struggles to keep a consistent tone, but does a good job in using modern day concerns of animal cruelty and experimentation as the films main theme. It also got praise for its performance from child actress Seo-Hyun.