Review of Okja (2017) by Nickthecritick — 25 Apr 2022
In the mountains of South Korea, the young Mija has been sharing a simple life for ten years, surrounded by nature, with her playmate Okja, a specimen of super pig, created in the laboratory by the multinational Mirando. When the Corporation shows up to take the animal back and take it to New York, where it will be crowned the winner of a television contest and then sent to the slaughterhouse together to be marketed on a very large scale, Mija is not there and starts in the pursuit of her best friend, encountering Mirando's intricate marketing plans but also a group of animal rights activists eager to denounce their abuses.
This superficial fable directed by bong jon ho proposes a work of animal rights / environmentalist denunciation but ends up hiding a real emptiness.
This review of Okja (2017) was written by Nickthecritick on 25 Apr 2022.
Okja has generally received very positive reviews.
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