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No Other Choice - Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
We're sorry. We have no other choice.
— Man-su's Employers
Context:
Spoken during the meeting where Man-su is fired after 25 years of service.
Meaning:
The inciting incident of the film. It highlights the corporate indifference that discards loyal employees, a phrase Man-su later internalizes to justify his own violence.
Do you know what I'm feeling right now? I have it all.
— Yoo Man-su
Context:
Opening scene, hugging his family at a barbecue before the news of his firing hits.
Meaning:
Establishes the height of his happiness and the fragility of his success just before it is taken away.
If you do something bad, it means I'm doing it too. Got it?
— Lee Mi-ri
Context:
A tense moment between Man-su and Mi-ri as she realizes the lengths he is going to.
Meaning:
Signifies her acceptance of his actions and their shared culpability. It bonds them in crime as much as in marriage.
Honey... I'm in the middle of a war right now.
— Yoo Man-su
Context:
Spoken to his wife while he is deep in his plan to eliminate competitors.
Meaning:
Reframes his job hunt and murders as a battle for survival, justifying his atrocities as necessary acts of war.
The problem isn't the unemployment itself. It's how you deal with it.
— Lee A-ra
Context:
Spoken by the wife of one of Man-su's victims, reflecting on her husband's decline.
Meaning:
Highlights the psychological toll of job loss and the different ways characters cope (or fail to cope) with their new reality.