The First Trailer For Park Chan-Wook’s Decision To Leave Will Blow Your Mind

The trailer for “Decision to Leave” gives fans an incredible look at the latest project from Park Chan-wook.

It opens with an overhead shot of police officers searching the woods at night. The lights emanating from their flashlights are reminiscent of flies swarming a dead body. Detectives and first responders then stand over the corpse of a man who fell off a nearby cliff while rock climbing (squeamish viewers beware: the trailer features a gruesome depiction of what the accident may have looked like). The detectives meet the deceased’s wife, who strangely doesn’t seem very shaken up from her husband’s death. The detective and the wife seem infatuated with one another, and the trailer shows a series of clips of their unique, chaotic, and mind-bending relationship.

If the trailer wasn’t enough to get moviegoers excited, TIFF’s Giovanna Fulvi raved about the movie, calling it an incredible love story and a fantastic noir thriller. “After his dazzling Vengeance Trilogy drew genre film fans into a world of graphic hyper-violence and powerful dark passions, Park Chan-wook elevated the tone and style of his suspense thrillers with ‘The Handmaiden.’ He’s brought that same refined elegance to his latest seductive masterwork, and we can only be grateful.”

Other outlets are also praising Park Chan-wook’s latest project. Variety related “Decision to Leave” to “Parasite” and “Squid Game,” calling it the next global Korean success, while IndieWire labeled it “the most romantic movie of the year.”

“Decision to Leave” opens in theaters on October 14.