No Other Choice

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Film Reviews, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2026

⏱️ 165 minutes

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Summary

Join Pulp Men (and Woman) of the Year Griffin, David, Ben, and Marie as they discuss Park Chan Wook’s latest offering, the silly and sublime No Other Choice. We’re talking about paper, AI-proof jobs, the handsomeness of Lee Byung-hun, the possibility that Director Park is the Michael Jordan of dissolves, and the fact that this is likely Griffin’s favorite film of 2025. Plus, David breaks down over the finale of Stranger Things, and we all apologize for a bunch of stuff. Read the Chevy Chase New York Times profile. Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	Blackjack with Griffin and David
0:04.7	Blackjack with Griffin and David
0:08.7	Don't know what to say or to expect
0:12.3	All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check
0:17.7	I'm fighting a war for our podcast.
0:24.2	Great.
0:25.2	We just spent approximately four and a half hours.
0:29.3	We mostly did the March Madness bracket, but it was also looking for a quote.
0:33.5	No, all four and a half hours were spent trying to find an opening quote for this movie.
0:38.2	A movie I love, one of my favorites of the year, possibly my single favorite of the year.
0:43.4	I'm chewing on the idea that it might be my number one.
0:47.3	It jumped up majorly for me on second viewing after loving it the first time.
0:52.2	I found it.
0:52.9	For the year 2025. This, of course, is an episode in 2026, but I'm talking about my 2025 film rankings, and I think this film has an excellent script, and the internet is just not letting me find those quotes. But he does constantly say... I'm fighting a war for this family. I'm finding a war for this family.
1:11.0	And I turned it into I'm fighting a war for this podcast.
1:13.4	Yeah.
1:14.0	No other choice.
1:14.7	That's all you have to say?
1:16.4	To that quote,
1:17.7	I mean, he is.
1:19.1	Would you fight a war for your family?
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