Okja (2017) Hey what's up guys.
Today I'll show you a science-fiction adventure film: "Okja"!
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care! The film starts with the new CEO of Mirando Corp,
Lucy, giving a speech and telling the crowd how she's reclaiming the space that the former rotten
CEO used to manage in the past. Lucy promises that she's different from her family. Lucy introduces a
so-called 'miracle' to the crowd, as they take pictures of the large screen behind Lucy. The
screen shows a super piglet on the screen. Scientists have been raising the super piglet,
as they observed and performed various studies on the creature. Since then,
the Mirando Corp has successfully reproduced 26 miracle piglets. Lucy claims it will become
a revolution in the livestock industry. she proceeds to announce a contest to raise the
biggest and best super pig ever. she explains the mechanics, until one old lady asks her how long
they would wait for the super pig. Lucy answers that everyone will have to wait for 10 years.
10 Years Later, somewhere far from New York, in the mountains of Seoul Korea, a girl is
seen blowing a dandelion, as a super pig as big as an elephant shows up behind her. The little girl
named Mihja, and her super pig Okja, do their usual routines such as eating fruits, drinking
water, and getting fish from the pond. The kind of bond between the two is no other kind. Okja
is no pet, but is instead a family to Mihja. Mihja's grandpa looks for her as it's already
time to eat. On their way home, they take a shortcut when Okja hesitates to continue walking,
as It's a dangerous path. Mihja ties a rope on her and Okja; but she unfortunately slips, making
her almost fall off the cliff. Luckily, there's a rope that connects the Mihja to Okja, which
prevents Mihja from falling. Okja struggles to keep her safe, until she sees a branch where she
can safely stay. Okja takes that opportunity to save Mihja and sacrifice herself. Okja falls down
the cliff. Later on, Mihja looks for Okja, where the two embrace in joy as Okja is found safe.
Proceeding with their dinner, grandpa and Mihja talk about a Mirando manager,
who will come visit Okja tomorrow. Grandpa seems to be hiding something from Mihja,
as he keeps on avoiding Mihja's question. Mihja wants to buy Okja, to which grandpa responds that
Okja is already theirs as they have finally paid for Okja. There it shows a certificate,
revealing that the Grandpa is one of the Local Farmers that Mirando chose to be a candidate on
their super pig project, with pictures of Mihja and Okja together when Okja was still a piglet.
In the middle of the night, Mihja heads outside to sleep beside Okja, and the two cuddle.
The next day, the manager comes while Mihja maintains Okja's dental hygiene. he asks her
to take out the black box from Okja's ear. he connects the black box to his laptop,
which shows how Mirando tracks Okja's data. A team of strangers suddenly appear with tiredness
evident on their faces. One of them is the face of Mirando Corporation, who came to shoot content
for Mirando's Super Pig Project. The man mentions that Okja will be going to New York in english,
which Mihja couldn't understand anything. Mihja gets confused but is distracted by him,
whom she recognizes from the TV, so she asks for an autograph instead. Later on, grandpa takes
Mihja to her Parents' grave. There, grandpa gives Mihja a small golden pig made out of real gold,
which perplexes Mihja. Grandpa later admits that he cannot buy Okja, as Mirando didn't let him buy
Okja, so he bought Mihja a golden pig instead. The competition is nearly over, so the Mirando
is taking all 26 super pigs back. Grandpa also reveals that Okja was selected as the best pig,
so she will be spending the night in Seoul's office, before flying to America the next day.
Mihja isn't happy with the news as Okja is her best friend. Mihja gets angry and runs away,
hoping to still catch up with the team that took away Okja. But she's too late,
as Okja is already nowhere to be seen. Later that night, as grandpa prepares for
their dinner, Mihja returns home. she changes her clothes as she's heading somewhere else.
Mihja tells Grandpa she's going to Seoul to take Okja back. She breaks her piggy bank to
bring money. she also includes the golden pig in her belt bag. Grandpa tries to stop her,
saying that it's Okja's inevitable fate to be killed and eaten, and that she should just
accept it. But Mihja doesn't listen, and still continues with her mission to save Okja.
she takes a subway to travel, until she finally reaches Mirando's office in Seoul. she knocks
on a glass door, but a receptionist ignores her. Mihja uses the phone hanging by the door
to ask for the manager. But the receptionist doesn't listen; she instead calls for security
to send someone to escort Mihja out. As Mihja sees the receptionist leaves her,
she breaks down the glass door by kicking it. After that, Mihja runs through the building with
the hopes of finding the manager, while a security guard and the receptionist try to
chase her. As the running and chasing continues, Mihja hears a familiar sound, so she runs to the
window. she spots Okja being forcefully loaded inside the truck by Mirando's men. The manager
grabs a chance for a selfie with Okja, which clearly isn't right as Okja is suffering. The
manager gets into the truck's passenger seat with a young driver, who obviously doesn't like his
job. As the truck starts moving, Mihja comes up close behind, since she's fast enough to get out
of the building. Surprisingly, she catches up with the pace of the truck, and timely climbs up on top
of the truck where Okja can hear her voice. Okja makes a loud noise after hearing Mihja's
voice. Mihja struggles to stay on the truck as it moves. Suddenly, another truck appears
and drives alongside the truck where Mihja is on. The driver and the passenger on the second
truck are wearing a mask, covering their faces. The second truck tries to communicate with the
manager and the Driver, saying they should oblige to their demand to stop the car. The
manager is confused as he cannot understand why they should stop in the first place. he
forces the driver to drive forward. Leaving them with no choice, the second truck crashes
the side of Mirando's truck to stop it, which leads to Mihja getting off of the truck.
People with black masks exit the second truck, and open the doors of the truck where Okja is,
to take her out of the chains. They succeed in taking Okja out of the truck, but then she
goes rampant as the people in masks try to calm her down. Mihja calls Okja, trying to get her
attention. Since Okja knows her owner's voice, they reunite and escape together. The manager
can't just leave them alone, so he asks his men to chase after them. Mihja leads the way for Okja,
who's also not used to the environment in the city. This leads them both to the shopping mall,
causing a commotion, as the people witness a super pig Okja and a child running with it.
they are trapped inside the mall, and the police are almost catching up with them.
But the masked crew steps in, and protects Mihja and Okja from those who were trying
to separate them. They escape and get inside the truck owned by the masked people. They
introduce themselves as the Animal Liberation Front, who are animal lovers that try to rescue
animals from any kind of cruelty. They ask K, one of their members, to translate for them,
so that Mihja would understand them. As they converse, Jay, the leader, reveals
that everything the Mirando has been telling them is a lie. Okja was not naturally born; she was
created inside a lab. They want to permanently shut down the Mirando super pig project. They
ask Mihja to allow them to use Okja, to serve as a hidden camera, where they can get footage of the
ruthless things occurring inside the laboratory of the Mirando Corp. It's the only way they can
expose Mirando in public, and save millions of super pigs. But in order to do that, they have to
surrender Okja first to the authorities. They also promise to bring her back to Mihja after that.
Jay asks consent from Mihja, but also says that he will also accept if Mihja ever refuses, as he
knows Okja would risk suffering. Mihja refuses to let them use Okja; but K, the translator,
lies and tells the group that Mihja agrees. As the group believes the mistranslation of K,
they all proceed jumping out of the truck, and to the water by the bridge to escape from the police.
Mihja gets confused as to why they are leaving her alone, when she has already told them she wants to
bring Okja back to the mountains. The only words left by Jay are to see her soon in New York,
before fully abandoning Mihja and Okja in the truck as the police arrive to take the two.
Okja and Mihja part ways as the authorities separate them. Okja gets sent to America,
and Mihja goes back to her home in South Korea. The whole commotion in Seoul about Okja makes
it to the news, reaching Mirando's office in New York. Lucy worries that the image of the
Mirando Corp that she's been building will be tarnished, because the public may think that
they're cruel for separating the little girl from her Okja. Lucy demands her team to make
Okja and Mihja reunite in New York on her Super Pig Project, so that the public will
be fooled once again, when it's all just a marketing campaign for Mirando's Project.
Mihja is on the way to New York on a plane, as everything is already prepared for her. Mihja no
longer trusts anyone; but she only wants to talk to Okja on the phone to confirm if she's okay. The
Liberation Front however, tracks the camera that's placed on Okja's black box as Okja is already
walking inside Mirando's Lab. they watches in horror as they see the doctor forcefully
making Okja mate with another super pig. They hear Okja crying as she suffers in pain.
the girl from The Liberation Front exclaims that they shouldn't have sent Okja back to Mirando.
The other members tell her to be brave, as Mihja entrusted them to continue this mission. At that
time, K could no longer resist the guilt, and admits that he had lied to them. Mihja never
agreed to the mission, but he didn't want to stop the mission, so he lied to them. Jay gets enraged
upon hearing this, so he punches K. K gets kicked out of the organization for his wrongdoing.
The doctor uses a device on Okja, that can extract meat from animals without killing them. He makes
people taste-test sausage-sized meat from Okja, which they end up loving. Fast forward to the
New York show, Mirando's staff prepares Mihja as she will be seen in public. As Mihja walks
into the room to change clothes, she meets Jay, who is in disguise, trying to communicate with
her through papers with written translations. Jay apologizes and tells Mihja that they will
free Okja during the ceremony, so that they can come back home together. Jay then exits the room,
as the other members of the organization move to their respective positions.
The ceremony starts with the doctor as the host, and introduces Lucy who delivers her small speech,
before finally introducing Mihja. Mihja doesn't care about the ceremony as she only wants to
see Okja, so she searches for her from the platform stage. Mihja crosses the platform,
waiting for Okja to come out. Mihja holds Okja’s favorite fruit. Okja finally comes out,
but is clearly not acting like herself. Okja cannot recognize Mihja as her owner;
but Mihja does not back down. she tries to calm Okja down,
who's already turning wild. Red marks are visible on Okja's body, with her eyes red bloody.
Right then, Jay gives a signal to play the footage they recorded from Mirando's Lab on the screen,
which exposes the truth behind the Mirando's super pig project. the ceremony turns into complete
chaos, as the public realizes that Mirando's been lying to them for 10 years. The crowd doesn't
agree with the mistreatment of Okja and the other super pigs, so they throw things on the stage. Jay
steps onto the stage, trying to protect Mihja and prevent her from watching the screen behind.
Meanwhile, Nancy, Lucy's sister and also the previous CEO of the Mirando corp, witnesses the
commotion happening and how the crowd reacted. their family lawyer suggests Nancy step in and
clean her sister's mess. So They contact Mirando's elite security squad, to take charge of the
commotion that the Liberation Front started. As Okja turns wild, she suddenly bites Mihja,
who is trying to get close to her. In order to save Mihja from Okja's bites, Jay runs to hit
Okja; but Mihja stops him with her bare hands. she does not give up on trying to calm Okja down. she
whispers something to Okja, and after that, Okja lets her go and lick her wounds.
Later on, the security squad arrives, forcing everyone and using violence for The Liberation
Front to surrender. Jay and his members lead the way in order to rescue Okja successfully.
They get cornered and beaten up by the security squad. It turns out to be a lost case, as each
one of Mihja's allies is getting beaten down one by one. Okja and Mihja are already on the truck;
but the security squad still gets to them. In the end, Mirando still captures Okja successfully.
Luckily, a truck saves a bleeding Jay, who still tries his best to protect Mihja. The truck driver,
who happens to be K, came back for them. On the other hand, Nancy, being the businesswoman
that she is, only wants money, and demands the super pigs to be put in the production process
immediately. Back in the truck scene, they attend medical care for Jay's wounds. They
realize they have no other choice but to go to the factory themselves to rescue Okja.
Mihja and the two arrive at the factory, where they see thousands of super pigs across the
vast land that Mirando owns. Jay protects Mihja's innocence from the horrific sight of super pigs,
but Mihja does not care anymore. She simply just wants to find Okja and take her home.
The three continue to search for Okja among the super pigs; but it seems impossible to find her
as they are too many. Fortunately, Okja hears Mihja's voice, so she responds to her. This
helps Mihja to spot Okja. She sees Okja being forced to get inside the factory, as the rest of
the super pigs in line are getting zapped with electricity to force them to walk forward.
Mihja rushes inside the factory alone, where she witnesses everything done to pigs in production.
Dead pigs are all over the place, being hung and divided into large pieces. She sees with her own
eyes how a super pig is being killed. As Mihja continues to watch in horror, she spots Okja
being placed inside a machine, where the pigs are being killed. she sees that Okja is the next
one to get killed. She then yells and stops the worker, showing a picture of her and Okja when
they were both younger with Okja as a piglet. Jay and K arrive, until Nancy and her crew also
arrive where Mihja is. Nancy gets confused about why Okja is still alive. Mihja asks why she wants
Okja to be killed. Nancy answers that they can only sell pigs when they are dead, not when they
are alive. Mihja begs Nancy that she wants to go home with Okja; but Nancy turns that down,
as Okja is still Mirando's property and giving Okja for free to Mihja will not give her money.
Nancy says that it's all about business. Nancy explains to Mihja how everything about
pigs can produce money, as Jay and K are being led out by the security squad.
After that, Nancy signals to the worker to continue killing Okja. Mihja calls for
Nancy's attention just on time, and brings out the golden pig that her grandpa gave her. Mihja
says that she wants to buy Okja alive, in exchange for that one hundred percent real golden pig that
she has. Nancy, as the businesswoman that only cares about money, obviously agrees to Mihja's
offer and sells Okja alive. it shows the sad truth in the world that money will always be
the solution. It also points out the irony of how Okja and Mihja really didn't have to go
through all of that problem, if they only had given the golden pig in the first place.
As Mihja and Okja are being led by guards to exit the factory, they walk past the vast land with
super pigs around them. As much as Mihja wants to save them all, she can't as she doesn't have
enough money to buy every single super fat pig. Right then, A baby piglet suddenly gets out of
the electric fences, which Okja hides inside her mouth before the guard can notice. Okja, Mihja,
and the piglet successfully leave the factory. The movie ends with Mihja and Okja back in their
home, with the new additional piglet to the small family. They are living in peace in the mountains,
together with Mihja's grandpa and finally far from any harm, while the animal liberation
front is planning their next move to fight against Mirando Corp.
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