The South Korean filmmaker, known for his keen attention to class struggle, brings a sharp social fable to the screen with his adaptation of Donald Westlake's novel 'The Ax,' laced with biting humor.

It's been a little over a year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria ended a 14-year civil war. More than 1.3 million Syrians have returned home since then, according to the UN refugee agency, ...