![]() ![]() The film opens in local theaters next Wednesday. But Shin was not as impressive as Seo Eun-soo or the female leader of the four-member Chinese assassin group as far as action is concerned. With the first installment, the sequel is likely to earn a place in Korean film history as rare female-fronted action thrillers. Cho Min-soo, star of director Kim Ki-duk's award-winning "Pieta," took a double role as the steely professor Baek in the first part and mild-tempered and artistic Baek Chong-gwal in the sequel.īesides them, Yong-du (Jin Goo), a local thug who is in dispute with Kyung-hi's family over the ownership of the farm, also pursues the teenage girl for money after learning about her formidable supernatural power. Jo-hyun visits Jeju with her foreign teammate upon a private request from the project's mastermind, Baek Chong-gwal (the twin sister of professor Baek in the first installment), to kill the runaway experimental subject. ![]() The only flaw in Park's otherwise imaginative screenplay for the sequel is the lack of any formidable villains, which results in lessening the thrill in the climax combat sequence. It, instead, is led by Ja-yoon's twin sister (novice actress Shin Si-ah) who was also created as part of a secret genetic engineering project code-named "witch." Unlike the original that does not have much witchcraft, the witch in the sequel may be a better fit for the franchise's title since she uses more supernatural powers to repel enemies than Ja-yoon. The Subversion (Korean Movie) The Witch : Part 1. It also made a small box-office success with 3.18 million viewers, drawing plenty of interest in further chapters in this story.īut the sequel does not have Kim among the main cast. The Subversion," released in 2018, was acclaimed by critics for its smart story, stylish and gripping action, and the magnetic performance by the then relative newcomer Kim. < Ma-nyeo > 10 years ago, Ja-yoon escaped from a government facility in the midst of an inexplicable incident by herself and lost all her memory.![]() The Other One." (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) Now she will have to uncover her past to control her powers and survive. By chance a couple of weeks ago, however, I finally had the opportunity to sit down and watch it properly, when a film channel in my country was airing the movie late one night. This image provided by NEW is from a scene in "The Witch: Part 2. A high school girl discovers that her telekinetic abilities are more dangerous than she ever imagined when she is pursued by criminals. The Witch Part 1 Subversion (2018) has been sitting on my To Watch List for the past year or so, yet, I could never quite find the right opportunity to properly see it. ![]()
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