#The witch part 1. the subversion train series#

A team abducts the young woman who wakes up on a stretcher, seeing that the bus incident was faked to look like an accident. Gas is thrown into the bus, causing everyone inside the vehicle to lose consciousness. Years ago, a female teenager is taking a bus ride with her friend when they mysteriously change routes. The Witch: Part 2 is the seventh highest-grossing Korean film of 2022 with a gross of US$23.4 million and over 2.8 million viewers. The film opened at number one at South Korean box offices and surpassed one million admissions after four days, and two million after eleven days of release. The film was released on J by Next Entertainment World. The Subversion, it stars Shin Si-ah, Park Eun-bin and Jo Min-su. A sequel to the 2018 film The Witch: Part 1. The Other One RR: Manyeo) is a 2022 South Korean science fiction action horror film written and directed by Park Hoon-jung. This level of talent deserves that.The Witch: Part 2. One just hopes that if Park returns to the story (there is, as yet, no confirmation of a Witch: Part 2), he'll take it in a fresh direction. Many viewers will inevitably feel frustrated by the film because it is so derivative but there's a lot to admire in it. Following their subdued approach in the first half, this contributes to the impression that Ja-yoon is undergoing a transformation as much physical as psychological. Young-Ho Kim and Teo Lee's cinematography does a good job of looking realistic yet illuminating every detail.

#The witch part 1. the subversion train series#

With the first half of the film focused on drama, the subtle placement of clues and the gradual building of tension, the second half really delivers on what many viewers will have been waiting for, with some beautifully choreographed fight scenes and action set pieces as our heroine works her way through a series of minions and end-of-level bosses. It's a bold move juxtaposing these painfully realistic scenes with others depicting teenage assassins in the hyper-stylish, cool and ruthless mode we have come to expect from Korean fantasy cinema, forcing the viewer to reconcile the two. How many layers are there to this mysterious girl? Does she remember her past or can she come to do so? Are the strange skills she exhibits inborn or taught, and is she really aware of herself using them? The film's strongest scenes are those in which she interacts with her best friend Myung-Hee (Go Min-Si), capturing the blend of awkwardness, sweetness and obnoxiousness common in girls that age and leaving us emotionally unprepared for what comes next. Though seasoned viewers will see these twists coming, Kim deftly shifts the tone of her performance along with them to keep us guessing. It's a good mix for this kind of material, or at least for what it pretends to be before another of its many twists. Again, key parts of the story are set in a rural environment and there he does a good job of setting up dramatic framing yet establishing domestic spaces that feel old, familiar, long-inhabited. Park proved himself a capable director of action with 2015's The Tiger and he approaches this film with the same confidence. Two things make it interesting despite this, Hoon-jung Park's direction and Da-mi Kim's performance in the central role. Let's get one thing clear from the start, there is absolutely nothing in this story that hasn't been done before, whether in films or video games.

Subsequently found by a a bereaved elderly couple - the kind of people who rescue lost children in fairy tales - she lives quietly for ten years until her appearance on a talent show brings her back to the attention of some very dangerous people. The boy gets caught and returned to captivity. It begins with a desperate chase through the woods: two small children fleeing a sinister institution, pursued by armed guards.