![]() The story has her hook up with another family of farmers, in this case Kyung-hee (Park Eun-bin) and Dae-gil (Sung Yoo-bin), a sister and her brother whose uncle, Yong-doo (Jin Goo) is a mob boss trying to force them to sell so that he can develop the land into commercial property. Along the way she is endearing and even funny, particularly when, having recently learned the joys of food and eager to sample an abundance of new flavors, she goes on a wild shopping spree at the grocery store. Newcomer Shin Sia deftly plays the wide-eyed wonder that makes her character feel human and sympathetic even though she transforms into a remorseless potential killing machine whenever danger strikes. Although also an enhanced human like Koo Ja Yoon, the Girl is very much an unformed innocent, seeing the outside world for the first time, having apparently spent her entire life inside the confines of the laboratory. The sequel, with the ground laid, goes high-octane from frame one, spacing several energetic action scenes throughout the running time.Įven more distinct is the lead character. The first film was largely a mystery that built up to explanations and carnage, which arrived mostly in the last act. ![]() Though working from a similar premise, The Witch Part 2: The Other One does more than reprise its predecessor. The Witch Part 2 Review: Treading New Ground As in the previous film, those in the know fear that this test subject, engineered and trained to kill, is too dangerous to live, and they will employ some ruthless measure to get the job done. What are the stakes, and what is the mission? To assassinate the “other one” of the title (Shin Sia), an unnamed Girl known officially only as “Ark 1 Datum point,” who has escaped from another experimental facility after it was raided by a black ops unit trying to kill her. Part of the fun is that the characters are sometimes as confused as we are by the appearance of these rival teams, the film’s joke being that it is not depicting some intricate conspiracy with neatly interlocking pieces but rather a sort of chaotic regime in which the stakes are so high that no faction is willing to sit back and let someone else to complete the mission. This is further complicated by Park Hoon-jung’s penchant (seen in the previous film) of having multiple teams hunting his protagonist, each with its own conflicting agenda. Writer-director Park Hoon-jung’s ambitious narrative approach is to introduce characters and plot threads without providing much exposition, forcing viewers to put things together from contextual clues: body language and demeanor indicate who has past history, who is in charge, and who is threatening whom in any situation. Picking up from this cliffhanger, though not directly, The Witch Part 2: The Other One takes a roundabout path to answering the lingering questions. ![]() Shin Sia see as “The Other One,” a scientifically enhanced killer known in the film only as The Girl. Baek (Min-soo Jo), a wheelchair-bound scientist whose twin sister was involved with the experiments, only to find herself face-to-face with another young girl, presumably also with enhanced abilities and maybe her sister of even her twin, though the film ends without clarifying the point, leaving the door wide open for a sequel to fill in the blanks. After a prodigious body count, Koo Ja Yoon confronts Dr. Eager to help her cash-strapped adoptive parents, she enters a television talent contest where she shows off her telekinetic ability, which immediately captures the attention of the people still looking for her. What you need to know, in a nutshell, is that Part 1 was the story of Koo Ja Yoon (Kim Da-Mi), a teenager who has been living a comfortable life on a farm since escaping from the secret facility responsible for the experiments. If you have not seen the first film, the sequel might be a little confusing (hell, if might be confusing even if you have seen the original) fortunately, The Witch Part 1: Subversion is currently available on Vudu. The predecessor is actually The Witch Part 1: Subversion (2018), also written and directed by Park Hoon-jung, which wedded John Wick-style stunts and action with well-executed CGI to explore the premise of scientifically enhanced test subjects with superhuman abilities. ![]() The Witch Part 2 Review: Who is the Other One?Īs you might have guessed from the title, The Witch Part 2: The Other One is a sequel but not to the overrated 2015 art house horror film The Witch.
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