Mark your calendars for November 8, because that’s when Well Go USA finally heads to households with the DVD, Blu-Ray and Digital releases of Park Hoon-jung’s hit sci-fi action horror, The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One. The film marks Park’s follow-up to 2018’s The Witch: Part 1 – The Subversion, and both films are absolute delights if you’re looking to bide your time with some amazing South Korean cinema.
Next Entertainment World (NEW) is slating a June 15 release for The Witch: Part Two – The Other One, the newest sequel from director Park Hoon-jung following 2018’s The Witch: Part 1 – The Subversion. We now know this thanks to new poster art dictating otherwise, with Park directing a cast led by newcomer and actress Cynthia (a.k.a. Shin Sia) starring.
So, I’ve been living under a rock that didn’t allow me to receive any updates about The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One which apparently has a first look making the rounds as of a few months ago, and so I’m compelled to jump on it here courtesy of HanCinema as I know a lot of us who keep up with Korean films have been looking forward to this since the pic was announced in late 2020.
While New World and V.I.P. director Park Hoon-jung’s action horror sequel to 2018’s The Witch: Part 1 – The Subversion moves forward, his latest crime noir, Night In Paradise, is currently being primed to release on Netflix following the streamer’s announcement on Monday.
Park Hoon-Jung isn’t finished with enthralling the niche crowd with appetizing concepts. The noted V.I.P. and The Tiger helmer and I Saw The Devil scribe is back and offering his latest on a platter loaded with enough cerebral intrigue to surprise and dazzle you with thrilling action and chilling spectacle with Witch, opening later this month and starring Kim Da-Mi in the title role.
Rounding out the cast is actress Jo Min-Soo and Monstrum actors Choi Woo-Sik and Park Hee-Soon to culminate the story of a high-school student trained to become a weapon after suffering pre-mature memory loss. What ensues is an identity crisis with revelations pertaining to deadly scientific experiments attributed in the process as she finds herself embroiled in a crime and forced to battle mysterious foes.
The first trailer arrived about a week ago with The Film Stage lending their first coverage and you can now share it here in case you haven’t seen it yet.
The Tiger helmer Park Hoon-Jung’s new film is one for whose plot details get more and more interesting each time you look at it. Looking at V.I.P. which opens this August, we have an official trailer this week that samples a little more of what’s in store telling of an Interpol agent and two lawmen on opposite sides of the DMZ on a mission to catch a suspected serial killer.
The Tiger and New World helmer Park Hoon-Jung is back and currently making his case for summer moviegoing thrills with upcoming thriller, V.I.P.. The official trailer arrived as one of several ventures from Warner Bros. Korea and boasting an international scope for its espionage-driven tale with a cast that lists No Tears For The Dead star Jang Dong-gun, along with actors Kim Myung-min, Park Hee-soon and Lee Jong-suk, and an appearance by none other than John Wick: Chapter Two co-star, actor Peter Stormare.
South Korea-based Finecut will be on deck at this year’s HKFilmart for its own slate of titles including, as of this week, Park Hoon-Jung’s new crime pic, V.I.P.. The film marks the third international South Korean production following Kim Jee-Woon’s The Age Of Shadows and upcoming family drama, A Single Rider starring Lee Byung-Hun.
V.I.P. stars Jang Dong-gun, Kim Myung-min, Park Hee-soon and Lee Jong-suk and tells of the events surrounding the son of a key politician – a North Korean defector at the center of a brutal crime and the converging paths of a national intel agent, a detective and North Korean cop hunting them down. The film is produced by Park’s own Gold Moon Film and co-produced by Peppermint&company, Inc.
This year’s HK Filmart kicks of its four day-event starting March 13.
H/T: Screendaily
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MOVIECLIPS recently shared a Red Band clip of the film, to give viewers a taste of the action other than what has been previously seen in trailers. The clip is pure taste of classic Korean cinema with gang warfare, with suited henchmen locked in fisticuffs, vehicular manslaughter and katanas.
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