THE WITCH: PART 2. THE OTHER ONE Review: More Witches, More Fun For Everyone!
It’s been four years since writer/director Park Hoon-jung thrilled audiences with The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, featuring Kim Da-mi in the title role with a dark, brooding tale about a young girl whose mysterious past comes back to haunt her with violent effect. Four years later, the stage is set for another offering as Park delivers in full once more with The Witch: Part 2. The Other One – intriguingly titled, despite some of the sheepish reactions it got online, and certainly lends to a sort of menacing air per the narrative. Both films are set against the backdrop of the Witch Program, a black-ops project aimed experimenting on young children at a private facility known as the Ark, with the result ending up in the child’s escape after a catastrophic event. Park’s sequel follows suit in some ways, firstly kicking things off with a foreboding prologue, which also […]
