The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

I don't understand the crazy difference in ratings compared to the first one. It seemed to be on a similar level to me. Yes, losing the main actress from the first movie was a bit disappointing. Luckily, it's supposed to be a trilogy, so let's wait and see. The sequel rides on a similar premise as its 4-year-older sister. Audiovisually, it's top-notch in its genre. Story-wise, it doesn't bring much new, but the new characters were particularly enjoyable (especially the humorous duo... that guy really cracked me up with his jokes, no doubt). The change of setting also benefited the film (snowy landscapes, then forests). And the action? I admit, at times it reminded me of Marvel (in a bad way). But there were plenty of hand-to-hand combat scenes, the choreography was also on point, all accompanied by nicely brutal visuals. The ending really enticed me for the trilogy's conclusion. I'm really curious about what the creators have in store for us. I give it a 6.5/10. (11/09/2023)

First disappointment of the year from South Korea. The Witch part 1 was an awesome and brutal action ride with emotions, packed with twists and great action scenes. The second part was of course one of the most anticipated films of the year, but unfortunately I'm not very happy with the result. There were too many things that irritated me to enjoy it. Plot-wise it's average and actually quite similar to the first one, only with a different girl in the lead role, but I wasn't really rooting for her. I missed the transformation of an innocent girl into the ultimate killing machine, here she just walks around, waves her arms and everyone flies away like a piece of paper. Of course, the film has good visuals, although the visual effects are very dodgy. The CGI is visibly bad here, and Korea needs to work on that a lot. The “marvelization” of South Korea is a direction that doesn't quite appeal to me, and I'd love a return to the old uncompromising and realistic carnage. Surprisingly, there's not much action. There are only three action scenes in the first hour and a half and they didn't completely blow me away. The finale itself is almost twenty minutes long, but it didn't grab me. It felt artificial, overdone, everyone has abilities ranging from flying to immortality with no set rules, and it gives the impression of Man of Steel with an R-rating. When it comes to Gore, I was satisfied, but there wasn't as much as I would have liked. In the first one I liked the fact that the main character kills normal people, here it's mostly just people with superpowers fighting and it didn't have the right grit and juice. The digression with the mobsters was interesting and I would much rather see this as a classic gangster movie. where they cut themselves with knives than fly through the air. In short, it went into Marvel/Anime style and it will find its fans, I was unfortunately bored at times and didn't get the action satisfaction I needed. Of course it's good enough for a decent average, but it's far from the movie of the year. 6/10. (07/25/2022)