In the decade of Disney Marvel's rise, the world's film market has been occupied by super British movies.
Every year's Hollywood blockbusters, Marvel and DC alone have several, plus Sony and Lionsgate are more than a dozen, sooner or later will make people tired.
We also have a lot of super British themes in Asia, such as: Thailand has the acclaimed "Red Hawk"; Hong Kong also has "Black Man"; Japan has "Ultraman".
In South Korea last summer, there was a "Witch", written and directed by Park Hoon-jeong, which combines various elements such as underground laboratories, claustrophobic space, bloody violence, superpowers, and mutants, which is also a surprise work.
Korean movies have always been bloody and violent, the story is reversed to force, and then inertia blackens the government, and the film "Witch" accounts for all three points.
The film opens with a set of old photographs of underground human experiments, with the Nazi government flag particularly conspicuous.
And this underground underground human experimentation organization in South Korea is the same as the evil deeds of the perverted organizations in history— their experiment is to cultivate a group of high-IQ, aggressive killing machines.
Among them, the 1st generation of artificial humans is relatively low-end, not so much artificial people as modified people, the principle is like Captain America playing serum, compared with ordinary people is a little more powerful.
The 2nd generation of artificial humans is much better, not by the day after tomorrow to fight serological transformation, but by innate DNA screening, to find the best genes to develop the brain, the characteristics of the 2nd generation are: strong attack, strength, will "force", high appearance, good speech, will kill the perfect small fresh meat.
However, the strength of the second generation is also uneven, the strongest is an 8-year-old girl, her mental ability is strong enough to control the arrows shot.
And the combat effectiveness is strong enough to easily take out a group of well-trained hounds.
She is our protagonist, the Witch.
Having created such a perfect product, the organization began to worry that they were too powerful to control, so they came up with the most provocative way to kill all of them with an IQ above average, leaving no one behind, including the "witch".
Fortunately, the "witch" eventually managed to escape, and she fell outside a farm and was kindly taken in by the farmer.
The farmer is actually an American expatriate, the husband's surname is Gu, the original architectural designer; the wife is an interior decoration designer, their son and grandson have just died in a car accident, the couple is discouraged and returned to China to raise cattle.
Since then, the "witch" sister has become the adopted daughter of Teacher Gu's family and changed her name to Gu Ziyun.
Over the years, Gu Ziyun has grown up to be Tingting Yuli, young and lovely.
Moreover, the sister is diligent at home, busy in the farm in her spare time, and takes care of her mother, who is older and more confused, and is closer than her daughter.
The most rare thing is that people are still academic bullies, I didn't see how she studied, but her grades were among the best in school, and every exam was either first or second.
However, she has a hidden danger - frequent headaches.
This is the sequelae of artificial humans, because the brain is overdeveloped and causes cerebral congestion from time to time, and the blood vessels in the head seem to burst during the attack.
And this symptom seems to be getting more and more serious recently, the doctor said that her time is running out, and her brain will explode sooner or later.
Gu Ziyun is a good girl, in order to control the disease, she usually tries to put away those super powers, and looks like a weak girl who can't help the wind.
Her girlfriend Du Mingxi recommended her to participate in the "Birth of a Star" contest held by the TV station, and the winners won up to 500 million won in prize money. Gu Ziyun also wanted to earn a sum of money to subsidize the family, so he decided to participate.
With her innate super ability, the girl quickly entered the Chungcheongnam-do regional audition and was on TV, and her performance could be seen all over Korea.
In the end, she was still a little overwhelmed, and when the host asked her what she had in addition to singing, she showed a hand to the camera.
Such a high-profile act, of course, was soon discovered by the organization that had been hunting her down.
The organization is now divided into two factions, the two figures below are the leaders: the left man, mr. Cui, the leader of the 1st generation of reformers, and the right woman, Dr. Bai, the leader of the 2nd generation of artificial people.
Dr. Bai relies on himself to carry a group of super-powered people, secretly doing the work of excluding dissidents, and has become increasingly out of the control of the organization.
It's just that as his strength grows stronger, Dr. Bai misses the witch more and more and wants to take it for himself, after all, she is the biggest trump card.
So on the high-speed train where Gu Ziyun and Du Mingxi rushed to the TV station to participate in the rematch recording, Dr. Bai sent his first ace noble prince to greet Gu Ziyun.
As a result, in the face of the old acquaintance, Gu Ziyun was not at all impressed, and he was also confused about what the noble prince said.
The noble prince slapped it down, frightening the girl into discoloration. Du Mingxi, who was angry, scolded and scolded, which also attracted the attention of the whole car, and the noble prince got up and left.
When the program came out, another group of uncles came to her, and this group of people was Mr. Cui's men, the first generation of reformers. They claimed to be a big company to talk about cooperation, the two little beauties did not fall on their own, find a chance to take a taxi and slip away.
However, this group of people did things simply and rudely, and if the soft ones didn't work, they would come hard, and they sneaked into Gu Ziyun's house that night to arrest people. They found an opportunity to control Du Mingxi first, forcing Gu Ziyun to obey.
Unable to bear it, Gu Ziyun had to release a little potential and get rid of these three-legged cats in seconds.
All this was also seen by the noble prince who had just come in from outside.
As the second generation with a much higher IQ, of course, the noble prince will not be stupid to pick up the tiger's whiskers, but will coerce Gali to lure and let Ku Ziyun go back with him to see the head, and everything will naturally be known.
In order to protect the safety of his family, Gu Ziyun had to get into the car and was taken to a gloomy castle.
Dr. Bai was certainly excited to see this number one trump card, and she immediately brainwashed and educated him to persuade her to return to the team.
At this time, Gu Ziyun's headache attacked again, more serious than any previous one.
Dr. Bai thought this was the best time, so he asked his subordinates to take out the special effects needle that had been prepared and give her a shot.
As long as this antidote is injected once a month, it can ensure that the headache does not occur, and Dr. Bai believes that as long as there is this antidote, he can firmly control this witch.
However, at this time, the girl's face showed a strange smile.
Dr. Bai also looked confused, did he say... Her previous amnesia, weak appearance are all pretended?
As a hardcore Korean movie, how can it be done without a big reversal? At this point in the movie, there is a 360-degree reversal.
When she saw Thato Ziyun slapped the little brother next to her on the wall, her true face also surfaced.
It turned out that after the witch escaped, she originally wanted to be a well-behaved girl in the calm and quiet of Teacher Gu's house.
But her headaches were getting worse and worse, and doctors couldn't cure them. At this time, she thought that she still needed to tie the bell, and the organization she had created might have a way.
Therefore, Gu Ziyun will be on the show, and he showed a small hand during the live broadcast, in fact, he wanted to attract the attention of the organization.
Sure enough, the organization quickly found her, and the special medicine she needed.
Although regular injections are required, it is really naïve to try to control her in this way - you won't give it to me, can't I grab it? When the witch's potential is fully unleashed, no one can match it.
The action scene at the climax of the movie is very good, and the 1st and 2nd generations have finally reached the moment when they are intolerable and need to compete.
Mr. Cui was the first soldier to rush to the front, and although I had a low IQ, my fist was hard.
The black-clad girl who had been rolling her eyes with the noble prince also came to show her super dazzling killing skills.
At the same time, the noble prince also has to find the Number One ace tool to allow the single challenge.
The battle for the top spot is even more brilliant.
Although the noble prince is sinister and vicious, he is also ahead of the opportunity, but his IQ is originally lower than that of people, and he is impetuous, and after a few tricks, he is dangerous and violent, and he is caught by people and beaten violently.
The girl in black also rushed to join the battle group, not wanting to be a weak chicken in front of Gu Ziyun, and was pressed to the ground and rubbed by her with one move.
After that, Dr. Bai and Mr. Cui naturally received bento boxes.
The entire underground laboratory was cleaned up at once, and Gu Ziyun snatched up all the special drugs, and then blew up the laboratory by the way, and left with the medicines.
When Gu Ziyun returned home, he gave some of the medicine to his mother, who was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and asked her to inject her brain to repair her brain.
She herself still wanted to get a cure for the stubborn disease, and sought help from another person in charge of the project, Dr. Bai's sister.
The final shot of the film is fixed on a woman dressed in white who suddenly appears next to Gu Ziyun, her face is scarred, and she also shows a strange smile, which is chilling.
Who is this person? It won't be known until the sequel.
The title "part 1" already indicates that this is the first part of a series, and many people hope that it will open a Korean version of the superhero series.
Different from Hollywood's superhero works, "Witch" shows qualities far higher than pg-13, closer to the R-rated works like "Wolverine 3", which is the best side, and Korean-style family warmth and reversal plot also make people feel good.
The performance of the post-90s sister Jin Duomei is remarkable, and she has won the two best newcomer actress awards of the Green Dragon Award and the Big Bell Award, and the future is immeasurable.
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: Blood Dan Heart)