![]() But all sub-plots come back to Cynthia, a blessedly uncomplicated character with no past and a striking resemblance to Ja-yoon. There’s also a decent-sized B-story involving Kyung-hee and Dae-gil, who are already embroiled in a western-style plot to protect their dead dad’s land from murderous uncle Yong-du ( Jin Goo). The Other One” concerns the confluence of overlapping minders and captors that surround Cynthia. The Subversion.” But much of “The Witch: Part 2. It certainly helps to know that the wheelchair-bound Doctor Baek (Jo Min-su) has a cordial rivalry with Jang ( Lee Jong-suk), and that they’re both still looking for Ja-yoon after the events of “The Witch: Part 1. ![]() The good news for the idly curious viewer is: you don’t need to keep a detailed scorecard of these connections. No, seriously, everybody in this movie is somebody’s ex-partner, sibling, or potential future partner. But the most important thing to know here is: everybody wants to either kidnap or ally with Cynthia, and they’re all somehow related to each other. There’s also a brother-sister pair of Shanghainese killers that are unleashed on Cynthia by a different shadowy organization. Still, it’s refreshing to see flirtation and even buddy comedy chemistry as the foundation for many of this movie’s criss-crossing relationships, including the better-developed of the two pairs of mercenaries that chase after Cynthia, the whiskey-and-swears tomboy Jo-hyeon (Seo Eun-soo) and her South African beardo partner ( Justin John Harvey). It’s mostly only potential since “Part 2” feels like an overly elaborate bridge between “Part 1” and an inevitable “Part 3.” Even Cynthia, a clone who was originally named ADP (Ark 1 Datum Point), finds a little potential for romance after she escapes the Ark lab facility and stumbles into Kyung-hee ( Park Eun-bin) and her oafish brother Dae-gil (Sung Yoo-bin). There’s a lot of welcome teenage and teenage-friendly melodrama here and it’s not always what you might expect. The Other One” satisfying is that it’s a sequel and therefore part of a prefabricated narrative and genre. The Other One” may be lumpier and more unfocused than its predecessor, but it doesn't rehash what came before it.Ī good part of what makes “The Witch: Part 2. I mean, yes, there are several female leads, but more importantly, those characters get to do more than just act out the usual pseudo-empowering revanchist fantasies that pass for bubblegum feminism. That’s all part of these genre hybrids’ appeal: like some of the better American superhero movies and TV shows, “The Witch: Part 1” and its sequel feel like they’re actually trying to appeal to a target audience of teenage boys and girls. * Riku Hagiwara & Reina Triendl cast in TV Asahi drama " Mr.There’s a lot of bloodshed in both movies, some rubbery-looking computer graphics mayhem, and a surplus of swearing. * Masato Sakai cast in TBS drama " Vivant" * Chun Woo-Hee & Kim Dong-Wook cast in tvN drama " Beneficial Fraud" * Atsuko Maeda, Riko Narumi cast in TV Tokyo drama " Kashi Mashi Meshi" * Kim Hyun-Joo, Kim Sung-Cheol cast in Netflix drama " Hellbound 2" * Jung Ji-So cast in drama " Miss Granny" * Kentaro Sakaguchi & Noa Shiroyama cast in NTV drama " Dr. * Mirai Shida & Shunsuke Kazama cast in NTV drama " Shori no Hoteishiki" * Hyeri & Park Se-Wan cast in movie " Victory" * Jeon Hye-Jin, Sooyoung cast in drama " Namnam" * Ren Nagase, Hana Sugisaki cast in movie " Houtei Yugi" * Chae Jong-Hyeop cast in drama " Diva of the Deserted Island" ![]() * Park Hyung-Sik & Park Shin-Hye cast in JTBC drama " Dr. * Song Hye-Kyo & Han So-Hee cast in drama " The Price of Confession" * Kwon Sang-Woo, Kim Hee-Won cast in Disney+ drama " Han River" * Yoon Hyun-Soo cast in TVING drama " Running Mate"
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