The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
A memory-impaired student’s ordinary family life becomes the battleground for a buried experiment, concealed identity, and spectacular revenge.
Overview
A high school student's life spirals into chaos as she confronts her forgotten past and mysterious forces.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- atmospheric
- paranoid
- propulsive
- action movie night
- korean cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's atmospheric presentation, action sequences, visuals, and lead performance while noting that its densely packed plot sometimes strains internal logic and pacing.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ja-yoon is introduced as a bright, ordinary student with memory loss while mysterious visitors and the talent-show storyline gradually point toward her engineered abilities.
The film moves from a brutal secret-experiment opening into a domestic high-school and family setting before returning forcefully to science-fiction action and revenge-thriller territory.
The central mystery is tied to a failed secret government experiment and the creation of people with supernatural powers.
Ja-yoon's apparently vulnerable position is overturned as the strangers' threatening power dynamic is redirected against them.
Films like The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, and why
The Villainess
Shared Korean action-thriller intensity, hidden identity mystery, stylized violence, and a protagonist whose extraordinary abilities are gradually revealed.
Lucy
Shared science-fiction experimentation, government-created power, female-centered revenge dynamics, and escalating action violence.
Hanna
Shared amnesia, concealed identity, conspiracy-driven revelations, and a violent transformation from vulnerable outsider to formidable fighter.
Oldboy
Shared Korean revenge-thriller framework, brutal action set pieces, morally charged experimentation, and psychologically unsettling suspense.
Movie Details
- Director
- Park Hoon-jung
- Release Date
- 2018-06-27
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 (805)
Cast
- Kim Da-mi
- Cho Min-soo
- Park Hee-soon
- Choi Woo-shik
- Go Min-si
- Choi Jung-woo
- Oh Mi-hee
- Kim Byeong-ok
- Jeong Da-eun
- Lee Ju-won
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion about?
- A memory-impaired student’s ordinary family life becomes the battleground for a buried experiment, concealed identity, and spectacular revenge.
- What is The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion?
- Critics broadly praised the film's atmospheric presentation, action sequences, visuals, and lead performance while noting that its densely packed plot sometimes strains internal logic and pacing.
- Which films are like The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion?
- Films with a similar feel include The Villainess, Lucy, Hanna, and Oldboy.
- How long is The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion?
- The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion runs 126 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion?
- In United States, The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion streams on Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel.
