The Witch: Part I "Subversion"

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This is a 2018 Korean movie with English subtitles. The basic plot is that one of a number of genetically engineered super kids makes a bloody escape from the facility in which she was created. She is found unconscious in a field and adopted by the couple that found her. It advances from there with unexpected twists that I will not expose here. I highly recommend it. The Witch: Part II “The Other One” comes out on June 15.

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I stumbled across it this past fall and enjoyed it. I’m not sure I understood what happened in the final scene - who/what is the third woman, dressed in white, who appears over Ja-yoon’s shoulder, and to whom is Ja-yoon’s warning directed? Is this a manifestation of Ja-yoon’s increasing powers?

Glad to hear that the story continues, and look forward to finding out who the other one is…

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It is unclear and probably intentionally so. Perhaps she is “the other one” in the next part II installment, “The Other One”, which is set for release on June 15.

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I liked the repeated use of reflections in the movie, and especially how they handled the one-way mirror in the scene in the semi-abandoned facility. The reason I was left wondering in the final scene was the brief glimpse of a reflection in what I took to be the window behind the older woman that seemed to show the older woman face-on, which was odd, and then the third person showed up almost as if she had been summoned.

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I haven’t seen it. Is Part 2 the conclusion, or is this continuing?

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One web site that critiqued the movie in detail referred to it as a “franchise”, but I think that really means they will make part III if part II is as popular as part I.

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Just coming back to mention that Netflix Canada will only have part 1 available until June 9th, 2022, don’t know about availability in other countries.

I re-watched the final scene, and I was misremembering it. The older woman (Dr. Baek’s sister) is not seen reflected in the window, it is the mysterious third woman appearing as if out of nowhere behind Ja-yoon. This makes me think that Ja-yoon is warning this new player to back off in the final spoken line.