Some blood-soaked and perhaps overly busy action scenes suggest that the makers of “The Witch: Part 2. 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. Within the comment sections, recommendations for non-Netflix content will sometimes be allowed.There’s a lot of bloodshed in both movies, some rubbery-looking computer graphics mayhem, and a surplus of swearing. The primary focus of this sub should be content available on Netflix, and all top level recommendations and questions should be about Netflix. Hover over to read.Īdd regional flair tags to your submissions so we know what Netflix region you're posting from CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION Please write a short blurb either in the submission title or the text if you do a self post to explain why this movie/show is worth watching.Īdd spoiler tags as a courtesy. Please link to the description page of the movie or show you are posting. If the same title appears simultaneously in the top 50, it may be removed at the mod's discretion. Stop complaining about reposts and stop messaging the mods about it. The mods are leaving it up to the community to utilize downvotes if they feel that reposts are too excessive. The front page of this subreddit is meant to be a living representation of quality content on Netflix and you might see the same submissions multiple times. Reposts are not only allowed, but are encouraged to some extent. The primary purpose of /r/NetflixBestOf is to shitpost about Breaking Bad.
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