Manyeo: Part 2. The Other One

That's really all I have to say. I could sit here and enumerate a dozen, if not more, reasons why this movie profoundly lacks the magic of the first one, but I find myself a little exhausted after being disappointed by it. I still rate it a 6/10. It was a good watch. Lots of over the top gore and anime style action. However, the movie seems keen on cramming in all these new characters with powers, and in the end it sort of invalidates the original girl's powers as a whole. If everyone is special, then no one is special.

Too many little stories are crammed into the runtime of this movie, and I think that's where it inevitably fell short. The acting, cinematography, etc, is all absolutely stunning from a visual standpoint. I think it was really just the overall script that held it back from capturing that same lightening in a bottle as the first movie.

I kept asking myself "who are these people?" "Wait, why are these two people fighting?" "Why isn't she already butchering everyone?"

What I really and truly hope for, is that now that this lore and origin story is out of the way, that the third movie will hit with a massive bang, and really justify the existence of the second movie.

If you liked the first movie, you might be a little let down by this one. Maybe not. I was, but I'm still looking forward to the third and final movie.

THE WITCH: PART 2 - THE OTHER ONE is a huge letdown considering just how good the original movie was. This one feels like a weak rehash and the insanely complex plotting of the first half an hour is enough to put off even the most hardened viewers of Korean cinema. The story retreads the first film's in the tale of a new test subject who takes refuge at a remote farmhouse before the bad guys show up. At nearly two and a half hours in length, most of this feels like cheesy padding, with about three different sets of villains for no good reason. The CGI FX are embarrassing and although the ending is good it takes a long time to get there. I couldn't work out why the grating and annoying South African henchman gets more screen time and character development than the lead...

There were so many unnecessary characters, every girl looked the same to me, no one was properly introduced, there was no explanation as to why they were in the movie. The first movie had a reason and a story behind it. This? I don't even know what I have just watched for almost 2 and a half hours? I think if you haven't watched part 1, you will probably enjoy this one.

The only thing enjoyable for me was the blood, gore and killings.

Ok this is just an extension and expansion of a good old story. Introducing a new girl, more sides of the evil organization, faking super power fighting and CGIs but nothing wowed me or still stuck in my brain when I walked out of the movie theater. Just another plain story to be told thousand times before but with young and beautiful actors and actresses.

I like the set up of this world but I rather follow the route of the girl from part 1, at least, she got an amazing plot twist.

Part 1 was awesome and caught everyone off-guard but Part 2 took like 4 years to come but was as same as part 1 but told differently, as we see few new characters and another girl with almost similar abilities and in same environment, so I get why people are disappointed in this as there is nothing new and seeing it took 4 years to come is like putting salt on wound but nonetheless movie was enjoyable and had some good action scenes, we also get to know about what's gonna be at stake in 3rd part, hopefully it doesn't repeat the cons of this movie.

+Side Characters (especially that chief and her sidekick) +actions scenes -story -similar plot as 1st one

Overall movie felt like an expansion to 1st part but not as a new movie all together. Like if they introduced this girl in the 1st movie and created a parallel plot with the main plot even then they would have actually made the same movie.