Cho-in has special powers that allow him to control everyone he can see, that is until he meets Kyu-nam, the only person he can't control. A series of events begins a confrontation that pushes both men to the brink.
Acting
Gang Dong-won's unnerving stillness vs. Go Soo's frantic tenacity.
Direction
Kim Min-suk makes mind control feel tactile and cruel.
Cinematography
Grey Seoul streets that feel like a trap closing.
Director
Kim Min-suk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Kim Min-suk's directorial debut after writing The Good, the Bad, the Weird. He wanted to prove he could do intimate, not just epic.
The film flopped in Korea but became a midnight hit internationally, influencing how Western audiences discovered Korean genre cinema before Parasite broke through.
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