Gang Dong-won

Kim Yun-seok

Lim Soo-jung

Yoo Hai-jin

Song Young-chang

Ju Jin-mo

Kim Sang-ho

Sun Woo-sun

Kong Jeong-hwan

Baek Yoon-sik

Yum Jung-ah

Kim Hyo-jin

Kwon Tae-won

Yeon-su Seo

Park Min-gyu

Ji-hyeok Min

Yeong-jin Sin

Jong-gu Yun

Hyeon-woo Son

No Seung-beom

Baek Do-bin

Jeong In-gi

Lee Yong-nyeo

Park Sung-hoon

Kim Seo-hyeon

Yoon Hyung-tae

Cho Yong-seok

Jung Do-ahn

Jeong Bong-yeon

Han Jeong-uk

Choi Dong-hoon

Yang Hae-gil

Kim Chang-sub

Lee Hye-min

Jeon Jae-hyeong

Shin Jae-ho

Choi Bong-rock

Lee Tae-yeong

Kim Hyung-shek

Song Min-seok

Woo Je-hyung

Kim Dong-hyo

Jung Doo-hong

Lee Seok-won

Kim Sung-kwan

Kim Suk-won

Cho Hwa-sung

Shin Min-kyung

Choi Young-hwan

Chung Hye-won

Lee Gyeong-ja

Lee Eugene

Jang Young-gyu

Heo Myeong-haeng

Park Geun-seok

So Jeong-o

Kim Hui-ju

Adventure

Action

Comedy

Fantasy

전우치

CJ Entertainment

Zip Cinema

Daemyung Culture Factory

United Pictures

South Korea

Dali Parton

(spoiler free) I've watched a lot of Korean movies over the years - from the silly (Sex is Zero) to the sublime (Oasis) and enjoyed most of them, even some of the more marginal titles like Spygirl and A.F.R.I.K.A. But for me, and the group of people watching it with me, Jeon Woochi was a big bust.

The biggest problem I had with this movie was the terrible pacing, especially in the first 30 minutes of the movie where the timeline was not linear and the director did practically nothing to inform the audience that he had made a jump in time until wrapping up the scene and rejoining the main timeline.

Other problems included a major lack of funny - there was so much opportunity for "fish out of water" jokes, but the writers barely even tried. And it wasn't like the comedy was too subtle either, much of the humor in the movie was just too ham-fisted to laugh at.

There were also way too many fast cuts during action sequences - it made it difficult to enjoy the biggest feature of the movie: the excellent CGI. The director barely gives the audience a chance to focus on the contents of a shot before cutting to a new camera angle. I recognize these fast cuts are a modern Hollywood style, but it is still a terrible one to emulate.

The story itself was, as expected, fairly simple. But even then, the telling of it was too convoluted - due mainly to the confusing timeline.

I haven't given any examples to illustrate my criticism because I wanted to avoid spoilers as much as possible but still provide a counter-point to the misleadingly high rating (7.0 as I write this) and the other 5 or so reviews which all gave the movie exceptional scores. It was on the basis of that rating and the other reviews that I purchased the korean blu-ray and would strongly recommend that no one else waste their time or money the way I did. I suggest watching the older Arahan which has a similar "wizardry in the modern city" plot. I had a lot more fun watching Arahan despite its flaws.

Also, watch out for the korean blu-ray. It is poorly mastered - the black levels are elevated making the picture look washed out and hazy unless you have a fancy display that can correct the problem.

한국어/조선말

Woochi: The Demon Slayer

Jeon Woo Chi Trailer English Sub