Psychokinesis
8/10
I just
finished watching this crazy ass South Korean movie on Netflix called
Psychokinesis. I enjoyed this so damned much. More than I thought I
would. What I liked the most was that in a regular length movie they
managed to create a superhero origin story, go into his past, and his
attempts to be a hero to his daughter and redeem himself. It is such
a simple story but people will find ways to over complicate things.
This is about a guy named Shin Seok-heon that works as a security
guard stealing things from the break room when he can and then
getting drunk and passing out at home. One day while on a walk he
stops for some water and takes a sip not knowing that a meteor had
crashed and contaminated the drink he had. He later discovers that he
has telekinetic powers.
Meanwhile
his daughter Shin Roo-mi that he left behind when she was little runs
a restaurant that is threatened by goons to be torn down for land
development. She tries to fight back with her neighbors but they can
only do so much. Her father shows up back in her life and she wants
none of it after her mother died trying to help her out. Seok-heon
tries to show his daughter that he now has these powers that she
considers magician tricks. Once he starts to see how serious the bad
guys are and more people get attacked he starts to exhibit more of
his abilities.
I'll
probably watch this movie a couple more times because it was
entertaining. It is not something you need to rush and watch, but if
you ever want to just check out a simple story then this is good. I
liked the special effects used because they have a soft quality to
them that matches the look of the film itself. I liked that there was
no explanation given for why the meteor gave him powers. There are no
scientists hunting him down for experiments. Loved that.
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