Haunters (2010)
"Cho-neung-ryeok-ja" (original title)

Cho-In can control other people's minds when they are within his field of sight.Except one man.

Director:

Min-suk Kim

Writer:

Min-suk Kim

Stars:

Dong-won Kang, Duek-mun Choi, Jeong Eun-Chae

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Dong-won Kang	...	Cho-in
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Duek-mun Choi	...	Abby
Jeong Eun-Chae	...	Yeong-sook
Soo Go	...	Im Gyoo-nam
Yang Kyeong-mo	...	Young Cho-in
Da-kyeong Yoon	...	Hyo-sook

Storyline

After losing his job at a scrap metal yard, Kyu-Nam finds a new job at a small pawn shop named Utopia. He is immediately drawn to the family atmosphere at Utopia, working with his new boss Jung-Sik and boss's daughter Young-Sook. Unfortunately for Kyu-Nam, his moment of happiness will only be fleeting. Cho-In lived through a brutal childhood. He has had to use a prosthetic leg since an early age, grew up with an abusive father and lived with a mother who at one point attempted to kill her own son out of despair. Cho-In also possesses an awe-inspiring supernatural gift. Cho-In can control other people's minds when they are within his field of sight. One fateful day, Cho-In walks into the Utopia pawn shop to steal whatever money exists in the safe. Not expecting much resistance, Cho-In is surprised to find one man at the Utopia pawn shop is able to break free from his mind control abilities. That man is Kyu-Nam. Cho-In then resorts to killing the owner of pawn shop to make his escape. ...

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Plot Keywords:

psychic | paranormal

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

10 November 2010 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Haunters

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the junkyard scene where the workers are eating, the scene is set up like Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" painting. There are a total of thirteen workers sitting in one row, and the man in the middle who did not pay for his lunch ticket is "Jesus Christ".

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Connections

Spoofs Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

User Reviews

Great movie

The description of this movie alone convinced me to watch it, and the cover said it was better than any superhero film, and I'd say they weren't far off.

It reflects a very Korean style; kind of unsure about what genre it wants to be, switching between drama and comedy, but having just enough character development to have you care about the important characters but not explaining anything you don't need to know, held up by great actors.

There's some very memorable scenes in this film, and some very memorable performances, along side a great story, similar in some ways to American films like Unbreakable and Chronicle. The score to the film was also good, and quite fitting, while not necessarily memorable.

Overall I give the movie 8/10 and recommend it to anyone wanting to see a semi-dramatic movie with many entertaining, exciting, superheroesque themes.