Psychokinesis (2018)

Original title

염력

Directed by

Yeon Sang-ho

Genre

action film, superhero film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

15

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 339 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bank security guard gains telekinetic powers after drinking from a meteor-affected spring. He uses his new abilities to help his estranged daughter and her neighbors fight a corrupt construction company.

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What happens

Psychokinesis (Korean: 염력; RR: Yeomnyeok) is a 2018 South Korean superhero film written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho. The film stars Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Park Jeong-min, Kim Min-jae and Jung Yu-mi in the lead roles. This is director Yeon Sang-ho's second live-action film, following his live-action debut Train to Busan in 2016. It is the first South Korean superhero film, and revolves around a bank security guard who gains telekinetic superpowers after drinking water from a mountain spring affected by a meteor, and decides to use them for saving his estranged daughter and her neighborhood from an evil construction company. Psychokinesis was released on January 31, 2018 in South Korean theaters, in both 2D as well as ScreenX formats. The film was later on made available to stream globally on Netflix starting April 25, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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