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Spiritwalker

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After waking up from a car crash unable to remember anything about his life, a man begins regaining consciousness in a new body every 12 hours. He must piece together his identity, all while evading attacks from pursuing agents and dangerous criminals alike. But with no memory--and no allies--his time is running out.

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Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 04/13/2022
3/4
Just check your sense of logic at the door and surrender to this fun thrill ride. Go to Full Review
Cath Clarke Guardian 03/29/2022
3/5
It’s entertaining enough, with some well-executed car chases and bone-splintering fights. Go to Full Review
Louisa Moore Screen Zealots 04/24/2022
A skillfully crafted, complex concerto of car chases, science fiction, and hand-to-hand combat fighting. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 04/14/2022
3/5
There are some particularly dazzling sequences when sets rearrange themselves in dreamlike fashion around our hero. Go to Full Review
Josh Bell Crooked Marquee 04/12/2022
B-
Star Yoon gives Ian an appealing everyman quality, even as he's taking out multiple henchmen, and there are some exciting, well-crafted car chases and shootouts. Go to Full Review
Allen Almachar The MacGuffin 04/11/2022
B
Once we stop thinking about the craziness of the plot and the body swap mechanic, we get treated to a fun thriller with strong action. Go to Full Review
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Kevin L @Lakeman 10/25/2023 I'm loving these Korean action flicks. There's a great mix of good drama to go along with all the action/adventure content. Credit to writer/director Yoon Jae-geun for this taut, intense, clever movie, mixing fantasy and reality. It kept me pretty much riveted to the end. Good performances overall by the key role players, though Park Ji-hwan as the homeless man was a bit hammy. I appreciated the well-designed fight scene choreography and very narrow escapes. I also appreciate that the movie didn't make me suspend disbelief as much as a great many action movies where the protagonists(s) is getting shot at dozens of times but only gets the cliched shot in the arm or upper chest. Plenty of injuries and bloodshed to go around here, but it's not overtly gory or fetishized. 3.8 stars fantasy/action movie See more Wolfgang G @RT51462348 03/20/2023 Spiritwalker ist ein südkoreanischer Mystery- Action- Fantasy-Film, von Yoon Jae-geun (Drehbuch und Regie)... Die Handlung dreht sich um einen Mann mit Amnesie, der anschließend alle zwölf Stunden in einem neuen Körper aufwacht… Mysteriöse Situationen und eine Suche nach persönlicher Identität, mit stilvoller Action wie Verfolgungsjagden und Nahkampf-Szenen… Die Leistung der Schauspieler ist lobenswert… See more Dick C @Joshua19930826 10/09/2022 It's an excellent and science-fiction movie... See more Marc Z @TKDLife 03/16/2022 SPIRITWALKER is a complex thriller from the first moment the film begins. We are dropped in the midst of a story where every twelve (12) hours it seems our main character's essence is somehow transferred into a new body. His memories seem to be retained from the start of the film, but not prior to the car crash that opens the film. He does not know who he is and how he got into this situation. What he does know is that there are dangerous people trying to kill him; criminals and, possibly, intelligence agents. He just needs to reconstruct the puzzle pieces to find out why? Director Yoon Jae-keun (Heartbeat), along with award-winning martial arts choreographers Park Young-sik and Chung Seong-Ho (SAG Awards, Best Stunt Ensemble, "Squid Game"), bring to life the action-packed thriller While the movie is complex it is not confusing. The complexity is not superfluous. It is part of what makes it interesting. As each change occurs the layers of the onion are peeled back and we learn a little more information towards solving this riddle. Is Yoon Kye-sang's character crazy? Is there a supernatural explanation? The film converges in an exciting climax. Yoon Kye-sang, a former K-pop singer, is very good in the lead role. So is the supporting cast, which includes Park Yong-Woo (Nailed), Lim Ji-Yeon (Obsessed, High Society) and Park Ji-Hwan (The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure). They all do a good job of making you feel that the lead character's personage does change, even though Yoon Kye-sang, essentially, plays all of the characters in the transference. This is a psychological thriller but it is also an action film. It has its share of well choreographed and realistic fight sequences. The climactic fight scene is riveting and fun to watch. This is top notch martial arts and action choreography. The action is engaging. This movie has a lot going for it. This film has many of the underlying themes that are prevalent in South Korean Cinema. It is also a high quality film that rivals anything Hollywood has produced. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis After waking up from a car crash unable to remember anything about his life, a man begins regaining consciousness in a new body every 12 hours. He must piece together his identity, all while evading attacks from pursuing agents and dangerous criminals alike. But with no memory--and no allies--his time is running out.
Director
Yoon Jae-geun, Jae-Keun Yoon, Yoon Jae-Keun
Producer
Jang Won-seok, Billy Acumen, Lee So-young, Kim Hyun-sook
Screenwriter
Yoon Jae-geun, Jae-Keun Yoon, Yoon Jae-Keun
Distributor
Well Go USA Entertainment
Production Co
B. A. Entertainment, Saram Entertainment
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 26, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 18, 2022
Runtime
1h 49m