“The Witness” Chinese Theatrical Poster
On March 24, 2020, Bayview Films is releasing the DVD for Sang-Hoon Ahn’s 2015 thriller, Witness. It stars Yang Mi (Reset) and Lu Han (The Great Wall).
Here’s an excerpt about Witness from Paul Bramhall’s feature, Made (& Remade) in Asia:
This movie is unique for the fact that both movies were made by the same director, Ahn Sang-hoon. While it’s not the first time for a director to re-make one of their movies for a different territory (notably Takashi Shimizu directed the American remake and its sequel of his early 2000’s J-horror series Ju-on: The Grudge), it is the first time for an Asian director to remake one of their movies within the region.
The story itself is based on the Audrey Hepburn starring 1967 thriller Wait Until Dark, and sees a police trainee who loses her sight become the target of a psychopathic killer, of whom she’s the only witness to one of his murders. While the Korean version progressively heads into darker territory, with a finale that’s more representative of a gory slasher than the thriller it starts out as, the Chinese version goes the opposite direction. How opposite? Well, it ends with a completely misguided pop concert performance by teen idol group member Lu Han. Go figure.
Pre-order Witness from Amazon.com today!
