Psychokinesis (film)

Psychokinesis
Psychokinesis
	Overseas theatrical poster
Hangul	염력
Hanja	念力
Revised Romanization	Yeomnyeok
Directed by	Yeon Sang-ho
Written by	Yeon Sang-ho
Produced by	Kim Yeon-ho
Starring	Ryu Seung-ryong; Shim Eun-kyung; Park Jeong-min; Kim Min-jae; Jung Yu-mi
Cinematography	Byun Bong-sun
Edited by	Yang Jin-mo
Music by	Jang Young-gyu
Production; company	Redpeter Film
Distributed by	Next Entertainment World (South Korea); Netflix (worldwide);
Release date	January 31, 2018;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$7 million

Psychokinesis (Korean: 염력; Hanja: 念力; RR: Yeomnyeok) is a 2018 South Korean superhero film^[3] written and directed by Yeon Sang-ho.^[4]^[5] The film stars Ryu Seung-ryong, Shim Eun-kyung, Park Jeong-min, Kim Min-jae and Jung Yu-mi in the lead roles.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8] The film was later on made available to stream globally on Netflix starting April 25, 2018.

^ "갑자기 '초능력' 생긴 서울 시민 얘기 그린 신작 '염력' 1월 개봉". 인사이트 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
^ "Psychokinesis (2018)". koreanfilm.or.kr. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
^ "'Psychokinesis' Trailer: 'Train to Busan' Filmmaker Turns to Superhero Genre With Netflix Action-Comedy". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-06.
^ "염력". Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
^ "Daum영화 <염력>". Archived from the original on 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
^ Kil, Sonia (18 April 2017). "'Train to Busan' Director Yeon Sang-ho Starts 'Psychokinesis'". Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^ "'Train To Busan' director Yeon Sang-ho starts shooting next film". Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2017-06-13.
^ "Psychokinesis: ScreenX". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-20.

[1] "갑자기 '초능력' 생긴 서울 시민 얘기 그린 신작 '염력' 1월 개봉". 인사이트 (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2017-12-12.

[2] "Psychokinesis (2018)". koreanfilm.or.kr. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

[3] "'Psychokinesis' Trailer: 'Train to Busan' Filmmaker Turns to Superhero Genre With Netflix Action-Comedy". Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-06.

[4] "염력". Archived from the original on 2017-10-19. Retrieved 2017-05-14.

[5] "Daum영화 <염력>". Archived from the original on 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-05-14.

[6] Kil, Sonia (18 April 2017). "'Train to Busan' Director Yeon Sang-ho Starts 'Psychokinesis'". Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[7] "'Train To Busan' director Yeon Sang-ho starts shooting next film". Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2017-06-13.

[8] "Psychokinesis: ScreenX". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-20.

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