VOD - Spiritwalker: Hold your breath for an excellent sci-fi action thriller

By Mulder, 03 march 2022

Action/sci-fi thriller Spiritwalker, debuting exclusively on the martial arts streaming service Hi-YAH! on March 18, before hitting Digital, Blu-ray and DVD April 12.   
 
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 about a man who loses his memory and subsequently wakes up in a new body every twelve hours.   Winner of the Daniel A. Craft award for Excellence in Action Cinema at the 2021 New York Asian Film Festival (August 22, 2021) Spiritwalker stars former K-pop singer Yoon Kye-Sang (Chocolate, The Outlaws), Park Yong-Woo (Nailed), Lim Ji-Yeon (Obsessed, High Society) and Park Ji-Hwan (The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure). 

Spiritwalker was released theatrically on November 24, 2021 in South Korea. The film topped the Korean box office for consecutive 2 weeks after its release. As of December 31, 2021 it is at 7th place among all the Korean films released in 2021 with 810,673 addmission and US$6.62 million gross.

The bonus features include an all-new English dub and behind-the-scenes content. Spiritwalker has been optioned by producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers & G.I. Joe series) for a possible Hollywood remake.

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. Now, 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.

Spiritwalker
Written and directed by Yoon Jae-geun
Produced by Jang Won-seok, Lee So-young
Starring  Yoon Kye-sang, Park Yong-woo, Lim Ji-yeon
Edited by Hwang Eun-ju, Choe Seul-mi
Music by Kang Nene
Production companies : Saram Entertainment, BA Entertainment
Distributed by Avio Entertainment, Megabox JoongAng PlusM
Release dates : August 22, 2021 (NYAFF), November 24, 2021 (South Korea), March 18, 2022 (USA)
Running time : 108 minutes