[3][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.
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.
Seok-heon, a seemingly happy-go-lucky security guard who engages in petty theft, gains telekinetic powers after he drinks water from a mountain spring hit by the meteor.
Seok-heon learns more about the turf war from Kim Jung-hyun, a young attorney representing the legal interests of Roo-mi and the other local shop owners.
The shop owners join Roo-mi in a shared legal battle against Tae-san, as they have been refused compensation for the loss of their businesses.
After removing Seok-heon from the situation, Min and his thugs order the riot police to destroy the barricade and arrest the shop owners.
They visit the location where Roo-mi's restaurant used to be, which is now an empty and unoccupied plot; Jung-hyun explains that Tae-san's project was ultimately not profitable and construction has been delayed.
"[13] Common Sense Media gave the film 4 stars out of 5 as well, and called it "an enjoyable movie for mature teens and up.
"[14] In another 4 stars out of 5 review, Emmanuel Báez from Cinefiloz.com wrote "The director of the mega global success Train to Busan now takes another trend theme in commercial cinema - in this case, that of superheroes - and adds his own condiments to form a fairly solid story that only takes advantage of its premise to tell a story that is much more interesting in the background.
It’s another promising movie by Yeon Sang-ho, who has established himself as one of the most exciting voices to emerge out of this Golden Age of Korean cinema.
It will also make you want to run-not-walk to track down Yeon Sang-ho’s previous film, Train to Busan, which got the director some of his best-ever reviews a couple years ago.
"[18] Eric Ortiz Garcia from Screen Anarchy responded positively as well, writing that the film "always leads us to the epic clash between the hero and the antagonists, inherent to the superhero film, and it doesn’t disappoint with its eventual visual spectacle; but it also keeps the story in a more humane margin, stressing on the fact that the protagonist is really only a father trying to be better than yesterday with his daughter.