Woochi The Demon Slayer Review

If you’re into obscure movies then they don’t come more obscure than Woochi: The Demon Slayer. Considering it had a full size production team and a large cast, it’s surprising that this movie doesn’t have a Wikipedia page. And that is surprising when we live in an age when everything has a Wikipedia page - including my toothbrush. 

Anyway, despite sounding like a poor man’s Harry Potter rip-off with the title, Woochi, tells the story of an arrogant, womanizing wizard, of the same name. After getting into a fight with two goblins, then being tricked, Woo-chi and his friend are imprisoned in paintings for five years by three demi-gods. Realising their mistake in modern day South Korea, (the good Korea *thumbs up*) and needing help to capture the same two goblins, the three wake Woo-chi and his friend up and ask for their assistance. 

While running around cities and having fights in urban settings for the next hour or so, Woochi has to contend with the man who killed his master five hundred years ago, and who tricked the three demi-gods. 

The premise sound s a little silly, but if you watch the film, it is pulled off really well. The acting is sincere and the fight scenes are very impressive, as are the sets. 

Also, I don’t know why they’re called goblins. The two goblins Woochi and the others are trying to capture look like a rabid version of Splinter from TMNT and a pissed off Easter bunny. They couldn’t look less like goblins, to be honest. 

                                          ^ See? Pissed off Easter bunny. Stay well back.

That said though, the CGI of the monsters is a bit ropey. There’s a scene where Woochi fights then early on in the film and they just stick out like the over-personified animals that they are. 

Fortunately the rest of the fight scenes are between humans, so they are visually more pleasing to watch. The other times special effects are used are also better than the haphazard monsters. 

If you don’t want to watch Woochi for the story, then I would still say watch it for the comedy and the fighting. There are a lot of jokes in the two hour film, most physical based, with some great one liners thrown in. 

The story also gets a little confusing towards the end, and I’m not quite sure that I still fully understand it, but hey, this is still a well rounded film and one that deserves a lot more attention that it’s got to date.

Woochi: The Demon Slayer gets 7/10.