Psychic Organs, Cult Leaders & Electromagnetic Hipsters: Korea's ‘Hi-Five' Trailer Is Pure Chaos
It's official: Korea just dropped its most bonkers superhero trailer in years—and it makes the MCU look like IKEA instructions.
In Hi-Five, five strangers wake up post-surgery with superpowers thanks to one psychic donor who mysteriously disintegrated into ash. Cue a teenage powerhouse, a hipster surfing WiFi with his eyeballs, and a cult leader who can suck the life out of you with one pancreas-powered glare. Somewhere, Stan Lee is shaking his head—and maybe taking notes.
The Countdown Begins
Hi-Five hits U.S. theaters on June 20, 2025, via Well Go USA. And no, this isn't your average summer blockbuster. It's dropping just before the July tentpole avalanche—positioning itself as either the cult sleeper hit of the season or the weirdest thing you'll see on screen since Rubber (you know, the one about the killer tire).
Kang Hyoung-chul (of Sunny and Swing Kids fame) directs this caffeinated fever dream with a cast that includes Lee Jae-in, Ahn Jae-hong, Kim Hee-won, Ra Mi-ran, and the ever-magnetic Yoo Ah-in. If you know Korean cinema, that lineup alone promises chaos with craft.
This Isn't a Superhero Movie. It's a Medical Mystery on Acid.
Let's break this down.
- A heart transplant turns a teen girl into a human wrecking ball.
- Corneal transplants let Yoo Ah-in hack electromagnetic waves like he's browsing Reddit through his retina.
- Lung power turns one guy into a storm god with infinite breath.
- A liver makes someone a healer. (Which… somehow makes sense?)
- And the kidney recipient is still figuring out her powers—translation: narrative wildcard.
All five form an awkward, bumbling Justice League knockoff called Hi-Five. But the twist? The pancreas went to a cult leader who now drains life energy and wants to harvest their organs all over again.
You read that right. The villain's superpower is… the pancreas from hell.
Remember ‘Chronicle'? Now Add Kimchi, a Cult, and No Chill.
If Chronicle had a baby with Guardians of the Galaxy and raised it in a Bong Joon-ho fever dream, you might get Hi-Five.
And there's historical precedent for this kind of cinematic weirdness:
- Japan's Meatball Machine turned body horror into martial arts ballet.
- South Korea's Psychokinesis gave us a working-class dad with telekinesis.
- Even the U.S. flirted with transplant-based horror in The Eye (Jessica Alba's worst decision since Fantastic Four).
But Hi-Five pushes it further—by leaning all the way into camp. The trailer practically winks at you with every slow-mo punch and CGI effect that looks like it escaped from a mid-2000s PlayStation 2 cutscene. And yet, it works. It wants to be goofy. It knows it's ridiculous. That self-awareness is half the charm.
As one commenter on YouTube put it: “This is what happens when Black Mirror takes mushrooms.”
So… Genius or Garbage?
Look, you're either gonna buy a ticket or fire up a Reddit thread titled “WTF did I just watch?”
There's no middle ground here.
But one thing's clear: in an era of over-polished, risk-averse superhero franchises, Hi-Five dares to be the weird kid at lunch. And weird, at least lately, has been winning.
