Hi-Five (film)

Hi-Five
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
하이파이브
Lit.High Five
RRHaipaibeu
MRHaip'aibŭ
Directed byKang Hyeong-cheol
Written byKang Hyeong-cheol
Produced by
  • An Hee-jin
  • Anna Lee
Starring
CinematographyChoi Chan-min
Music byKim Joon-seok
Production
company
Annapurna Film
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • May 30, 2025 (2025-05-30)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩20 billion[2]
Box officeUS$14 million[3][4]

Hi-Five[a] (Korean: 하이파이브) is a 2025 South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol. It stars Lee Jae-in, Ahn Jae-hong, Ra Mi-ran, Kim Hee-won, Yoo Ah-in, Oh Jung-se, and Park Jin-young. The film was released theatrically on May 30, 2025.

Synopsis

Five ordinary people suddenly develop various superpower abilities after receiving organ transplants from a mysterious organ donor. They discover each other through unique marks and decide to form a team. However, with wildly different powers, personalities, and tastes, clashes and mishaps are inevitable whenever they gather. Meanwhile, a cult leader who received a pancreas transplant also gained a special power. He begins to hunt down the other recipients, aiming to become the absolute being he's always dreamed of.

Cast

A Taekwondo-loving girl who is innocent and courageous. After a long illness, she miraculously received a heart transplant. After that, she found that she had acquired explosive power and lightning-like superpowers.[5]
A screenwriter who has failed to debut for many years. After receiving a lung transplant, he has gained a strong lung capacity that can blow everything in front of him.[6]
A diligent "fresh delivery manager" who rides a yogurt car and appears anytime and anywhere. After receiving a kidney transplant, she regained her physical and mental health and treated the people around her with a warmer and kinder attitude. It is eventually revealed her power is to transfer the powers of the other recipients.[7]
A stubborn and picky factory manager who often nags and toss the employees on the construction site exhausted. After receiving a liver transplant, his hands have the ability to heal other people's wounds.[8]
An unemployed man who after receiving a corneal transplant, has gained the ability to control electromagnetic waves. He can change the light and listen to music with just a flick of his fingers.[9]
Wan-seo's father, the director of the taekwondo hall, and a former member of the national taekwondo team.[10]
A cult leader who after receiving pancreas transplant, gained the superpower to absorb the youth of others.[11][12]
Young-chun's daughter.

Production

Casting

In March 2021, it was announced that Yoo Ah-in, Ra Mi-ran, Ahn Jae-hong, Oh Jung-se and Lee Jae-in joined the cast of the film,[13] followed by Jinyoung in May 2021.[14]

Filming

Principal photography began on June 1, 2021. Filming took place in Songdo International Business District, Incheon and Namhyeon-dong, Seoul,[15] and ended on November 7, 2021.[16][17][18]

Release

The first tentative date of release for Hi-Five was 2022.[19][20] It was later scheduled for a May 2023 release, but it was postponed indefinitely after Yoo Ah-in tested positive for propofol and marijuana in February 2023.[21] Later in June 2023, Next Entertainment World reported that internal discussions were underway on how to edit out Yoo and that releasing the movie within the year would be difficult.[2]

On April 4, 2025, Next Entertainment World announced that they were preparing for the movie to be released in June and that Yoo Ah-in would not participate in promotional schedule.[22] Originally set to be released on June 3,[23] Hi-Five hit cinemas in South Korea on May 30.[24]

Hi-Five was released in Cambodia on June 6; Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Brunei on June 12; Indonesia, Vietnam, Taiwan, and East Timor on June 13; Hong Kong and Macau on June 19; and in the U.S. and Canada on June 20.[25]

Reception

Box office

The film opened in South Korea with over 70,000 admissions on its first day, surpassing Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which had held the top spot for 13 consecutive days, to become the daily box office leader.[26] It maintained its daily box office lead for ten consecutive days after release, and topped the weekend box office in its opening weekend with over 380,000 viewers.[27] In its second weekend, it ranked second at the weekend box office with 400,700 admissions, bringing the cumulative number of viewers to 1.15 million.[28][29]

Notes

  1. ^ also known as Hi.5

References

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