The only person who is able to save the wounded princess/maiden character is completely controlled by the antagonist who is bent on ensuring her death. The story was never able to redeem itself from this ridiculous setup and like a fool I watched it till the end thinking, hoping, to see some remarkable writing to be able to free the shaman/priest from the evil shaman's thrall only to be bitterly disappointed. Those are hours of my life I'll never get back.

The male protagonist is eye candy. It's great to see Min Do Hee in any role and she shows sass here. The relationship between the female protag and her adopted brother is just creepy. Everything else is sheer nonsense.

Mirror of the Witch feels like some remedy you buy from a snake oil salesmen who guarantees that it will work, it will work! Just take it home. Give it time. Believe! Except you should've trusted your instincts from the word go that what's in the bottle is just what meets the eye, something that resembles sewerage sludge. It's just deceptive; that's the only word for this movie. One can easily tell by ep 3 that there's just no way anyone can save the maiden, given the set of variables imposed. Why anyone would go on to write such utter BS and produce it is probably the only miracle in this whole mess.

Vehement recommendation is don't watch. Unless you're ok with wasting 20 hours of your life. Nothing was noteworthy except the feeling of being misled into a fantastical journey only to find that it's just a drug induced haze that should never have been attempted.