Badland Hunters ~ 2024 Korean Movie Only on Netflix

“Badland Hunters” is a Korean Movie released in 2024 and it is “Only on Netflix”. It is categorized as an Apocalyptic Action film.

♦ A New Human Race is the Future of Mankind

In “Badland Hunters”, humans are living in Seoul after an apocalypse. It’s a wasteland or rather a “badland” (wasteland). Some guys are “hunters” that go out hunting for food. They bring food back and share it with everyone in their settlement. Nam-San is a badland hunter.

Having something to eat is good and needful. But having water to drink is much more needful. The people are living through the worse disaster ever! A disaster that resulted in NO CLEAN DRINKING WATER. Water is the elixir of life for every human. Not having drinking water is a nightmare.

There is one thing on earth that has not changed. They are still criminals who try to bully people with violence and take advantage of them. But at least you know they are criminals as soon as you look at them. If you want to get rid of them, you just have to prove that you’re stronger. When they lose the fight, they go away whimpering, with their tails between their legs.

However, after fighting off the bad guys and making them leave, the real criminals show up disguised as saviors. They look like honest decent people. A woman arrives at the settlement with a few of her people, promising “the good life”. She says the people can live in nice apartments and there is plenty of CLEAN DRINKING WATER. But there’s a catch! They only want young people. The parents or caretakers will be allowed to accompany them. Some agree to go with the woman. Han Su-Na is numbered among the young people.

When the people get to the apartments, the first thing the woman does is separate the parents from their children. The children are given clean water to drink. At least, it looks like clean water. That’s when the real nightmare begins. The parents were deceived. Their young children are needed for an experiment. Scientist Yang Gi-Su is researching how to create a new human race.

Main Characters:

• Nam-San (played by Ma Dong-Seok, “Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days”)
• Han Su-Na (played by Roh Jeong-Eui, “Pinocchio”)
• Scientist Yang Gi-Su (played by Lee Hee-Jun)

Where to Watch

Viewership and Rating:

• IMDb: 6.0 out of 10 stars
• My Drama List: 7.7 out of 10 stars
• Common Sense Media: 3 out of 5 stars
• NME: 3 out of 5 stars

My personal rating is the same as IMDb. (That’s a first! I hardly ever agree with IMDb ratings for K-dramas.) Also, I don’t usually give a “Thumbs Down” when I click the rating on Netflix. But this time I did. No doubt, fans of The Roundup’s Ma Dong-Seok wanted to watch this film just because he was the star. But he couldn’t save this movie.

The movie was disappointing. It doesn’t seem like the scriptwriters put much effort into the lines and instead relied on the action. There was lots of fighting and a crazy mad scientist. Yeah, the scientist was nuts but he only did those terrible things to other young people because he loved his daughter, who was clearly already dead! (O.o)

(P.S. If you’re curious, YAHOO!Finance published a list of the 10 Healthiest Bottled Water Brands in 2023. One of the brands is called Liquid Death. (O.o))

LINKS OF INTEREST:

• Badland Hunters Review: An Uninspired Apocalyptic Movie Saved by Quirky Action | MovieWeb
• Netflix movie review: Badland Hunters – Ma Dong-seok in post-apocalyptic action thriller full of B-movie clichés and brutal violence | South China Morning Post
• Badland Hunters: Netflix fans hail ‘perfect’ new action movie as they claim 10/10 film doesn’t have a ‘single dull moment’ | Daily Mail Online UK
• Badland Hunters Review: Concrete Utopia Sequel Takes An Entertaining Turn Towards Action and Zombies | ScreenRant
• ‘Badland Hunters’ review: dumb but dynamic dystopian action | NME

TRAILERS/TEASERS:

Netflix. “Badland Hunters | Official Trailer | Netflix.” YouTube Video. YouTube, January 12, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbo-ZKdSqw.‌