A low-level streamer that might serve as a mildly satisfying, casual watch for those with a penchant for disaster films and dystopian settings.

| Jun 4, 2024

"Badland Hunters" isn't exactly a bad movie, there's just not very much about it you can treat very seriously.

| May 4, 2024

Writers Kim Bo-tong and Kwak Jae-min don't waste too much time on character development beyond the cursory, or the violent, but I'm not sure we're really looking for any.

| Feb 14, 2024

Badland Hunters may not be a cinephile's typical cup of tea, nor does it have the ambitious bite, grounded drama, and social commentary of Concrete Utopia. But this does not mean Don Lee's latest feature is anything less of a knockout.

| Feb 9, 2024

Paced well and to the point, there's not much dillydallying in Badland Hunters, but there is a ton of violence, blood, gore, and killing.

| Feb 6, 2024

Badland Hunters is insane, no-holds-barred stuff; refreshingly unsubtle, but it’s another slice of high-impact, ass-kicking South Korean fantasy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 5, 2024

Gleefully eschewing any insight into humanity’s devolution, Badland Hunters is propelled by hokey B-movie clichés and relentless close-quarters violence.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 5, 2024

Badland Hunters may not be a worthy successor to Concrete Utopia, but it is an entertaining zombie actioner that stands on its own.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 2, 2024

The dramatic scenes are almost soap opera-like and boring, the fight scenes are too long, and the social satire isn't very sharp. The music seems out of the most generic library possible... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 2, 2024

The cheesy B-film targets viewers who love ultra-violent fight scenes.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 2, 2024

Badland Hunters couldn’t decide if it was an action movie, a feel-good movie, a sci-fi movie, or a movie about a gentle giant who actually has a dark past [...]

| Original Score: C- | Feb 1, 2024

If you like Concrete Utopia, this really extends the madness of that film.

| Feb 1, 2024

Don Lee is true to form, pummelling bad guys in an adequate if unsurprising star vehicle.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 31, 2024

But let’s get back to the bruising. Because what you’ve come for is to see Ma Dong-seok in action, and in that sense, Hunters does not disappoint.

| Jan 30, 2024

Chock-full of impressive violence and spectacular fight scenes, Badland Hunters features Ma Dong-seok at his most explosive.

| Original Score: 3.75/5 | Jan 30, 2024

While the story is predictable and doesn’t offer up any surprises, the awesome fight choreography enhances the brutality of the battles showcasing flowing moves that end with bodily devastation.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 27, 2024

While Concrete Utopia succeeded in its sense of social introspection, Badland Hunters often flounders despite similar attempts, and occasionally lets its story fall by the wayside to make room for dull, repetitive action beats from beginning to end.

| Jan 26, 2024

Badland Hunters isn’t high art, but it is rip-roaring fun that gets bigger and louder with each subsequent act.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jan 26, 2024

Badland Hunters is thrilling from beginning to end, filled with action, danger, brutality, and a tiny bit of humor to take the edge off.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 26, 2024

The multiple and diverse incidents may not be sufficiently justified and, thus, this anarchic, excessive, and absurd movie goes for delirium and delivers good hand-to-hand fighting scenes shot with undeniable skill... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 26, 2024