''Badland Hunters'' () is an upcoming South Korean
dystopian
A dystopia (from Ancient Greek δυσ- "bad, hard" and τόπος "place"; alternatively cacotopiaCacotopia (from κακός ''kakos'' "bad") was the term used by Jeremy Bentham in his 1818 Plan of Parliamentary Reform (Works, vol. 3, p. 493). ...
action film directed by Heo Myung-haeng in his directorial debut. Starring
Ma Dong-seok,
Lee Hee-joon,
Lee Jun-young
Lee Jun-Young (born December 26, 1982) is a South Korean football player. He previously played for FC Seoul and Incheon United
Incheon United FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 1, th ...
and
Roh Jeong-eui, the film is a sequel of 2023 film ''
Concrete Utopia
''Concrete Utopia'' () is an upcoming South Korean disaster-thriller film directed by Um Tae-hwa and starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young. The film is based on second part of webtoon ''Pleasant Bullying'' by Kim Sung-nik whic ...
'' and takes up the story post earthquake transformation of Seoul into an apocalyptic wasteland, where everything from law and order to civilization has collapsed.
The film is an original production of
Netflix and will be available for streaming on Netflix on January 26, 2024.
Cast
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Ma Dong-seok as Nam-san, a relentless wasteland hunter
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Lee Hee-joon as Yang Gi-su, the doctor who survived the catastrophe
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Lee Jun-young
Lee Jun-Young (born December 26, 1982) is a South Korean football player. He previously played for FC Seoul and Incheon United
Incheon United FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 1, th ...
as Choi ji-wan, Nam-san’s trusted partner
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Roh Jeong-eui as Suna, a bold girl who follows Nam-san.
Production
The film was planned after the production of the film ''
Concrete Utopia
''Concrete Utopia'' () is an upcoming South Korean disaster-thriller film directed by Um Tae-hwa and starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon and Park Bo-young. The film is based on second part of webtoon ''Pleasant Bullying'' by Kim Sung-nik whic ...
'' on November 14, 2021. Filming began on February 15, 2022 and finished on May 18, 2022.
On November 2, 2023 Netflix confirmed the production of the film directed by martial arts director Heo Myung-haeng and produced by Climax Studios, Big Punch Pictures and Nova film as Co-producers.
Release
KOFIC's integrated computer network for movie theater admissions announced that the film will be released on January 26, 2024 on Netflix.
It will be available in 190 countries for streaming.
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Upcoming films
2020s South Korean films
2020s Korean-language films
South Korean dystopian films
2020s dystopian films
Korean-language Netflix original films
Upcoming Netflix original films