SummaryIn post-apocalypse Korea where deliverymen known as Black Knights delver oxygen and other essentials, renowned Knight 5-8 (Kim Woo-bin) trains refugee Sa-wol (Kang Yoo-seok) how to become one in this adaptation of the webtoon series of the same name.
SummaryIn post-apocalypse Korea where deliverymen known as Black Knights delver oxygen and other essentials, renowned Knight 5-8 (Kim Woo-bin) trains refugee Sa-wol (Kang Yoo-seok) how to become one in this adaptation of the webtoon series of the same name.
Black Knight may take a couple of episodes to fully build out its world, but it’s not a slow-paced introduction to this post-apocalyptic version of Seoul, with stunning visuals and well-done fight sequences.
It’s far too cartoonish to become another phenomenon for Netflix. Still, as dystopian escapism goes, the series delivers thrill, spills and chills with dead-eyed efficiency.
When Black Knight manages to speed ahead from its occasionally belabored setups and gives its best elements room to breathe, it works as a more propulsive action thriller.
Black Knight treats couriers as unsung heroes, with 5-8 having to drive through a desert that teems with rogues – electrocuting them with the press of a dashboard switch if they manage to climb on his delivery truck. If he gets pulled over, he has a full repertoire of firearms, baseball bats and martial arts skills to subdue them. It’s all endearingly silly.