Into the Badlands (TV Series) Chapter I: The Fort (2015) User Reviews

Get me that art director / costumer

[conannz · 7/10 · 2 April 2018]

Into the Badlands is a like gloriously silly musical where martial arts choreography takes the place of music. The designers have an eye for some great vertical shots and colours. We are told (somewhere) the motorcycle Sunny rides is steam punk but instead of a close up of the bike we get shoe cam and martial arts cam.

Later in the first episode Sunny gets attacked by a troupe of bowler hat wearing dancers with swords. Of course; they once saw Clockwork Orange and wanted to fit in a homage.

No actors were harmed in the making of this series. The best or is it the worst actor ever to come out of Invercargill gets to read out loopy Southern speeches and be the villain. If pouting was the same as acting he is a clear winner.

The best character called the widow gets great costumes and to do martial arts while wearing high heels and later boots with wedge soles. A glorious blur but that is probably in the second episode.

Still this looks to be a series where the Crouching tiger team get all the air time and those scenes are beautiful. Loving the costumes . In some ways this is a series that could be watched with the sound off and sped up a bit so it is wall to wall martial arts. Very silly but a great deal of fun. P.S Costume designer is Christine Bieselin Clark. Wonderful.

Good fights, average story

[tenshi_ippikiookami · 6/10 · 4 May 2017]

"Into the Badlands" first episode, "The Fort", is an acceptable introduction to the characters and the story. A story that reeks a little bit of laziness.

We are in our average end-of-the-world scenario: few survivors, the survival of the fittest, blood and death and no one cares, and a secret that the hero, with us as companions, has to uncover.

Sunny is an amazing fighter under Quinn's orders. He rescues a boy (with a secret) and returns to the fort where we get introduced to some of the characters of the series.

As an introduction to the characters, it is OK. Sunny is your average hero, with lots of skills, obedient to his lord but not very sure of doing the right thing and, deep down, a good chap. Around him we get the ruthless lord, the lover, the kid, the one that seems to be willing to betray the lord... Nothing particularly original. Sadly, the show also falters in bringing a spark to this story line, and the pace is also too slow and contemplative (except in the fights).

The purpose of the show, though, at least in this pilot, is in the action. And here, it delivers. The fights, for anyone that has seen wuxia films, are not particularly memorable, but are well choreographed and good fun. However, let's see if it can keep the level and offer more than just your million-times-seen fight under the rain.

"The Fort" is a middling effort, but entertaining enough.

lame

[nalwro · 3/10 · 13 January 2020]

So quinn survived, it was so obvious when sunny stab him. clipper with +400 kills dont know how to finish damn baron, pathetic. with lame writing like this i dont forecast big success 4 this show (yes, im aware its already dead)