SummaryLoosely based on Journey To The West, warrior Sunny (Daniel Wu) and a young boy named M.K. (Aramis Knight) must travel across the Badlands controlled by seven barons in a post-apocalyptic America in this martial arts drama from Alfred Gough and Miles Millar .
Created By:Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Into the Badlands
Season 1 Premiere:
Nov 13, 2015
Metascore
Mixed or Average
54
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
54
35% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
62% Mixed
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Nov 13, 2015
91
Into The Badlands thrills in its nimble genre fusion a la "Kill Bill" and "Firefly" (though, it must be said, without the humor). Even more striking is its impressionistic world-building, skillfully painting a feudal society a few centuries beyond our own, outfitted with Studebakers and Saarinen chairs and dressed in bowler hats and bustles.
Nov 16, 2015
70
Yes, it's riddled with comic-book clichés. True, the dialogue is out of a Cracker Jack box, and most of its characters have less dimension than cardboard cutouts. But I'm a sucker for well-choreographed kung fu films. And Badlands--a Mad Max-ian postapocalyptic kung fu western that costars Emily Beecham as a killer beauty--has some wonderfully wigged-out fight scenes.
Nov 11, 2015
63
Wu does what he can, bringing a steely authority and mad kick-butt skills to the role. But the show is hampered by too many overly broad characters, genre cliches and the kind of groan-worthy dialogue that leaves one restless.
Nov 12, 2015
50
How I wish the rest of Into the Badlands rose to the occasion of the phenomenal choreography. The story lines and the characters aren’t disastrous, by any means, but they’re disappointing as they fall into the action, post-apocalyptic, and family-soap formulas we’ve seen many, many times before.
Nov 4, 2015
50
Though loosely based on the 16th century Chinese tale Journey To The West, Into The Badlands has no interest in folding in its folk mythology into the series that would distinguish it from an overcrowded television landscape. Instead, it adopts a cheap comic-book visual and narrative style that makes it just one in a crowd.
Nov 16, 2015
40
Sure, it's all very derivative. It's purposely so. That's not the problem with these scripts. The problem is that, despite all the blood, too many anemic characters fail to register on the flesh-and-blood scale.
Nov 9, 2015
25
Nothing could equal Kurosawa, of course, but the Americanization of the story was at least credible as seven hired gunfighters protect a Mexican town from an outlaw gang. With Badlands, though, credibility is all but completely lost in translation, replaced by unintended silliness.
User score
Universal Acclaim
8.2
83% Positive
293 Ratings
293 Ratings
8% Mixed
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
9% Negative
31 Ratings
31 Ratings
Aug 4, 2021
10
This is an amazing must-see martial arts show. Great story and great costume design.
Oct 29, 2023
8
This show combines dystopian future, steampunk, southern gothic land barons, costume drama, superhuman mutants, and over-the-top martial arts, and above all odds it somehow succeeds. I would recommend this for people who enjoy found-family series in a fantastical setting, such as Firefly or Legend of the Seeker. And I can't overstate how good the fight choreography is in every episode; a true landmark for a televised series.
Production Company:
- Millar Gough Ink
- Double Feature Films
- AMC Studios
Initial Release Date:Nov 13, 2015
Number of seasons:3 Seasons
Rating:TV-14
Awards
Irish Film and Television Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
IGN Summer Movie Awards
• 3 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
