[2021]: The Badlands Tv Series

★★★★½ (4.5/5) Where to Stream: Available on AMC+, Hulu, and Prime Video (depending on your region).

The mastermind behind this was Stephen Fung, a Hong Kong film director and action choreographer (and a childhood friend of Daniel Wu). AMC gave Fung and his team, including legendary fight coordinator Andy Cheng (a veteran of the Rush Hour franchise), an unprecedented amount of time to stage each fight. A typical episode took eight days to shoot; the fight sequences alone consumed four of those days. the badlands tv series

began as a loyal killer, but Daniel Wu infused him with a quiet despair. His arc was about the impossibility of pacifism in a world that worships violence. To protect his son, Henry, he had to become a monster again, but this time on his own terms. ★★★★½ (4

If you missed Into the Badlands when it aired from 2015 to 2019, you missed one of the most visually stunning and unique action shows on television. Airing on AMC, this series carved out its own niche by blending the feudal politics of Game of Thrones with the high-octane martial arts choreography of classic Hong Kong cinema. A typical episode took eight days to shoot;

At the center of this world is Sunny (played with stoic gravitas by Daniel Wu), the Regent and Clipper for Baron Quinn (Marton Csokas), the most ruthless and paranoid ruler in the territory. A Clipper is not just a soldier; he is a living weapon, a master of martial arts trained from childhood to kill without conscience. Sunny has a hundred confirmed kills, a pregnant girlfriend named Veil, and a deeply buried sense of morality that the Badlands has tried to beat out of him.