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TV Review: Into The Badlands 1.3 “White Stork Spreads Wings”
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By Dr. Zaius
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| November 30th, 2015 at 12:00 pm
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Into The Badlands
Episode 1.3 “White Stork Spreads Wings”
Directed by David Dobkin
Written by Justine Juel Gillmer, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Starring Gabe Begneaud, Nazeema Bartek, Daniel Wu, Ruby Lou Smith, Aramis Knight, Ally Ioannides, Stephen Lang, Emily Beecham, Morgan Benoit, Marton Csokas, Sarah Bolger, Madeleine Mantock, Oliver Stark
AMC
Air date: Sunday, November 29, 2015, 10pm
On Into The Badlands, Sunny (Daniel Wu) is a man in conflict. He is a clipper, a modern-day samurai/knight for the Baron, Quinn (Marton Csokas). Sunny has an unknown past: a medallion links him to Asra, a land beyond the Badlands. After years of violent service to Quinn, Sunny now has to protect his pregnant girlfriend Veil (Madeleine Mantock) and look after his new protege, the mysterious M.K. (Aramis Knight), who gets a little crazy (and possessed) when attacked. Quinn meanwhile has his own issues to deal with as the most powerful Baron. He is slowly dying of brain tumors, and he was happy to kill to protect that secret. He is also dealing with a possible alliance of the other Barons led by The Widow (Emily Beecham).
So far in the first two episodes of this new AMC series, the formula has been epic fight… character fueled plot… epic fight scene. Let’s see if we continue the trend in week 3 with Episode 1.3 “White Stork Spreads Wings.”
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Tags: Alfred Gough, Ally Ioannides, AMC, Aramis Knight, Daniel Wu, David Dobkin, Emily Beecham, Gabe Begneaud, Into The Badlands, Justine Juel Gillmer, Madeleine Mantock, Marton Csokas, Miles Millar, Morgan Benoit, Nazeema Bartek, Oliver Stark, Orla Brady, Ruby Lou Smith, Sarah Bolger, Stephen Lang, White Stork Spreads Wings, Yohance Myles
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TV Review: Into The Badlands 1.2 “Fist Like A Bullet”
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By Dr. Zaius
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| November 23rd, 2015 at 12:25 am
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Into The Badlands
Episode 1.2 “Fist Like a Bullet”
Directed by David Dobkin
Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Starring Gabe Begneaud, Nazeema Bartek, Daniel Wu, Ruby Lou Smith, Aramis Knight, Ally Ioannides, Stephen Lang, Emily Beecham, Morgan Benoit, Marton Csokas, Sarah Bolger, Madeleine Mantock, Oliver Stark
AMC
Air date: Sunday, November 22, 2015, 10pm
In our first introduction to AMC’s new show Into the Badlands, we meet Sunny (Daniel Wu) as he stumbles upon some nomads in the woods. After one of the most intense, bone-crunching fights you’ll ever watch, Sunny lays waste to all 10, including 9 at once. Sunny is a Clipper, a warrior trained like the knights/samurai of old to protect the land and resources of the Baron (Martin Csokas). It’s all very 10th grade global history, with a ultra cool modern twist. After the initial crazy fight, Sunny brings back a young boy, M.K. (Aramis Knight) to the Fort. M.K. has a pendant that is similar one Sunny possesses, one that echoes back to a land and time before the Barons, and beyond the Badlands. Baron Quinn trusts Sunny like a son, but that relationship may become complicated as Sunny is considering leaving with his pregnant girlfriend Veil (Madeleine Mantock).
Spoilers below!!!
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Tags: Alfred Gough, Ally Ioannides, AMC, Aramis Knight, Daniel Wu, David Dobkin, Emily Beecham, Fist Like a Bullet, Gabe Begneaud, Into The Badlands, Madeleine Mantock, Marton Csokas, Miles Millar, Morgan Benoit, Nazeema Bartek, Oliver Stark, Ruby Lou Smith, Sarah Bolger, Stephen Lang, The Fort
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TV Review: Into The Badlands 1.1 “The Fort”
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By Dr. Zaius
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| November 17th, 2015 at 10:00 am
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Into The Badlands
Episode 1.1 “The Fort”
Directed by David Dobkin
Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Starring Daniel Wu, Ruby Lou Smith, Aramis Knight, Ally Ioannides, Stephen Lang, Emily Beecham, Morgan Benoit, Marton Csokas, Sarah Bolger, Madeleine Mantock, Oliver Stark
AMC
Air date: Sunday, November 15, 2015, 10pm
Beware of spoilers!
It took me all of 5 minutes to fall head over heels for Into the Badlands, AMC’s new show that premiered Sunday night after The Walking Dead. After an opening narration introducing the post apocalyptic new world in which we have fallen back into a bizarre technological form of feudalism, Sunny (Daniel Wu), a Clipper (expert trained killer swordsmen), finds an overturned vehicle and a bunch of dead bodies on the road. When he pokes for answers in the woods, he is quickly engaged in a 1 on 9 battle. That does NOT go well for the 9! Everything about the scene is visceral, the bright red attire he wears, the sounds of each bone breaking, kick landing, body being impaled, and so on. With every kill my roars got louder and louder, until my wife asked from the other room what I was watching. And this was only the first 5 minutes!!!
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Tags: Alfred Gough, Ally Ioannides, AMC, Aramis Knight, Daniel Wu, David Dobkin, Emily Beecham, Into The Badlands, Madeleine Mantock, Marton Csokas, Miles Millar, Morgan Benoit, Oliver Stark, Ruby Lou Smith, Sarah Bolger, Stephen Lang, The Fort
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‘Into The Badlands’ Trailer: Martial Arts Series Shows “No Mercy”
Into The Badlands is AMC’s new 6-episode martial arts series, airing this November. First introduced at SDCC this past summer, this genre breaking show could be the key for a martial arts TV explosion, one we are all ready for, amidst the superhero and supernatural cavalcade of shows.
Watch the exciting trailers below.
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Tags: Alfred Gough, Ally Ioannides, Aramis Knight, Benjamin Papac, Daniel Wu, David Dobkin, Emily Beecham, Madeleine Mantock, Marton Csokas, Master Dee Dee, Mike Seal, Miles Millar, Oliver Stark, Orla Brady, Sarah Bolger
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