08-20-2025, 10:41 PM
There’s been a lot of buzz on this in my AAPI feeds. Daniel Dae Kim is a superspy mercenary, the founder of a black ops org, who played dead to save his daughter (Reina Hardesty - who’s new to me) but she becomes a super assassin for his former company, now being run by his former partner Piper Perabo, who I’ve always liked since Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
It’s solid roles for Daniel, who can handle action and acting well and deserves this leading role where he can shine, for Reina, who’s showing good range and potential, and Piper in a villainess role that she is totally slaying. The story is basically a chase as the org hunts down Daniel and Reina, who are coping with a complex father/daughter relationship (and you know I have a soft spot for father/daughter tales).
The opening action sequence was good. It’s one strike/one cut stuff with most of the right plots centering around kicking the gun away so the fisticuffs can continue. The gun play is good. The fight choreo is good enough - lots of stabbiness. It’s not great action but serviceable.
The opening action sequence cited BlackPink and Abba, which made it work for me. It’s set in S. Korea so that gives it some nice locations. I’m into it halfway - 3 of 6 eps, each under an hour.
Not sure about D00M recommendation yet. Let me finish it. I’ll likely binge the rest by the weekend.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse