Badland Hunters

Badland Hunters
Promotional poster
Hangul
황야
Hanja
荒野
Literal meaningWilderness
Revised RomanizationHwang-ya
McCune–ReischauerHwangya
Directed byHeo Myung-haeng
Screenplay by
  • Kim Bo-tong
  • Kwak Jae-min
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyByun Bong-sun
Edited by
Music byKim Dong-wook
Production
companies
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • January 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Badland Hunters (Korean황야) is a 2024 South Korean post-apocalyptic action film directed by Heo Myung-haeng in his directorial debut. A standalone sequel to Concrete Utopia (2023), it follows characters trying to survive in post-earthquake Seoul, now an orderless wasteland, three years after the original film's events.[2] Producer Byun Seung-min is the only key crew member to return from the original film.

Starring Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Jun-young, and Roh Jeong-eui, the film is an original Netflix production and was released on January 26, 2024.[3][4]

  1. ^ Choi Jeong-ah (November 1, 2023). "[단독] '흥행킹' 마동석, '황야'로 이준영·노정의와 새해 넷플릭스 첫 타자" [[Exclusive] 'Box-office King' Ma Dong-seok joins Lee Jun-young and Roh Jeong-eui for the first hit on Netflix in the new year with 'Wilderness']. Sports World (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Kim Na-yeon (November 2, 2023). "마동석 '황야', 극장 아닌 넷플릭스 간다..전 세계 190개국 공개" [Ma Dong-seok's 'Wilderness' goes to Netflix instead of theaters... released in 190 countries around the world]. Star News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  3. ^ James Chang (November 2, 2023). "Going Big: Don Lee's 'Badland Hunters' to Redefine Korean Blockbusters" (Press release). Netflix Media Center. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Jonathan Hicap (January 14, 2024). "Netflix drops main trailer for film 'Badland Hunters' starring 'Train to Busan' actor Ma Dong-seok". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved January 15, 2024.