KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix 2025)
And once again, BQ proudly declares that we'll boldly review any and all TV shows and films, no matter how far apart we find ourselves from the show or film's target audiences.
We could hardly ignore this film, given its popularity (or notoriety?) as the anointed 'next big thing' to hit the pop culture sweet spot.
Bottom line: We had a pretty good time overall, even as we waded through the story's excess of fanciful mythology.
Mega girl group K-Pop stars Rumi, Mira and Zoey sell out stadiums with bouncy, basher earworm songs and kick-ass choreography......but wait! There's more to these babes than music. 'Huntrix', as they're called collectively in showbiz, come from a long line of warriors who can whip out glowy samurai swords and obliterate demons faster than Taylor Swift discards ex-boyfriends.
(A tough gig for Rumi, since secretly she's half-human, half demon..)
But wait! Demon boss Gwi Ma, a body-less entity who parks himself in a permanent unholy bonfire, sends out dynamic (and demonic) boy group the Saja Boys, led by tortured soul Juni, whom like his counterpart Rumi, is cursed with demon DNA. The Boys have been tasked with out-shining Huntrix in popularity and fans, thereby weakening the Honmoon, an eternal barrier created eons ago to....uh....well...makes things tougher for demons than Trump's wall does for illegal border crossers.
(Everybody get all that? Feel free to roll your eyes as we did.....)
So the Battle of the Bands is on, with conflicted and tormented Rumi and Juni sharing the agony of their mixed human-demon heritage as they belt out show stoppin' chart toppers.....
We freely admit, we bopped along with those impossible-to-resist songs as we watched the film along with BD (Beloved Daughter). And the animation deployed to bring all this crazy stuff to life is brilliant and colorfully rendered.
And where else can you absorb a cinematic blend of Korean mythology, eye-popping visuals and up-to-the-minute K-Pop?
No sense is calling out a Fanboys and Fangirls alert.....chances are, they've already all watched this movie multiple times.
BQ's not sorry we joined in to check it out....3 & 1/2 stars (***1/2).
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