Is this deja vu? A Korean streaming series taking Netflix by storm. No, it's not Squid Game, but Train To Busan director Yeon Sang-ho's Hellbound. James and Andy chat about the series and wonder, will there be another? Meanwhile James has some more easternKicks picks.
This episode's handy timecodes
00:00:44 - Episode introduction 00:02:28 - Putting Hellbound in context 00:07:52 - A brief synopsis 00:11:29 - How it fits with Yeon's other work 00:22:29 - Just what are the demons? 00:24:12 - Comparison with Yeon original Jiok/The Hell animations 00:29:50 - Ah man, more 'VIPs'? 00:31:17 - Other throwaway elements (or are they?) 00:33:43 - On the cast (and casting choices) 00:37:05 - Will there be more? 00:46:06 - Other Korean series making waves 00:55:05 - easternKicks picks 01:07:52 - Outro
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