With excellent reviews and a top 10 most viewed entry, this new Korean series from Netflix is ??causing a stir among subscribers.
Korean programs have definitely found their audience in France. When in the cinema, Parasite or The Last Train to Busan receive an ovation, the recent successes of Squid Game or All of us are dead show that the series are not left out. Netflix has made no mistake about it and regularly puts Korean productions and achievements online in its catalog, to the delight of its subscribers.
Blood Hunt, a new creation by Kim Joo-hwan (The Divine Fury), is Netflix’s latest Korean release. Released June 9, 2023, this series follows two young boxers who team up with a benevolent loanee to take on a loan shark who preys on those in financial difficulty. And as much to say that it has already found its audience, since in just one week, it has climbed to second position in the top of the most watched non-English speaking series on the streaming platform around the world, with 27.9 million. hours of viewing.
In addition to this popular success, The Hunt in the Blood is a real critical success. Cinemateaser, a magazine specializing in film and series news, but also in Korean productions, hailed an “incredible” production, “as marshmallow as it is ultra-ultra-violent. Genius characters, social anger and the Covid era exploited with malice . You will hardly see better.”
And as much to say that Internet users are of the same opinion. On Twitter, there is no shortage of praise for La traque dans le sang: “It’s phew, suspense and tension until the end, frankly 10/10”, writes a user of the social network to the blue bird, while another claims to be “thoroughly from the first episode. I can’t stop, I chain the episodes”. Among the other notices readable on Twitter, we can read: “It sends heavy this series it is very very good”. “I devoured the 8 episodes it was so addictive!”, Also greeted a Twittos. All eight episodes of Blood Hunt are currently available on Netflix.
