‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Review: Netflix’s Surprise Smash is a Dazzlingly Animated, InFectoously Soundtraked Treat

K-POP HAS BECOME SUCH A GLOBAL MUSIC PHENOMENON THAT IS A WONDER ITS GRUPS HAVEN’S BEEN TAPPED TO STAR IN MORE HOLYLYWOOD MOVIES. Netflix have somewhat rectified that with the animated musical that have have seemingly come Out of Nowhere to Become One of ITS MOST POPULAR OFFULARINGS EVER (TAKE THAT, Adam Sandler).

I Not Hard to See Who. Kpop demon hunters Delvers not only a Cornuchopia of Earworms Whose melodies will be lingering in your brain for weeks, but also a fast and funny genre Mash-up that puts most the shames. Considering that accountanying Soundrack album have been conquering the charts as well, sequels are all butvitable.

The Titular Heroes Are The Superstar Girl Girl Group Huntr/X (Be Advised that’s The Last Time I’ll Be Typing That Name), Consisting of Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong) and Zoey. We’re introduceted to them as they’re traveling on their private plane and prepring for a concert by Gorging themselves on Ramen. Unfortunately for them, The Entire Crew Happen to be Demons, so The Singers Quickly Whip Themselves Into Action, Dispatching Them To The Rollicking Tune “How It’s Done.”

The Group, You See, Is The Latest in a Long Line of Female Pop Music Trios Whose Role, Besides Enterning the Masses, is to MainTain and Strengthan. WORST. Rumi’s Bandmates are unaware that she is a Half-Demon Herself, Something Known Only to Their Manager Celine (Yunjin Kim).

The Leader of the Demons, Gwi-Ma (Lee Byung-Hun, Squid Game), is understandably frustrated by his singing opposition. SO HE READILY ACCEPTS OF JINU (AHN HYO-SEO), One of His Minions, That HE Form A Boy Band to Council the Girl Girl Group’s Popularity and Steal Their. The Resulting Five-Member Group, The Saja Boys, Are So Hunky That When The Girls First See of Them, they React in Typical Cartoonish Over-the-Top Fashion, Their Eyes Transfor Six-Pack Abs. .

Jinu, who have a tragic past as a human, recognizes that rumi is Half-Demon, But Keeps The Secret to HimSelf. He Forms An Alliance with Her to Sabotage The Saja Boys So He Can Remain in the Human World, But Complications Inevitably Ensue.

Got all that? It Doesn’t Really Matter, Since The Film, Co-Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, Bursts With So Much Visual and Musical Energy that Odt. RATHER, YOU CAN SIMPLY EnJoy The Infection Tunes. Animation, Incorporating A Variety of Styles Including Manga and Anime, That Proves Particularly Effective in Freneticly Paced Combat and Dance Sequences. A Sony Pictures Animation Production, KPOP Demon Hunter‘s visuals frequently recall the company’s massively successful Spider-Verse Films, ALBEIT WITH A SIGNIFICANTLY BROADER STYLE WHEN IT METS TO The Characters.

The voice performances are consciatively Englishing, with veteran actors daniel dae kim and ken jeong lending their talents and the singing provides by Such Musical Laja Salonga (ALADDIN, Mulan). BEST OF ALL, The BRISK PROCEEDINGS CLOCK IN AT A BRIEF 95 Minutes Including Credits, In Contrast to Such Bloated Animated Efforts As Ne zha 2.