Badland Hunters (Korean: 황야) is a 2024 South Korean dystopian action film directed by Heo Myung-haeng, in his directorial debut. It stars Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Jun-young, and Roh Jeong-eui. The film is a sequel to Concrete Utopia and takes up the story post-earthquake transformation of Seoul into an apocalyptic wasteland, where everything from law and order to civilization has collapsed.[2]
The film is an original Netflix production and was released on January 26, 2024.[3][4]
In a post-apocalyptic Seoul, Nam-San, a relentless wasteland hunter, along with his friend Choi Ji-wan and other survivors, are living a hard life in their village. Nam-San and Ji-wan navigate the desolate wastelands and scavenge for resources to sustain their community. Trouble ensues when Su-na, who is from their village, is kidnapped by a rogue scientist, Dr. Yang Gi-su, who has been illegally experimenting with making humans immortal by injecting them with a certain serum, which has led to the death of many teenagers.
Gi-su needed more supplies for the serum, and he had set up a network to bring more teenagers to his camp, in an apartment complex. Nam-San, Ji-wan, and Lee Eun-ho, a member of the camp, discover Gi-su’s experiments and go to rescue Su-na. It is revealed that Gi-su had been conducting experiments to revive his daughter So-yeon, who had died around the time when Seoul became a wasteland.
Nam-San, Ji-wan, and Eun-ho arrive at the camp and fight with mutant soldiers. They manage to rescue Su-na, while Gi-su escapes with So-yeon’s body in a suitcase. However, he is surrounded by a mob of people, who are prepared to beat him to death. While shooting at the crowd, he accidentally damages the suitcase, killing So-yeon. Nam-San kills Gi-su and returns to his village, along with Su-na and Ji-wan.
