“Black Knight” is a South Korean streaming series that premiered on Netflix.
Let’s find out some trivia and facts about the series.
- Black Knight is a 2023 South Korean streaming television series
- It is written and directed by Cho Ui-seok
- Starring Kim Woo-bin, Song Seung-heon, Kang Yoo-seok and Esom
- The series is based on the webtoon of the same title by Lee Yun-kyun
- It depicts a dystopian future where extensive air pollution has become a huge problem after a comet destroyed most of the world
- The comet forced the people who are still alive to depend on elite delivery drivers for survival
- It was released on Netflix on May 12, 2023
- In 2071, extreme air pollution has turned the majority of the Korean peninsula into a wasteland after a comet wiped out all but 1% of its original population
- They live in segregated districts based on their social status
- They are also required to wear respirators and rely on the “Knights”, specialized delivery drivers, to provide them with the supplies (especially fresh oxygen) they need to stay alive
- One day, a legendary knight called ‘5-8’ meets a boy named Sa-Wol, who wishes to become a Knight just like him
- He decides to train him so that he can accomplish his dream in the dark and dangerous world that they live in
- Black Knight featured Korea’s top visual effects team, VFX Studio Westworld
- They have worked on series such as Sweet Home, Squid Game, and All of Us Are Dead
- In the desert area, sand was laid on a construction site of 50,000 pyeong, and a road was made with about 1 km of soil to digest various scenes were filled with VFX
- Lee Byeong-ju from Westworld Headquarters, said “source shooting was conducted in areas such as Bayanjak in Mongolia and Honggorin Els in the Gobi Desert, and expressed as deserts suitable for each environment”
- The series holds a 73% rating on Metacritic
- Based on 4 critics’ reviews
- On Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 89% approval rating
- Based on 9 reviews
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