Kingdom: Ashin of the North (2021)

Giovanni

8.0

Aug 10, 2021

Ashin of the North is a 2021 South Korea production. It lasts for one hour and thirty-two minutes, and, let us say it, it’s a nice piece of cinematography. At the end of Season 2 of the series “Kingdom“, the audience discovered a new and mysterious character: Ashin. And, as always happens with a season’s finale, further questions without an answer. It’s a story of betrayals, magic, war, zombies and revenge. Ashin is a movie to watch because introduces us to the Kingdom series available on Netflix. Will Ashin completes her revenge? And why she needs it? All the details at https://www.spo…

ParkMin

3.0

Jan 29, 2024

I really liked their gradual introduction to the theme and the zombies but this kind of introduction felt too long and lasted for several episodes without any pieces moving in the story. It was a bit obvious this was done on purpose to delay progress for Season 2. Meanwhile, Season 2 took a step back and tried to develop its characters even though there was no room for that. Although Kingdom as a whole is relatively short but it needed a more precise cut to suit what we've been presented. Maybe cutting it down to 8 episodes in total would be ideal. The slow atmospheric shots with eerie backgro…