Reporter Wu Ruici/Comprehensive Report
The South Korean drama "The Minister of Hell" was officially launched in mid-November, director Yeon Sang-ho directed the popular movie "Corpse Speed Train", he is good at portraying the theme of human nature and the end of the world, this work, he is in an extremely bloody and violent way, depicting the horror of the "Minister of Hell", but it has caused bipolar comments, some people think it is too violent and not good-looking, but there are others who think it is super good-looking. The British "Guardian" published a review praising the show, describing the film as rough, but better than "Squid Game"!
Despite its polar reviews, The Minister of Hell received praise from The Guardian as "better looking than Squid Games". (Photo: Courtesy of Netflix)
"The Minister of Hell" was released not long ago, it was on the Netflix global championship list in just 1 day, the film is also portraying the theme of human nature, and was named the new "Squid Game" by foreign media. The British "Guardian" published a commentary report praising "The Minister of Hell" on the 25th (local time), which pointed out that "the Minister of Hell is super good-looking, better than "The Squid Game", more powerful than most works, and although the ending is violent, it will be popular for 10 years."
Kim Hyun-joo played a lawyer in "The Minister of Hell", which is also the key to the ending. (Photo: Courtesy of Netflix)
As the most discussed work in recent times, the novel story theme of "The Minister of Hell" has attracted attention, and the actor's excellent acting skills have also been affirmed, the director recently revealed in an interview that "there will be a comic version of the follow-up story", and the heroine Kim Hyun-joo also mentioned the second season in an interview: "Although there is no plan or theory for the second season, if there is, because I came out with a baby in the ending, I once asked 'is the second season to raise children'." 」
For the foreshadowing of the ending, Kim Hyun-joo said that she had asked the director "why is it like that" and "why is it resurrected", but the director did not answer for her.
The content of "The Minister of Hell" is violent and bloody, and the evaluation is polarized after broadcasting. (Photo/Recap from Netflix)
After the launch of "Hell's Minister", it was rated by CNN as "the new "Squid Game", the film only took 24 hours to conquer the first place in the Netflix global charts, compared to the "Squid Game" 6 days to win the championship, "Hell's Minister" is almost 1 week faster, is the fourth Korean film (in this case, film and drama) to win the championship on Netflix after the Korean film "#Alive", "Victory", "Squid Game".