An intriguing mashup.
Keeping things together are the couriers who bring much-needed food and oxygen to people’s homes. It’s not only a necessary job but also a dangerous one, as the delivery trucks are constantly under attack from raiders out in the desert. This combination turns the couriers into modern-day folk heroes, risking their lives for the good of the rest of society. One, known simply as 5-8 , has achieved a legendary status after fighting off entire gangs of raiders single-handedly.
The story follows two main threads, which, naturally, intersect by the end. 5-8 is soon joined by Sa-Wol , a refugee who idolizes the couriers and will do whatever it takes to become one and help those stuck out in the desert. Meanwhile, the Korean government and a megacorporation known as Chun-myung Group are working in tandem to relocate citizens to a new, larger enclosure but are at odds as to how to proceed.
Unfortunately, it does get off track at times, trying to cram a few too many ideas into a short runtime. The conspiracy theory behind the big relocation plan keeps the story moving with a strong momentum, but it gets derailed by threads about mutants, kidnappings, and vaccines that are either underdeveloped or just plain unnecessary. Thankfully, at only six episodes long,far off the rails.
It’s not a show that will likely be remembered as fondly as its inspirations, and I wish it were both more focused and made a bigger deal about the machinations of climate change . Butstill manages to rise above being yet another story about the postapocalypse and become something that feels surprisingly fresh — and it should make
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