Who wouldn’t want to turn their hobby into a career? That’s the harmless basic idea behind the South Korean action film Officer Black Belt, which is currently topping the Netflix charts. At the time of writing, it is ranked 4th among films – even ahead of Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw! You can read what you can expect in it here.
Officer Black Belt tells of a martial arts genius
Lee Jung-Do (Kim Woo-Bin from Alienoid) seems like a normal guy who plays video games and hangs out with his friends. But he has one passion and is extremely talented at it: martial arts. Whether Taekwondo, Kendo or Judo – he has reached the highest rank.
By chance he meets the probation officer Kim Sun-Min (Kim Sung-Kyun), who makes him a suggestion. As a martial arts official It is Lee Jung-Do’s job to help in physically dangerous situations. The international title Officer Black sums up the plot with the utmost efficiency.
John Wick fans will especially enjoy the action scenes
There is less shooting than in John Wick, but the martial arts mix forms a significant parallel to the Keanu Reeves action film. Jason Kim, who already made the martial arts series Bloodhounds for Netflix, which launched on the streamer last year, is responsible for the script and direction. If you want to see even more down-to-earth fistfights, you can watch straight away.
Bloodhounds has a very good community rating of 7.3 points on Moviepilot, but Officer Black Balt still lacks meaningful votes. In any case, NME gives it three out of five stars. The review states:
Although the film is very entertaining, Officer Black Belt becomes a bit too predictable in the second half. After seeing Jung-do regain his goals, it is disappointing to see the story follow the path of a typical action thriller However, if you only watch Officer Black Belt to see Kim Woo-bin perform his killer moves, you won’t be disappointed.