Korean cinema and series are on a completely different level of amazing. From Parasite winning an Oscar to Squid Game taking over the world on Netflix, Korean films and series are entirely brilliant. Amazon Prime’s latest Korean series, Island introduces us to a mystical and horrific new world full of chaos demons, and the ultimate battle of good and evil.
Through a series of events, our protagonists end up at Jeju Island to fight the forces of evil in the shape of incredibly feral and brutal. It falls into their hands to begin balancing the tables in humanity’s favor
The synopsis for Island goes like this:
Evil took its first step to destroy the world. On the mysterious island of Jeju Island, the gateway to this, “Van,” a mix of human and monster, “Won Mi-ho,” the one in the center of fate, and “Johan,” the one who exercises God’s power, come together. A strange, yet captivating, action-packed exorcism fantasy in which they fight evil, share the fate of saving the world, and defy their own…
The six-episode series is cut into two parts. The first half of Island is currently streaming on Prime, with the second half on the way.