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Theme music composer
  
Mike Shinoda

Country of origin
  
United States

First episode date
  
2015

8.1/10
IMDb

53%
Rotten Tomatoes

Composer(s)
  
Dave Shephard

Original language(s)
  
English

Network
  
AMC

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Created by
  
Alfred Gough Miles Millar

Starring
  
Daniel Wu Orla Brady Sarah Bolger Aramis Knight Emily Beecham Oliver Stark Madeleine Mantock Ally Ioannides Marton Csokas Daniel Burford

Genres
  
Action fiction, Adventure fiction, Drama, Martial Arts Film

Cast
  
Daniel Wu, Aramis Knight, Emily Beecham, Sarah Bolger, Marton Csokas

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Into the Badlands is an American television series that premiered on AMC November 15, 2015. The series features a story about a warrior and a young boy who journey through a dangerous feudal land together seeking enlightenment. AMC renewed the show for a 10-episode second season, which will premiere on March 19, 2017.

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Premise

Opening introduction: (narrated by Aramis Knight/M.K.):

Main

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  • Daniel Wu as Sunny, regent (Head Clipper) to the Badlands' most powerful Baron, Quinn. Despite being a man of conviction, he is very loyal to Quinn. Very skilled and proficient in various styles and weapons, he is considered to be one of, if not the, deadliest Clipper in the Badlands.
  • Orla Brady as Lydia, Quinn's first wife who is both his fiercest critic and most devoted follower.
  • Sarah Bolger as Jade, Quinn's new wife-to-be, whose beguiling demeanor hides a core of ambition and tenacity.
  • Aramis Knight as M.K., a seemingly average teenage boy, M.K. is anything but. Lurking inside him is a dark energy that The Widow wants to harness into a weapon.
  • Emily Beecham as Minerva, better known as The Widow, the Badlands' newest Baron: a brilliant martial artist and skilled swordswoman. She has adopted a blue-winged butterfly as her Baronial symbol, shown in yellow on a light blue banner. It represents a transformation from insignificance to beauty and power. Her territory of oil fields produces crude oil.
  • Oliver Stark as Ryder, Quinn's only son and presumed heir.
  • Madeleine Mantock as Veil, a doctor who is in a secret relationship with Sunny.
  • Ally Ioannides as Tilda, The Widow's daughter and teenage assassin, who is well-trained in the martial arts.
  • Marton Csokas as Quinn, the Badlands' preeminent Baron and a former clipper. His Baronial symbol is an armadillo shown in white on a maroon banner. His territory produces poppy flowers, which are harvested for opium.
  • Nick Frost as Bajie, a schemer with questionable morals who finds himself allied with Sunny.

    • Recurring

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  • Yohance Myles as Ringo, tattoo artist of the Clippers, inking their kill marks on their bodies
  • Benjamin Papac as Bale, a Colt, Clipper-in-training, a seemingly benevolent boy who befriends M.K. (Season 1)
  • Mike Seal as Petri, one of Quinn's Clippers (Season 1)
  • Stephen Lang as Waldo, a wheelchair-bound former Regent serving under Quinn
  • Teressa Liane as Angelica, a prostitute/spy loyal to The Widow (Season 1)
  • Ellen Hollman as Zypher, a regent of Baron Jacobee, has a history with Sunny
  • Edi Gathegi as Baron Jacobee, has an alliance with Quinn. His Baronial colors are pattern of blue and green plaid
  • Lance E. Nichols as the River King, importer of goods and "cogs" or indentured servants up and down the river through the Badlands
  • Lance Henriksen as Penrith, a leading priest who is Lydia's father.

    • Production

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    Described as a "genre-bending martial arts series". AMC ordered 6 one-hour-long episodes of the action-drama developed by AMC Studios for a premiere in late 2015. Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park composed the title theme. Executive producer Stephen Fung also serves as the series' action director alongside veteran Hong Kong choreographer, Ku Huen-chiu.

    Broadcast

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    Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on November 17, 2015, on Showcase. In Germany and the UK, the series is available through Amazon Prime Instant Video with each episode accessible the day after the US air date. BBC America began airing double episodes on August 20, 2016, at 10pm ET.

    Reception

    Into the Badlands has received mixed reviews from critics. As of March 9, 2017, the Rotten Tomatoes rating of season 1 is 53%, based on reviews from 37 critics, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The site's critical consensus states: "Into the Badlands is loaded with off-kilter potential that's left largely unfulfilled—although its well-choreographed action sequences should satisfy martial arts fans." Metacritic gives the season a score of 54 out of 100, based on reviews from 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

    Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter gave a generally positive review and wrote, "AMC finds a bloody, fun and entertaining non-zombie counterpart to The Walking Dead and turns Sundays into an escapist red zone." Maureen Ryan of Variety wrote, "The action scenes scattered throughout Into the Badlands are not just stirringly presented, they represent a test passed with flying, and bloody, colors. This efficient AMC series is an homage to classic Samurai films and kinetic action fare churned out by Hong Kong maestros of furious fists, and if the TV drama had failed to meet the standards set by the sturdiest examples of those genres, it would have seemed superfluous at best. Fortunately, star Daniel Wu is more than up to the task of occupying the center of this streamlined story of vengeance, tyranny and roundhouse kicks."

    References

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