The original martial arts western on AMC and Amazon Prime is loosely based on the 16th-century Chinese fable Journey To The West – better known as the source material for cult classic MonkeyAs the nights draw in,it’s not just Miss Piggy bringing emphatic karate chops back to our screens. Into the Badlands – a six-part series that launched in the US on AMC on Sunday and is available in the UK on Amazon Video – features extended scenes of brutal hand-to-hand combat and genuinely dazzling swordplay, set in a ravaged retro-futurist world ruled by feudal barons and policed by deadly enforcers known as “Clippers”.
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Source: theguardian.com