The Undead Symphony

Episode 280: Newtopia (parts 5 to 8)

Darren Smith, Michael Avery and Guests

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The better half of the series if you ask me and we are back with Young-Joo and a chainsaw working her way through subterranean Seoul, as Jae-Yoon and his squad mates descend the tower.

I actually really liked how she was out and about and then trying to get across the city, juxtaposed with him just trying to get out of his building from the roof to the street. 

There are some great kills, a lot of dramatic sequences and scenes that would fit in any Korean zombie drama, and it almost feels a little wasted in a comedy, not that it is a pure comedy, it is more of a comedy-drama, that very few people in the community will watch.

I think the effects and story were great, loved the elements where they worked out how quickly people turn, and how you delay it, and all the characters, outside of Young-Joo and In Ho's whining and whimpering were great.

A solid 6.5/10 from me, putting it equal 4th in the table of South Korean zombie entertainment

 | All of Us are Dead  | 7.5
 | TRAIN TO BUSAN   | 7.5
 | Zombiverse  | 7
 | Newtopia  | 6.5
 | Happiness  | 6.5
 | #Alive  | 6
 | Rampant  | 6
 | Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula  | 6
 | Seoul Station  | 6
 | Project Wolf Hunting  | 5.5
 | Zombie For Sale  | 5.5
 | Gangnam Zombie  | 2.5