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'The Killing Mall' is Disney+'s 'John Wick'
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- 'The Killing Mall' is a Korean drama series set against the backdrop of an online shopping mall for killers, reminiscent of the 'John Wick' universe, where Kim Hye-jun, who inherits the shopping mall run by Lee Dong-wook, fights against attacks from killers.
- Released on January 17, 2024 on Disney+, the series is based on the Korean novel 'The Killer's Shopping Mall' and consists of a total of 8 episodes.
- The series features impressive cross-cutting editing between the past and present, as well as gun action, and its quality is enhanced by the actors' 4 months of action training.
*This post contains spoilers for the first two episodes of 'A Shop for Killers'.
The 'John Wick' franchise has gained immense popularity by depicting a unique world of assassins. Major cities around the world, including New York, house 'Continental Hotels', providing a range of services for assassins. The gun concierge depicted in 'John Wick: Reloaded' has become a iconic scene in the franchise.**
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Disney+'s first original series in 2024, 'A Shop for Killers', feels like an extension of the John Wick universe. One of the central figures in this series is Jung Jin-man (Lee Dong-wook), who runs an online shopping mall for assassins in Korea. While less grand than the Continental Hotel, it shares similarities with John Wick's world, with its own customer list and rules that must be followed.** (Of course, the series doesn't actually take place in the same world as John Wick.)
Jin-man seems like someone who doesn't like meeting people. One of the few people he meets is his niece, Jung Ji-an (Kim Hye-jun). Jin-man hides his true identity from his niece, but he trained her to be a formidable warrior just in case. Ji-an learns the truth about her uncle after he suddenly dies. While organizing Jin-man's belongings, Ji-an discovers his online shopping mall for assassins and the weapons hidden in his house.
From that moment, assassins start closing in on her. The assassins try to invade her home to loot the goods Jin-man stored there, using a variety of weapons and guns. Ji-an panics but soon starts to overcome this crisis using the various guns she was trained with by her uncle.
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The first two episodes of this series, released on January 17th through Disney+ in Korea and Hulu in the US, have received generally positive reviews. The series is praised for its smooth cross-cutting between the past and present, and the action sequences involving guns and drones are impressive, even though they haven't been fully revealed yet. The main cast reportedly underwent training for four months before filming to prepare for the series' action scenes.
This series is based on the Korean novel 'A Shop for Killers' and consists of eight episodes. It is being released as a Disney+ original in Korea and other Asian regions, while Hulu will be releasing it in the US and other English-speaking countries. Unlike other Disney+ originals, two episodes will be released at once each week.
