[tps_header]DOPEST moment in a Whack-Ass show: INTO THE BADLANDS opening fight sequence[/tps_header]
Sunny (Daniel Wu) is legit dope. He rides a motorcycle, carries around a freaking telescope, wears cool dude sunglasses and rocks a red leather trench-coat like nobody’s business. Two minutes into the first episode of Into The Badlands, Sunny comes across a gang of marauders and puts all of his finely tuned badass skills to work. The scene is a hodge-podge of classic genre fare; it’s equal parts Kill Bill, spaghetti western and Kurosawa movie. Sunny gracefully breaks, bends, spins and snaps apart the gang of thugs in a well-choreographed dance of thuds, smacks and crunches. The sequence plays out with the artistry of a hyper-violent ballet. I won’t go into all the reasons that Into the Badlands isn’t a well-executed show, just know that no other element of the series’ production reaches the highs of its stunning fight sequences.
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