This exclusive Netflix thriller competes in intensity and brutality with ‘John Wick’ and is already number 1 in 27 countries

The most hardcore fans of action cinema can become as demanding as those of the most cinephile genres: That is why the choreographies, the edition and the rhythm of any new film that premieres of their favorite style examine the millimeter. And that’s why films such as ‘Kill Bill’, ‘The Raid’ or ‘John Wick’ are contributed: it is not easy to satisfy them.

I may Netflix has found the key To do so with ‘Oni-Goroshi: City of demons‘, a frantic and violent epic of extreme action that has perched on the number 1 of platform views in 27 countries. The reasons are clear: a clear and linear argument that gives rise to innumerable sequences of action shot and edited with a taste that we do not usually see very often in the exclusive of streaming.

The film is based on the manga of the same name as Masamichi Kawabe, and introduces us to a retired hired killer who lives with his family. But When your last mission fulfills, the consequences are unpredictable: A group of criminals murders his family. Given dead, he will undertake a devastating revenge 12 years after the tragic facts.

And although the result does not reach the category of total classics of the genre commented above, the result is brutal and frantic enough (especially in its initial stretch, when it adopts a more realistic and dirty perspective) to justify the tremendous success it is having. In times of scarcity, films like this ‘Oni-Goroshi’ show that the quality action cinema is far from dying.

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