The series follows a vaguely post-apocalyptic world devoid of guns, in which martial arts and melee weapons rule, governed by seven distinct “Barons.”
Catastrophe mines such fantastic comedy, pathos and yes, poignance from situations that alternate between painfully realistic and hilariously absurd.
I’ve resisted AMC’s Into the Badlands until now, if only because high-concept martial arts drama seemed out of place among the network’s prestige dramas.
The small-scale drama features Anne Hathaway in what’s arguably her best role to date as Kym, the black sheep of her family.