Amazon Prime K-drama Newtopia review: zombie romcom with Blackpink's Jisoo misses the mark
2.5/5 stars
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Lead cast: Jisoo, Park Jung-min
Blackpink's Jisoo and Park Jung-min juggle love and the undead in downtown Seoul in Newtopia, a horror comedy that is the latest event series to tap into the Korean zombie craze.
Despite its big budget, big stars and global streaming distribution on Amazon Prime Video, this Coupang Play original series has had a tepid response, which makes us wonder what the problem is. Is there something off about the show itself, or have people finally grown tired of the K-zombie wave?
The truth is probably somewhere in between. A middling series might have ridden on the coattails of a popular genre, but if viewer fatigue sets in for that genre only a strong show could prevail.
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