Park Jung-min and Jisoo roast zombies in Newtopia
by solstices
Until dying do us half… or until undeath? In Coupang Play’s zany apocalypse romance Newtopia, a soldier and his ex-girlfriend discover themselves operating again into one another’s arms amidst a sudden zombie outbreak. Will their relationship revive just like the reanimated corpses, or will they go down amidst a twig of blood and guts?
All of it begins one in any other case unusual day, when the lonely soldier Lee Jae-yoon — performed by Park Jung-min (The 8 Present) — receives a name from his girlfriend suggesting they take a while aside. Having entered the army late whereas making an attempt (and failing) to use for various service by a job within the protection business, Jae-yoon’s nervousness in regards to the future has him clinging desperately onto his girlfriend Kang Younger-joo. Performed by Blackpink’s Jisoo (Snowdrop), Younger-joo is a recent graduate who can not stand her one-sided relationship.
That’s, till a zombie virus ravages the entire nation proper on that very day. Chaos spreads at a breakneck velocity, with zombies crashing by windshields and blood spraying from necks like ketchup fountains. Amidst the frenzied race to flee the zombie horde, Younger-joo’s worry reveals her true emotions — she will’t assist however fear for Jae-yoon’s security. “Jae-yoon, are you actually okay?” asks Younger-joo, in certainly one of about twenty texts she sends him.
With that, Younger-joo embarks on a journey throughout the nation to succeed in Jae-yoon. Over within the army base, Jae-yoon wails in misery on the messages, involved that Younger-joo is operating straight into hazard. Cue zombies growling and Younger-joo whining that she has to get to Jae-yoon, all whereas haphazardly swinging a golf membership round.
Provided that Younger-joo’s fight abilities (or lack thereof) depart me skeptical of her means to defend herself, I wouldn’t be shocked if Jae-yoon does certainly go AWOL to search out her earlier than the zombies do. The undead are pesky and protracted, although, forcing the troopers to resort to Molotov cocktails and flamethrowers to roast them to a crisp. However maybe Jae-yoon and Younger-joo’s love will burn even brighter?
Helmed by PD Yoon Sung-hyun (Time to Hunt) with scripts by Han Jin-won (Parasite) and Ji Ho-jin (A Store for Killers), Newtopia is predicated on the novel Influenza by Han Sang-woon. The drama is slated for a February 7 premiere.
By way of Coupang
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