Netflix has released the main trailer for the Korean series “Black Knight” starring actor Kim Woo-bin.
Set in 2071, “Black Knight” tells the story of refugee Sa-wol, and the legendary deliveryman 5-8, as he takes on the all-powerful Cheonmyeong Group in a dystopian version of Korea. The country is ravaged by extreme air pollution, rendering it uninhabitable without an oxygen mask.
"Black Knight" (Netflix Korea)
The main trailer shows a scene into a post-apocalyptic universe where the Korean peninsula has become a desert wasteland and only one percent of the population clings to life. The devastated look of Seoul seems outright surreal.
In “Black Knight,” Kim Woo-bin is deliveryman 5-8 who works as a lifeline to mankind, delivering oxygen and other necessities in the daytime.
At night, he transforms into a Black Knight with a plot to upend the order created by Cheonmyeong Group, the de facto ruler of the devastated world.
Ryu Seok (Song Seung-heon), the ruthless heir to Cheonmyeong Group, clashes with 5-8 as he defends his vision of a world with no place for the refugees.
Seol-ah (Esom), a major at the Defense Intelligence Command, warns 5-8 that chaos may spiral out of hand, while Sa-wol, a refugee who aspires of becoming a Black Knight, boldly climbs onto 5-8's truck, eager to join the fight.
Director Cho Ui-seok aimed to create “more down-to-earth and lively” scenes compared to the original webtoon.
“Black Knight” will premiere exclusively on Netflix on May 12.