When it comes to school, everyone must be familiar with it. That is the place where we sway the sweat of our youth, leave laughter, and the pain of our youth! But the school we are going to introduce today is no ordinary school:
Required courses are poisoning, assassination and combat. The job is to kill .
God, what kind of fairy school is this?
This school is called King 's Dominion, and it was originally from Imagine Comics' best-selling comic " Deadly Class"
As early as the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con, Imagine officially announced that it would release a manga adaptation of the same name, which was scheduled to be produced by SYFY, which is good at supernatural fantasy dramas. As soon as the news came out, the drama was highly anticipated.
Looking forward to the stars and the moon, SYFY finally broadcast "Killer Class" at the beginning of the year
The story takes place in San Francisco, USA in 1987 .
The protagonist Marcus, whose parents both died, was tortured in the orphanage. After escaping, he was accused of burning down the orphanage. He was wanted everywhere. He wandered the streets and lived under the bridge like a mouse crossing the street. When I was hungry, I could only turn over the trash can, and when I smoked, I could only pick up cigarette butts. I was bullied by the lunatic Raleigh, and the only photo with my father was taken away.
When evading the pursuit of the police, four mysterious people (Japanese flower-armed girl Saya, Latin American Maria, punk boy Billy and black strongman Willy) came to the rescue, then masked him and kidnapped him into Chinatown. in a restaurant.
In the back kitchen where raw meat was hung, a man in suits and ties but with a murderous aura, Master Lin , sent him an invitation: "Join my school."
It turned out that this was a school specially opened for cultivating killers - the King's Land. Lin took a fancy to Marcus' killer potential and wanted to recruit him.
Lin is of Chinese descent. When his ancestors came to the United States to pursue their dreams, they were oppressed and discriminated against. Wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance. They founded the Killer School to speak out for injustice and humiliation . A seeded player with a talent for killing.
Alertness and pride compelled him to refuse immediately and leave. Marcus thought about his dead parents and even went to the roof to take his own life. Stopped by Saya, she told Marcus that he didn't need to sleep in the air any more, and he didn't need to feel helpless anymore, and then the two kissed.
With this kiss, Marcus changed his mind and followed Saya back to the King's Domain, where he officially became a student.
However, like ordinary American colleges and universities, there are also gangs and campus bullying in King's Land .
On the first day of school, it was not a good time for Marcus: Willie thought he was blocking the way and bumped him away; Saya pretended not to know him and didn't give a good look; he said a few words with Maria, Maria's poison Xiao's boyfriend Chick went up to beat him and threatened to kill him.
Only Billy took the initiative to sit across from Marcus at lunch, because most of the students in the king's land have criminal family business inheritance, strict class and group action , even if they know you, they will be out of face do not know you.
(Mexican drug lords, Japanese gangsters, black gangsters, and small groups are clearly distinguished.)
People are group animals, and the lonely Marcus is led by Billy to join their rooftop rock gang , which consists of the "rats" at the bottom of the social pyramid , such as the goth girl Petra and the punk boy Lex .
In the art of killing class taught by President Lin himself, he assigned an exaggerated homework: search the city for the damned and kill the target .
In order to complete Lin's homework, Marcus decides to cooperate with Willie to seek revenge on the madman Raleigh and get back the stolen photos. Don't look at Willy's usual pretence, but he is actually soft inside and opposed to killing, but at a critical moment, he did not dare to kill, and was chased by Rowley all the way. In the end, in order to save his life, Marcus killed the corpse and destroyed the trace.
But killing isn't easy, and Marcus begins to be haunted by fear and guilt, along with unprovoked bullying at school and a budding relationship with Saya.
Will he be able to overcome everything and become a professional cold-blooded killer to accomplish his ultimate goal: to assassinate then-President Ronald Reagan?
As the first manga-reformed drama in the beginning of the year , the producer's intentions did not disappoint fans.
The screenwriter of the series is also the screenwriter of the original comics, Rick Remender, who has participated in the production of "Venom" and "The Amazing Team". He put what he saw and heard in his high school days on the stage in a dark and extreme way, exposing the American high school campus . Bullying, etc.
In addition to the beloved fashion and music elements of the 80s, it also reflects the unrest in the society of the 80s .
The reason why Marcus wanted to assassinate Reagan in the play was because Reagan slashed funding for mental health institutions during his tenure, resulting in the release of thousands of mentally ill patients into society, and one patient smashed his parents alive in front of him when he jumped off a building. death, leaving him homeless.
The Russo brothers who are responsible for the production are also well-known. They have directed many Marvel movies. They are good at action scenes. They refer to comics for storytelling, so that the fighting scenes in the play are real and not artificial, smooth and not procrastinating.
At the same time, it supports the lineup of fresh meat and the familiar face.
The X-Men Jubilee is played by the Vietnamese actor Lana Condor as the female lead. Benedict Wang in "Doctor Strange" and "Avengers 3" also changed his simple and honest image and played the cold-blooded gentleman's Principal Lin.
A lot of Chinese elements in the film are also very curious.
The King's Domain is set in the backyard of the restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown, the city with the most Chinese in the United States. The courtyard is full of classical Chinese style. The interior is filled with swords, swords, swords and halberds from various Chinese dynasties, and even the Terracotta Warriors and Guan Gong. The classes are bilingual in Chinese and English. A variety of Chinese slogans are posted.
"Killer Class" integrates the killer theme into the campus youth drama, which can not help but remind people of Quentin's masterpiece "Kill Bill" .
But unlike the ruthless and agile revenge bride, killers are not made in a day. "The Killer Class" focuses on the process of becoming a killer. Even a ruthless killer has a soft heart and fear and guilt behind it .
In addition, the dark punk tone and curious style of painting are remarkable, making "The Killers" a big dark horse in this year's comics. Everyone, hurry up and catch up before this drama becomes a big hit IP!
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