My family watched, “KPop Demon Hunters “ this weekend. Clarkson listens to videos with the music on YouTube sometimes, and all the children where my wife teaches had been telling her about it, so we wanted to give it a shot. Considering how immensely popular it is, we thought it had to be decent—and boy, is it popular! After growing interest once it dropped on Netflix as word-of-mouth spread about this new animated flick, it found the music charting, and a limited national theatrical release just took the #1 spot for the weekend. What is the movie about, though? Well, a trio of KPop stars (Huntr/X) who fight demons with the power of song and cool weapons, obviously!
In all seriousness, the movie has the trio serving as part of a long line of warriors who protect the souls of Earth from demons and face a new challenge when a demonic boy band appears to beat the girls at their own game. There are some obvious twists with characters hiding secrets and not being as good/evil as they seem, with some stellar animation accompanying everything. The real draw here, however, would be the stellar tunes. You’ve probably heard, “Golden,” a ton now on the radio/internet, but for my money the best song is a tie between, “Soda Pop,” which is sung by the secretly-demonic Saja Boys and, “Free,” which is a bit of a romantic duet tune. All the songs get you bopping and dancing around, though, because they are so darn catchy.
Even if the plot is a bit predictable, there is a good message at the heart of the movie about being true to yourself and not being scared to share everything about who you are with others—this has resulted in everything from readings of the movie being about dealing with trauma, how we handle mental health or self-harm to LGBTQ/closet allegories. I can see multiple takes being possible, but at the end of the day, even if it’s just a wildly fun movie with singing and demon fights, “KPop Demon Hunters,” is a good time. It’s worth a stream on Netflix the next time you want something that should entertain the whole family and you can always play the soundtrack while out driving too!
5 out of 5 Stars.
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