'Bloodhounds' review: Let's hear it for the Bruise Brothers


'If you think we look too good for a couple of brawlers now, relax – there's over half the series to go.' Photos: Handout

One binge later and boy, does my head hurt. Not that the new Netflix action series Bloodhounds is bad, just that it's so unrelentingly... bruising.

The show is a thrill a minute as its two-fisted protagonists batter their way through (and occasionally get beaten down by) hordes of goons and nasty criminals while taking on loan sharks and their minions in a pandemic-stricken South Korea.

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