Our latest snapshot of the newest Netflix releases, including the spy series The Recruit and Season 2 of the dating show Single’s Inferno
If the Netflix releases you enjoy tend to include the streaming giant’s international fare — well, I hope you’ve got your watchlist cleared out and are ready to make way for a slew of new titles.
Netflix’s release calendar for the next several days is noticeably free of the big marquee projects that tend to garner the most excitement in its home market (outside of some exceptions, like the forthcoming spy series The Recruit that might have some franchise potential). In place of any potential Wednesday-sized hits, though, what next week does have is a pretty robust selection of non-English titles to check out on the streaming giant. And we’ll get into several of them below.
Among the many non-English Netflix releases to check out over the coming week, for example, fans of Netflix’s rapidly growing slate of Korean content might want to put Single’s Inferno on their list.
Coming on December 13, this is a Korean spin on the dating reality show formula we’ve seen a million times on American TV.
The gist, per Netflix’s logline: “Hot and young singles trapped on ‘Hell Island’ can only escape by becoming a couple with someone each night. Those who become a couple can move to ‘Heaven Island’ for the night and enjoy high-quality food and accommodation, while those who fail to become a couple spend the night self-sufficiently on ‘Hell Island.’”
There aren’t any of the steamy hookup scenes you’d expect from an American Single’s Inferno — and what hot and heavy moments there are, in fact, are quite tame by our standards. But if you’re a fan of all things Korean TV, this one offers an interesting look at the interactions between another culture’s young singles ready to mingle (Mild spoiler: Some things are the same, wherever you go).
