'Agent From Above' Netflix Review: 'Constantine' Meets Taiwanese Mythology In Bloated CGI-Fest

'Agent From Above' Netflix Review: 'Constantine' Meets Taiwanese Mythology In Bloated CGI-Fest

While watching the first few episodes of Agent From Above, if you thought that it seemed a lot like Constantine, I don’t think you are alone on that. I am not only a fan of the DC character and the 2005 film starring Keanu Reeves, but also a sucker for the whole concept of a nihilistic, depressed detective dealing with supernatural cases (and occasionally stumbling upon ones that are so horrific that you’d wish there was a supernatural explanati…

Agent from Above Review: An Enjoyable, Albeit Obvious Fantasy Thriller

Agent from Above Review: To atone for a childhood mistake, spirit medium Han Chieh has to balance supernatural disturbances in the human world at the behest of the Third Crown Prince. Along the way, he teams up with a college student and a detective to battle Chen Chi-sha and Chen Wu Tien-chi. Agent from Above Netflix Cast Kai Ko, Wang Po-chieh, Hsueh Shih-ling, Buffy Chen, Johnny Yang, Chen Yi-wen Agent from Above Series Creator Xing Zi Ag…

Kai Ko and Netflix’s Agent from Above ask if a god can grant what only a person can choose

In Taiwanese folk religion, the Third Crown Prince — the deity known as Nezha, San Tai Zi, the Marshal of the Central Altar — is described in his own mythology as a god who died by choice to limit the consequences of what he had done, and was then remade from lotus and sacred fire by his master into something that no longer owed the obligations of his original birth. He is worshipped in hundreds of Taiwanese temples. His mediums still enter tran…