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Devil May Cry season 1 review

Devil May Cry, Netflix's long-gestating animated adaptation of Capcom’s venerable hack-em-up, gives Dante his blockbuster action hero moment.

With Limp Bizkit's meathead anthem Rollin' soundtracking the credits sequence and knowing needle drops from the likes of Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine and Crazy Town, the personality of this adaptation - set in a modern-ish NYC where the world is being sporadically invaded by diabolical hellspawn - is very turn-of-the-millennium nu-metal. Watch on YouTube At first glance, this incarnation of swaggering demon hunter Dante (voiced with impish glee by Johnny Yong Bosch) seems fully formed: the dual handguns, longsword, K-pop idol haircut and swirling red leather trenchcoat from the franchise's imperial phase are all present and correct. Image credit: Netflix Over the course of its eight episodes Devil May Cry constantly channels the sort of OTT action movies you suspect Dante watches in his messy crash pad between freelance gigs: a highway chase with demons stomping on traffic feels very Matrix Reloaded, while Mary gets a side mission in a run-down apartment block that echoes The Raid or Dredd.

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