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Bloodhounds Season 2 (사냥개들 시즌2)

Bloodhounds Season 2 (사냥개들 시즌2) is the second season of the South Korean Netflix action series Bloodhounds, released on April 3, 2026, in which boxers Kim Gun-woo and Hong Woo-jin, having dismantled a loan shark ring in the first season, take on a global underground boxing league run for money and violence.1 • 2 The season consists of seven episodes, all released at once, and is directed and written by Kim Joo-hwan, who also directed the 2023 first season.3 • 2

Key factDetail
PremiereApril 3, 2026, on Netflix, all episodes at once, in more than 190 countries1 • 4
Episodes7, each about an hour long3 • 5
Director and writerKim Joo-hwan (credited as Jason Kim in English-language coverage)2 • 6
Main castWoo Do-hwan as Kim Gun-woo, Lee Sang-yi as Hong Woo-jin, Jung Ji-hoon (Rain) as Im Baek-jeong, Choi Siwon as Hong Min-beom, Hwang Chan-sung as Yoon Tae-geom1
ProductionStudio N, co-produced with Ghost Studio and Seven O Six; adapted from the Naver webtoon Bloodhounds by Jeong Chan2
Early performanceNo. 2 in Netflix's non-English TV top 10 three days after release; 7.4 million viewing hours in its second week7
Critical score85% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 3 critics' reviews8

Spoilers

Story and setting

The season picks up three years after the first. Gun-woo, having taken down the loan sharks, pursues his dream of becoming a boxing champion, with Woo-jin now acting as his coach and chosen family. The two are drawn into an underground international boxing league ruled by money and violence, whose central figure is Baek-jeong, a villain who fights for money and power above all else and can overpower even a world boxing champion.1 • 2 Netflix's logline describes the pair landing "another exhilarating straight hook" against the league.9

Director Kim Joo-hwan said at the March 31, 2026 production presentation in Seoul that he wanted to build on what fans loved in the first season, the fresh boxing action and the strong bromance, and that the underground boxing league setting let him explore the conflict between money and humanity through combat.6

Cast

Woo Do-hwan and Lee Sang-yi return as Gun-woo and Woo-jin. Jung Ji-hoon, the singer-actor known as Rain, joins as the villain Baek-jeong, his first villain role in a career of about 20 years; he described the part as burdensome but said he had always wanted to play an evil role, and that director Kim told him his eyes should look cold even when he smiles.1 • 2 • 6 Choi Siwon plays Hong Min-beom and Hwang Chan-sung plays Yoon Tae-geom.1

Production and release

Netflix confirmed production and announced the casting on January 16, 2025.2 Fans waited nearly 34 months between the first and second seasons, a gap attributed to extensive production schedules and complex script development.10 The season was released on April 3, 2026, at 7:00 AM GMT in the United States, in more than 190 countries.9 • 4 A production representative of Ghost Studio said the season's villains were made stronger, more professional, and more global than in the first season.7

Reception

Three days after release the season reached No. 2 in Netflix's non-English TV top 10, and in its second week it logged 7.4 million viewing hours.7 In South Korea it held the No. 1 spot on Netflix's domestic top 10 for the first three weeks of April 2026 before slipping to second in the fourth week.11 On Rotten Tomatoes the season held an 85% Tomatometer from 3 critics' reviews, with critics praising the fight choreography while finding the storyline weaker than the first season's.8 Reviewers commonly described the season as bigger in scale and action but thinner in story depth; The Review Geek called it "a flawed sequel that still packs a punch," and K-waves and Beyond wrote that it proves more impressive in scale and visuals without adding depth to the storyline.12 • 5 The season ends in a way that leaves room for a continuation.12

References

  1. Bloodhounds Season 2 K-Drama Release Date, Trailer and Cast, Netflix Tudum
  2. 넷플릭스 시리즈 <사냥개들> 시즌2 제작 확정 짓고 캐스팅 공개, About Netflix
  3. The 36 Best Netflix Korean Shows of 2026 (So Far), Marie Claire
  4. Netflix's 'Bloodhounds' Season 2 Expands Fight to Global Illegal Boxing League, Aju Press
  5. Bloodhounds Season 2 Review: Bigger, Bloodier and Still Addictive, K-waves and Beyond
  6. Netflix hit action show 'Bloodhounds' returns with bigger fights, The Korea Times
  7. Ghost Studio-produced 'Bloodhounds' Season 2 claims No. 1 globally, Sports Kyunghyang
  8. Bloodhounds: Season 2, Rotten Tomatoes
  9. Bloodhounds, Netflix Media Center
  10. Bloodhounds Season 2 Status & Schedule, SeriesReminder
  11. ContentAsia eNewsletter, 4-17 May 2026
  12. Bloodhounds Season 2 Review – A flawed sequel that still packs a punch, The Review Geek

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026

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