Night Has Come (2023)

Inconsistent.

The appeal of the show is that it's a deductive mystery. Mafia is essentially a whodunit mystery. The mystery should be the primary focus and the high school drama and romance should be secondary. After all, that is how the show was marketed.

However, after the male protagonist is killed off by a nervous lynch, to preserve the romance, the writers revive him. But by doing so, the dynamics of the game changes drastically. The announcer conveniently no longer announces the roles of those who are killed, the doctor can revive anyone even if they weren't killed in the Night, and the viewers no longer face the thrill of danger for the protagonists because we now know the writers will simply bring them back to life. This show, in a single moment, destroyed the sanctity of all its genre. It is a mystery that has lost its logical credibility, a horror and thriller without a genuine threat of death, a high school romance that isn't quite romantic, and a high school drama with unreasonable stakes—where trivial conflicts lead to death and murder.

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Should You Watch?

I gave this a try despite several negative warnings in the media. I found myself binging - unable not to watch each next episode. The story and predicament of the characters is intriguing, and the short fast paced episodes hard to resist. These high school kids make some odd choices, but given their ages within the story it's believable. It is obvious early on that given the fantastic and impossible and 'supernatural' things that are happening that this must be some sort of unreal dream scenario. All the impossible things are OK if the ending satisfactorily ties matters up. However, that's the downside - the last 15 or 20 minutes will likely leave you unsatisfied. Does all the good story telling that comes before compensate for the soft ending? I found it did and enjoyed the binge.

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This was poorly written and execute, yet I want more...

I dont even know how to bring my review into words. The story didnt make much sense on a logical aspect. Its like they just wrote anything and didnt think about the logistics. The acting wasnt that good on the main MAIN character parts but the rest of the mains acting was pretty solid. The story just felt like it was just doing and saying anything. Didnt even get to understand and learn about the characters story so i didnt even have to chance to care if Jun hee or Yoon seo died. Even the parents are written poorly. And this was really predictable.

"Your the first person to win the game" They were trying so hard to make the girl the main character omg like Jun hee ALSO won. And why the tf did the parent incorparate romance into the game, like why make scenes of Yoon seo staring at Jun hee WHY would they even do that made no sense. HOW would they even know Yoon seo like Jun hee.

Now. I see complete potential for a season 2, this whole season felt like a filler and like a pilot or trailer for what big to actually come. They shouldnt even consider this a season tbh lol. I felt like it would have been more entertaining if the mains knew the circumstances they were really in.

I strangely want more. Not because its a clifhanger either, this could have ended just like that and id still look forward to a season 2.

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It's worth watching guys!

So finally i have completed the show and as person my experience, it's a nice show and even ending was explained but somewhat lacked in aspect of best ending, however the overall show and the mystery, the plot twists were all well done as per some reviews saying about plotholes of rules so the ending explained the reasons of some major plotholes as it was created by parents who wanted revenge hence they had already fixed the winner as Second main lead hence that was how the game worked according to them hence everyone in the game couldn't do other thing rather the one assigned to them and hence this show showed some mistakes that could happen when it is done by someone not so experienced. Overall the show was quite entertaining and my review doesn't change but i reduced one star from story ratings as i didn't find the ending good.

I am leaving my previous review too as some people had not even completed the show and still had audacity to write a negative review so it might clear your confusions,
As per the above reviews as we see they haven't fully completed the show yet and only 8 episodes have been aired till date and writing a review even before the whole kdrama has not been completed is already a very weird thing about them and basically all the questions everyone had in their mind about this drama are getting cleared slowing with upcoming new episodes so i don't like them judging the drama even before it gets complete.
Now i'll come to my point about this kdrama, I know the main female and main lead are lacking a bit in terms of acting but other actors like the bullies (girl and boy both) are pretty good at acting.... so you can watch it and the cliffhangers at the end are good in making us want to watch the next episode eagerly....and i really liked the concept of this kdrama. From my point of view, you must try this drama❤️.

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Night Has Come: An Overview

This was genuinely one of the most shocking and intense pieces of game thriller/horror I've ever watched in my life. Right from Episode 1 we are built this picture of a school trip to this youth center that slowly starts to go wrong, even when we know it's going to happen we don't know to what extent. Then as soon as Episode 2 rolls around we're thrown straight into the deep end of this gore-y and violent show and we have to follow each character blindly through whatever they face.

At first, I didn't like the ghost thing (until the final episode) because it felt like a bit of a side plot that didn't make any sense, plus how in Episodes 4 and 5, Yoon Seo just defies the laws of physics and no-clips out of reality which brought me out of the show a bit. It also felt like they kept forgetting that they had a ghost at points and just threw it in at points because they realized they needed to round that off. But luckily by Episode 12 it kind of gets explained as to why it exists. This ties into another one of my points that the ending just feels a bit... naff. It feels like a poor way of explaining why everything happened but then again this is a K-drama and normal real-world events don't happen.

Another thing I didn't enjoy that much was that we found out who the mafia was, albeit we learned each one in about 2 episode intervals, it still drew away from the mystery aspect of the show. I enjoyed up to Episode 6 trying to work out who the mafia was and working out why certain things happen, but they kind of just ruined it by showing us So Mi holding an axe over Yoon Seo's head T-T.

There were some high and some low episodes, namely Episode 11 was a disappointing low considering all the great episodes before it. I feel looking back, knowing what the ending is, some of the unexplained mysteries and random moments did all make sense; but at the time of my initial review, they just felt like an exposition to stretch out runtime.

Overall, I did enjoy this show. I was very emotional throughout it and the production and acting were just brilliant (even if they did act like a slice-of-life drama at points). I will be rewatching this even with the mystery of the ending gone, it's still just fun to watch!

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A great watch

This was a great drama. The plot had alot of potential and was well written with a few loopholes although it was stable in the end. The end was a little confusing but sure was good. Im thinking there'd be a season 2 as the ending left off a clifhanger. It gave alot of Enigma( thai drama) vibes to me at some point of time. But was sure as hell good. The actors played their roles greatly and alot of the characters could not have died. I believe that Ko lying jun and Choi Mina had alot of potential compared to other characters and The end where they show that there were rumors abt Park Se Eun It felt like there was a huge loophole. And on addition to all of that the statue in the Youth center was Out of the box I feel. This drama isn't a horror drama it's more like a Sci-fi or Mystery drama as there really isn't no ghost so if anyone is gonna watch this drama please keep in mind that there is no ghost.

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Plot Holes But Overall Enjoyable

The idea of a Death Game isn't exactly new, but I usually always enjoy them. So I did like this drama too, but I didn't love it. The writing had quite a few holes, but it didn't really bother me because I wasn't super invested and just didn't really feel the tension. It wasn't that the stakes weren't high--they were, but I think because the characters weren't developed like they should've been, I didn't care about anyone too strongly. Even Yoonseo, who's supposed to be the lead, hardly felt developed.
I also guessed they were really in a game a few episodes in (or it was all dream) just because of the way the kids lost control and killed themselves and because of the moment everyone suddenly remembered the girl who'd died in the real world. Also when Junhee suddenly came back to life. That was a pretty clear sign this wasn't real life.
But like I said, none of that really bothered me and I enjoyed the drama for what it was.

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Wasted Potential

This drama is genuinely the definition of wasted potential. They had such an amazing idea/concept and could've executed so many different ways but they failed. I want to preface this by saying I love thriller/horror dramas, they are my bread and butter. I stayed up until 2 am binging this entire series HOPING it got better. Let's break down every part where they failed.

The main characters lacked so much depth. We don't even know when or how the two leads met. They show a flashback of some trauma that the male lead has but they never go into detail about what is or what happened. How are we, as viewers, supposed to empathize and support the main characters, if we know nothing about them?

This drama was also so infuriating to watch. everyone acted like an idiot. I'm not one to usually criticize the dumb actions of characters in thrillers because they're usually under a lot of stress, but some of the things they did. WOW. The bullies of the group kinda got to do as they pleased with no repercussions. It genuinely made no sense how they got to do whatever and manipulate everyone. The good guys just kind of let it happen. The female lead had her moments where she made some smart decisions, but she was also the type of female lead who was kind to a fault. She let the bully do as she pleased and would forgive her no matter what. The male lead kinda just stood by and let it happen. He "stopped" it a couple of times, but he also just pretended like it didn't happen and he'd be chill with the bully. There are multiple bully groups and it makes no sense how they survived as long as they did. I get that they were manipulative, but how did everyone put up with their attitude for so long. It's usually not as bad in other dramas bc the leads counteract the bullies but the leads in this series are just like bystanders.

This one is minor but it was just kinda like wtf. The sound that's played every time there is an announcement is the same exact sound from "The Purge." That should speak for itself.

I didn't wanna include any spoilers so I'm going to do my best to explain how bad this was. The reveal of the motive of the "antagonist" didn't make sense. To a degree it made sense, but it didn't explain why everyone in the class had to be punished instead of just the bullies.

It's hard to do a review without spoilers especially when I have to explain why things were bad. I just kinda felt sad. I really did want to like this drama and I just felt extreme disappointment. There were also multiple plot holes that I wouldn't be able to explain without spoilers so I'm going to be omitting them. I can't believe I was late to work the next day because I stayed up for this drama. wasted potential and a whole lotta disappointment.

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Cool thriller but disappointing ending

I enjoy watching highschoolers in thrillers because its fun to see how they think and act as i am an highschooler too. This drama started on well it had surprising element. You wouldn't know who would be next. But by the end i felt it was rushed.

The drama had potential but it lacked in many places except the acting. I think actors did a great job with what they were given.

The ending: They should have shown more of seun, literally show like 20 secs of her, for us to truly feel what she went through. The way jungwon killed herself it indicated that seun wanted the games to come to an end. But the parents still kept it going bruh? They didnt know how to end the show so they just showed the game is still on. Otherwise they would have to show the students going back to their lives.
I don't care about the bullies being punished but the parents literally punished some innocent students and HER BEST FRIEND just for not knowing what she went through. It didn't make sense.

Overall, It's a okay one time watch.

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it's a grower

the plot is slowly revealed, the acting gets better as the show goes in.

it's definitely an interesting show, and definitely deals with important topics (like the affects of bullying and of beig a bystander when someome is getting bullied, how ppl's will to leave can affect their morals when they are put in a situation like a killing game, it kinda talks about revenge too...)

the characters feel VERY human, which is something I value a lot in shows like these.

kinda curious about what would happen in a possible season 2, since the ending of season 1 is very open.

overall... a good show!

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Overall

Now it may seem like I just put 10/10 for the hell of it but I genuinely believe that this drama is one of my favorites this year.

It was so well written and so well thought out, except for the part that’s making people think this show has no critical thinking skills. Everything else is well thought out. Like how in one of the earlier episode when people went on a hike to see what the limits were. There was a person with a camera recording and he saw people so they were all shouting trying to get their attention. But looking back at their footage they noticed how the birds and the people never moved even though the students were very much screaming for help. That scene should have made all of us realize that this was some sort of game game like a simulation. Which we find out in the very last episode in the final minutes.

As for the acting I loved Kim Wooseok as Joonhee he was very protective to Yoonseo played by Lee Jaein. I hate the fact that I’m the end the only sort of closure we got of that relationship was when Yoonseo confessed her feelings for Joonhee after she thought he died. I liked the dynamic of all of the characters and how the interacted together. Like the big guy with glasses how he felt genuine betrayal after his friend voted for him since he had a stab wound on his stomach. I loved how we almost got a redemption arc out of Kyunghon but was then thrown anyway in the very same episode. I also loved the fake that they got Jin Dabeom to be a sudden mafia. Like I was actually shocked when it turned out to be him. After he killed Kyunghon I instantly hated him I know Kyunghon bullied Dabeom but still I can hate him if I want to.

What I’m trying to say is that I love this drama very much. This is the very first time I’m writing a review for a drama and that’s mainly because I read some other peoples review and some of them forgot about the little part that should have been obvious that it was a simulation. But I guess that flew over everyone else’s heads.

I just really really hope that this drama gets a second season because I want to know what will happen since it seems like Yoonseo remembers what happened when she woke up in the real world. I also want to see however else’s dynamic is going to change now that there’s been a little change. I also want to see if there goings to be any interactions between Yoonseo and Joonhee. Anyway if you read this thanks for putting up with this and understanding.

I hope you all have a great day and have an amazing Christmas!!!

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