I also liked the cast a lot.
Overall: good settings, good development and great story but could have been so much more.
Rewatch: No due to the many plot holes.
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i think that story had potential to be amazing, but... I don't know. Some episodes are just boring. In the other hand, some others are really great. The biggest problem is the 2 first episodes, cuz they're amazing! So, you expect this kind of level in all the episodes and, unfortunatelly, it's not happen.
Would be better if they keep just keep the case of 1 and 2 episodes.
It's not worse at all. It's ok if you like crime dramas. But korean and japanese TV made better crime dramas before.
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The Good:
The actors are really good and mesh well with each other. The flow of the stories are nice; I like that there are continuations of a story to bring some type of closure (this does lead into the bad). I like the bromance between the two lead characters. Actually, it's not a bromance, that would be disingenuous; it's more like camaraderie. I love the fact that the mysteries when solved didn't have happy endings. I loved the injustice that's been pervasive through the story an you know will happen at the end; but also the fact the ending is so ambiguous--because it's a prediction. I think the ending makes up for some of the sins.
The Bad:
Female lead...she was just fodder. I know a lost of cyber/computer tech characters that have been used properly. She was worthless to me. She had one bottle episode and the rest of the time she was around to make the male leads feel better about themselves when they were feeling down. Just no substance. The only female with any substance and gumption and I actually wanted to see more of was the pathologist. Similar but she wasn't there to fluff anyone. Not to mention I'd have like to see the pathologist lead because she's an older woman. These dramas always bring in the spring chicken (I don't care if she's my age).
I really didn't get the leads backstory. Or in all honesty I felt they were poorly executed, so I didn't get what I wanted from them. Definitely the case with the leading male. Ugh. his story was confusing as hell. I think that was what slowed down a lot of my watch time. Not to mention; some of the stories didn't have proper closure. In the sense that they had just weird endings and you're stuck scratching your head.
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I would rewatch: But I would only re-watch certain episodes like the 1st one, red suitcase one (brilliant episode), and the con-artist one.
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The cast just made it right ,the chimestry between the cast and the way they act is just amazing ,the OST is incredable ,just suitable with the series . Definitly a MUST watch and I want a SECOND SEASON PLZZZZZZ,
P.S I cried my eyes out from ep1 till the end .please make more
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L is missing too
For a lead character supposedly one of the smartest man on the planet, he can be incredibly dumb at times, which painfully take the whole show down. A pity, since there was some potential to make this show better.Was this review helpful to you?
I loved this drama from the start; our three main characters made such an excellent team who balanced each other out well and each brought their own strengths. The acting was top notch, the stories were interesting and well-developed. Personally, I think the characters were done an injustice (heh) by the last episode, which knocked them down without giving them a chance to get back up. I don't know if there was originally a second season planned for this drama, but it would have been well-served to be a 16 episode series with more time to explore our characters backgrounds and futures (also, I could have watched them work cases together forever).
Definitely worth a watch if you are into the crime/mystery genre.
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The greatest thing about this drama is how small the cast is and how natural and well built are the interactions between everyone. We only have three characters in the special missing person team: Soo Hyeon, Dae Yeong and Seo Jun and it makes perfect sense. Special team that has to be mobile while they take cases from many different places, why would there be more people? With high profile cases like the ones they dealt with, they would simply work with local police if they needed back up.
I truly enjoyed the set up. The dynamics between the characters were good - every one of them had a distinctive but realistic personality and they all played off of each other well. I also want to praise Seon Jun’s character. They could have easily made her hacker and nothing more. The girl has a brain of her own though. She does not just wait to “google” whatever the detectives ask her, she does the investigation too and helps solve cases.
Sadly, in my opinion, there were some mistakes made in the planning. The first case the group has taken was so amazing, interesting and attention grabbing, all the rest felt a bit flat. From Kang Ha Neul’s performance, to the “saw” like setting of the crime scenes, up to the mind games and plot twists - everything was perfect. All the rest though...they were still good, but nowhere near as good as the first one.
The writers also strongly hinted at a big mystery around Soo Hyeon, but as the drama progressed, we got barely any new information about it, and the attention to it was brought back only around episode 7. It was never properly explained nor concluded. You could say this plot hole was deeper than the Mariana Trench. It would be far better if we got some small hints here and there. I felt like the writers forgot about the subplot they themselves introduced.
Concerning that plot line, the writers could have played a bit more into the forming relationship and trust issues between Soo Hyeon and Dae Yeong. The culmination of the “bonding” was not as impactful as it could have been and how they dealt with the aftermath was quite poor.
Even with some of the flaws I saw in the drama, I still would say it’s a show worth checking out. The overall plot was well paced, the cases seemed realistic (for the Korean crime shows), most of them had nicely planned plot twists, some more, some less predictable. The production value was fine, some typical crime show mistakes like looking for clues in a room with really dark sunglasses on (sure he saw a lot with them on), but not big enough to make anyone frustrated, annoyed and angry.
That ending though… it was something else.
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So, what happens next?
Okay, I just finished the unfinished series Missing Noir M, wondering where's the ending? Such a strong story, yet the katharsis wasn't even in the air. Seeing that it was filmed on 2015, I guess it's too late to ask what happens next. Such a pity! Whoever knows, please let me know why it ended that abruptly. Was it because that kind of stuff happen in real life?As for the story, I already wrote about it above.
The music was excellent, especially the instrumental that filled every scene successfully. The one and only song was also fantastic.
The acting was, too, amazing.
Directing and cinematography was satisfying also.
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The characters in this were so unconnected that it made it hard to watch. There was no emotion in everyone's acting ability. It was all just flat. The so-called bad guy smiled too much. I guess he tried to play this really creepy bad guy but the constant fake smiling messed it up for me.
The story line wasn't interesting because some of the characters they named literally had the same first and middle name so I couldn't tell who was who after the mid second episode. Plus the captions were off. Some translations were-well-lost in translations. I had to rewind a few times just to check to see if I had read what I read was right.
Dead plot, dead emotions, no connections with any of the cast, and the uninspiring previews led me to say I couldn't take it anymore. I don't understand how it got so many high marks.
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Dram harika işlenmiş. Gerçeklerle yüz-üze kalıyorsunuz.
Gizem, polisiye-dedektif, otopsi, ters köşe tarz dizileri sevenler için güzel bir seçim, aynı zamanda duygu ve dramı apaçık şekilde gözler önüne seren azsaylı kdramalardan. Yani çoğu bu tarz dizilerde, psikoloji altyapıda anlayacakları şekilde izleyiciler için tüyolar verilirken, bu dizide açık şekilde dram, yaşam, seçimler, duygular verilmiş. Adaletin ve adaletsizliğin verdiği "meyveler" var. Bu bana yaptığınız iyilik size bin katı sevap, kötülük ise sadece bir günah yazar cümlesini hatırlattı. Allah aşkına ne kadar kötülük ve adaletsizlik yapılmış ki, bin kat sevap kazandıran bir iyiliklerin toplumu bile sadece bir günah yazan kötülüklerin yanında gölgede kalıyor şu zalım dediğiniz dünyada???Adalet hep ölümcül yara taşıyan, ayağından sakatdır. Yanlız onu taşıyan zaman haraket eder ve ileri gider. Aksi halde haraket edemediği için sadece onun yanına gitmeli ve öylece kalmalı. Dizinin vermek istediği mesaj bence bu ve ucuaçık kalması, sorunun kendisi ile beraber düşünce savaşı verdiğimiz kararımızı belirlememize sebep olmalı. Dizinin ilk bölümü bana iyi devam etmeyeceği kanaatine gelmeyime sebep oldu, çünki olayların mantık hatası ve sorun olmadan kolay şekilde çözülmesi ve ilerlemesi gerilim isteyen ben için biraz garip oldu, ama sonralarda bunu tamamile dram, duygu ve dahası gerçek yaşam olayları ile güzel şekilde yok ettiler. Dizi senaryosu ve konusu tamamile sorgulayıcı mantık ve Adalet anlayışı üstünde kurulmuş. Yani bana göre dizi senaryosunu ve konusunu işleyen kişi daha neye inanacağını karar vermeyen, iyilik ve kötülük kavramları ortasında normal olarak beyninde savaş veren biri olabilir. Ama bunun kararına varmak bana göre daha genç yaşlarda olduğu için, senarist bu savaş arasında kalan beyinler için bir mesaj vermek istemiş. Ve yine düşünceme göre gizliden gizliye Amerika ve Kore hukuk ve adalet anlayışı mukayese edilmiş?. Dizide olan esas karakterler söylediğim gibi beyinlerindeki adalet ve adalaetsizlik arasındakı savaşı çözmeye çalışan birileri olmalarına rağmen karşılarına çıkan zanlıı ve mağdur insanlar tam aksine bunu beyinlerinde çözmekten ziyade artık bir tarafta kararlarını veren insanlar. Ve hatta bir bölümde yanlış seçim yapdığı ve bunu bildiği halde bile, yine de doğruya göz diken hırslı insan tablosu ile karşılaşıyor izleyici?. Bütün bunlar ve yaşamdan yana olan olaylar çok güzel ve duygusal şekilde böylesi gizem-polisye dizisinde yer almış?. Sırf bunu daha çok beğendim. Tabii ki, OSN dizisi ve görüntü, çekiliş farklı gerekli yerlere odaklanma sahneleri kendine has orijinallık katıyor. İzlenmeğe değer dizi?⭐
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