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When you're bad but actually good too
Sad Lee Jong mun, when you never kill people but you go to jail, sad oh go tak , Jang Tae so profesional killer, park wong Choel badass gangster, over all nice story .Sad Lee Jong mun, when you never kill people but you go to jail, sad oh go tak , Jang Tae so profesional killer, park wong Choel badass gangster, over all nice story .
Sad Lee Jong mun, when you never kill people but you go to jail, sad oh go tak , Jang Tae so profesional killer, park wong Choel badass gangster, over all nice story
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The GOOD: The best thing about this drama is the 4 main actors. Each actor portrays a different kind of bad guy with an exceptional talent that makes him a valuable asset to a special undercover crime fighting team led by a down and out cop played by Kim Sang Joong. He is great as always. These actors really make you buy into the coolness of their characters. They all have a pretty major dark side, but you just want to see them kick ass. And Bad Guys delivers a lot of slick well choreographed fight scenes where you get to watch them do that over and over and over again. The story moves at a fast pace . Each character's backstory is compelling enough to give the story some heart. I sympathize with these guys and hope they find some redemption.
The BAD: The plot is alright, but there are lots of frustrating scenes where a character behaves in a way that makes me want to just shake him. Several times a character will know a piece of information that would help everyone out but for no explicable reason except to prolong the conflict, they say nothing. There are several things that really don't make much sense, but you just have to go with it because it creates conflict and provides an excuse for another cool fight scene. It's not unbearably bad, but if there were less of those kind of moments in this drama I would rate it higher.
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Action is a tough one to get right, every move has to be carefully rehearsed or it'll seem fake and I spotted collections of minor mistakes not only in fighting scenes but after, concearning the results of the prior encounters and what not. Alas, since I'm more about acting than action, I overlooked it. Yes. The story is that good!
As for the acting, I feel like Hae Jin could've done a lot better (not that he did bad, at all!). He has huge potential and I'm such a lover girl for that man but the psycho there... didn't really feel it. Seems like he's grumpy all the time with that emo hair of his but what can we do? His pouty perfect lips cooperate to that impression. Not much he can do about that. The others were magnificent apart from that dull detective. They couldn't have picked a worse actress (if we can call her an actress, that is). The damn woman doesn't speak, she murmurs in a sexy voice throughout the whole show and shows no expression at all, no matter what she's going through. Oh, my bad, she does seem ready to burst in tears all the time, I'll give her that. The show could've gone a lot better without her. Now I must praise Kim Sangjoong for his art... really. In his most emotional scenes I was torn between crying and smiling because he's just too good I was overwhelmed.
I never pay much attention to music unless it's a complete turn off or turn on. It was okay, I suppose? Can't say for sure and rewatch value... I'm never 100% willing to rewatch anything with all those new dramas popping up from left and right and that's it. I recommend this drama to everyone. It's refreshing to escape those corny comedy/romance ones that are mass produced. Oh, and one bit of advice, never seek too much of accuracy in fictional productions. You'll miss all the entertainment and end up with a headache. It's called fiction for a reason.
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STORY:
> there are holes in the story but there will always be in every film/drama (in my case that is) but that doesn't make Bad Guys any less awesome.
> The lines are well written and smartly.
> the story is great.
ACTING/CAST:
Come on, do I need to tell you? The cast is amazing. The acting is superb. Kim Sang Joong, is great in every moment. I have to love Park Hae Jin, I will never watch at these guys the same again.
MUSIC:
Well, since its a crime action thriller, not much to say but it was good. The ending song is good.
Re-watch VALUE:
I will definitely re-watch this. Maybe peek on some episodes from time to time.
When you're going to watch this, make sure you're on your wits and ready to understand and absorb everything because every scene is vital.
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So many twists that keeps you wondering till the very end. A deep concept about criminals and if normal people can turn to be physco in special circumstances
I've never watched suspense drama like that before.
DEFINITELY WATCH IT :-)
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bad Guys＝good guys
This drama I like because it is a real action drama but with interesting idea and characters you want to see how they develop and also there is no romance diverting from the story・ the woman detective is treated equally and she plays an interesting contribution to the story〜I was puzzled by Jun Moon [Park Haee Jin] role in this drama as he is supposed to be this great genius but what was he contributing？ but suddenly I see in episode 8 what his role is in this drama〜still I am disappointed he did not contribute more to this drama but I definitely felt the most for him〜still it is a great Korean drama of this type and the plot of the story is so well put together ・ the fights were in the great tradition of totally unreal odds with the heroes winning・ the trust in each other came out in episode 10 and 11 in a very dramatic turn of the story〜I was never bored during this drama and finished it very quickly〜 what a great action drama！and would join one of few I could watch again in futureWas this review helpful to you?
As someone who's a pussy when it comes to gory crime scenes, I only gave 9 to Rewatch Value. But if watching murder scenes doesn't scare you, you can easily rewatch this drama, though it probably won't be as exciting. Other than that, this show was perfect. It had a unique plot, so unique that I sometimes felt manipulated into believing something and then slapped with some other truth later. I love that Bad Guys kept me on my toes and left me wanting more but satisfied when it ended.
The cast was perfect. There are only a few core characters and our dog squad is really the heart of the story. I love that even though they started independent of each other, they eventually became a real team. The bickering between Ung Cheol and Tae Su, Ung Cheol's protectiveness towards Jeong Mun, I love those. PHJ as a psychopath -- boom! Granted, he's probably the most good looking psychopath out there but man, he just nails it every single time. This guy's really good at playing dark, misunderstood roles (which is why I'm still disappointed with the CitT production team).
At 11 episodes, Bad Guys was packed with intense action, thrill, twists and turns, and drama. Perhaps, 11 episodes was too short to fit it all in but that, in a way, is also the reason why it didn't drag. Every episode is a wealth of story and there's no dull moments. There is clamor for a second season, and I'd love that but only if we get the same cast. Otherwise, I don't think it would be as good.
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Acting: i'm really in love with Ma Dong Seok (Park Woong Cheol) since i watched him in 38 Task Force and i have to say his acting is so natural ! I loved Jo Dong Hyeok (Jung Tae Soo) he was a bad ass and hot which i totally approve, as for Kim Sang Joong (Oh Goo Tak) it was my first time watching him in drama so i gonna say that sometimes i felt sorry for him, sometimes i felt like killing him which i think means he played his role very well, and Park Hae Jin (Lee Jung Moon) all i have to say he became my new crush and that's it !.. finally i wanna talk a little bit about the female cop, she was really bad and irritating to watch - no hard feeling or disrespect - but i didn't like her in this drama, maybe someday i will like her in another drama, who know !?
I loved the background music, bur here's no song get stuck in my head , so i will say that the music was very normal, nothing to remember !
finally this drama was good, and i really wish for a season 2 .. it will be great !
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Say that you are a fan of something? Lets say that that something is charming psychopaths in tv shows and drama. Then let say that shows continue to ruin these shows by implementing some kind of “the thing you came here to see is a lie”. Before I begin my spoiler review I will say this if you are a fan of darker shows with redeemable bad guys then you will enjoy this show.
Let’s start!
The story:
So the story seem to be pretty straightforward. You have a gritty and hard-to-control police man that gets to be a team-leader over a group of criminals. Their purpose is to catch other bad people like murderers and gangsters. Every time they succeed, they are rewarded by a couple of years shortening of their prison time.
You have the professional and cold hitman killer, the strong gangster and the rumored youngest serial-killer and psychopath.
Alongside the different crimes they try to solve there also exists another storyline. That of the psychopath and his memory loss. He do not remember killing anyone yet he still has a life sentence in jail. Why are people continually trying to get him killed and is he the one that killed the team-leaders daughter? All of this is what the show tries to answer for us. This is where the show get ruined. You see, dear reader, I am a big fan of psychopaths when watching shows and I do not like fake outs or redemption when talking of these characters. Yet that is exactly what this drama chooses to do.
Let us make the best and coolest character on the show actually be innocent so that we show that good people can be emotionless as well. I just wanted to watch a good Korean drama with a psycho that kept these characters dark. I am not only talking about the psycho now. The show gives redemption to all of the bad guys on the team. The gangster want to become an honorable man, the hired killer realize the damage and pain he caused by interacting with a pretty lady and as mentioned just now the famous serial-killer is in fact not a killer at all.
This is triggering and irritating. What if I am a person that likes to cheer for bad people in fictional stories? Why do we have to make the main characters actually good people just because they are the main characters? WHY?
The characters:
Initially all of the cast are great! The difference of their personalities and all of their violent tendencies clashes in a comedic fashion making their interactions both interesting and entertaining to watch. They start off working together not because they care or respect one another but because they need to and can utilize the others skills to gain positive results for themselves. The gangster is a typical slow and aggressive type that still have some loyalty. The hired killer keep a cold expression whenever dealing with violence and the genius psychopath never changes his facial expression, whether it be because of anger or being attacked.
But again all of this falters when they start to care more about each other than their own set of rules they have created for themselves.
The gangster almost chooses to die himself instead of killing Psycho for his boss. Same with the hired killer. Throwing away all they know because they hope to become ”human” once more.
The biggest disappointment for me was the psychopath. I kept on waiting for that one moment where his calmness would transizione into the behavior of a psychopath. This never happened and that made me feel stuck with a gloomy fellow that had nothing more to offer than being smart.
Then we have the rest of the cast. The policewoman everybody’s watching hates, the prosecutor everyone think is a bad person an secretly the one behind everything and the mad dog, team leader. Revenge and hatred incarnate.
Look at that. The policewoman keeps on being boring and irritating. The team leader chose these people for a reason beyond catching bad people and he is deep in depression after the loss of his daughter. Enough to do anything to avenge her death.
And finally, the prosecutor! Surprise surprise, he is a bad bad man and crocked in all the ways.
It all could have been so good! Why!
The acting is amazing and incredible, do not get me wrong, the writers are to blame here.
The music was good enough. It helped building suspence and shivering thriller feels.
I won’t be watching this again. I guess one could say that I have been scared by this experience. All I wanted was bad people to cheer for, instead I get bad people, actually being good people, trying their best at returning to a normal life.
Overall and lastly: if anybody has a drama that utilizes bad guys like psychopaths and let them stay bad, please recommend them to me. I am tired of all main character being good heroic people.
Have fun!
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