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Cruel City korean drama review
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Cruel City
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by cassey
Jul 17, 2020
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
Jung. Kyung. Ho. Baksa. This is the role of his life. I've fallen for him as a comedic performer in Falling for Innocence, but his badass coolness factor here as Baksa is unparalled. Baksa definitely went up my list of fave tortured heroes.

Cruel City tackles the dark world of druglords and undercover agents. It's crime noir, a genre I'm not usually invested in, but nonetheless Baksa and his tragic story gripped me. He is almost superhero like here, saving his loved ones, fighting 10, 20 men at once, and looking stylishly cool doing so.

That OST Hurt will haunt me, it's so good! You can feel the pain of our protagonist's life in Kim Yong Jin's voice. For the romance with Soo Min, I love the concept, but maybe it's their pairing, or how little scenes they have together, and I was not swept away by it. I was more invested in Baksa's true friendship with Soo, Jin Sook despite all the lies, (I'm mesmerized by her beauty, why isn't she in more dramas) and even his complicated relationship with Safari.

That's what's good about this show, it's always grey, it's never black and white. Are the prosecutors and the police really the good guys? Are their enemies really the bad ones? It's way more complicated than that, and sadly that's life for you.
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