I almost dropped this

Since i decided to steer clear of anything Korean that has romance in it, I've found myself having a hard time trying to find something to binge on.

I'm a mystery, thriller, comedy, and mainly actions type of girl who went into this blindly. I didn't see any trailer on this but decided to give it a try.

The first few episodes seemed to drag 'in my opinion'. There were times when I looked to see how much time a episode had left and was bummed that I became extremely uninterested within the first thirty minutes of those first few episodes.

Then it got better. I, for one, welcomed different scenarios throughout the 12 episodes. There were different types of plots instead of having one plot draw out till the end. Some subjects carried over but it was solved.

I loved the fighting scenes-of course-and found it funny that whenever a fight ensued, a trio would just show up out of nowhere. It was funny because it didn't matter where a fight would happen, they were there. What was even funnier was the main male from the trio would come out tough but then would pull out his inhaler.

I never seen the ML in anything so I wasn't familiar with him but he was cast perfectly. I liked the whole team as a matter of fact. The chemistry wasn't as strong as some of the other dramas I've watched but for some odd reason everyone's relationship with each other worked. No cliche romance at all!!!!!

It went off as if another season will happen but I seriously doubt it.

Since getting hooked on action Kdramas since last July, I should know when they do one whole season of something, they're done which sucks. Us USA folks have been spoiled.

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Korea doesn't have too many female action fighters who's not stereotyped so when I saw the preview of this I decided to watch it.

I was thinking of a female version of John Wick and I read another review who thought the same, lol.

Aside from the slow action scenes this movie didn't have too much to go on. Yes we learn there's a company called MK but you don't know what's it about. You have men sitting at a table but you don't know who they are. There's no backstory about what this company is about. There were backstories of Bok Soon but what was the point of some of those back stories?

Then there's stuff that could've been left out such as the semi sex, lesbo, and small incest scenes. Didn't need to see any of that.

My main gripe has to do with the last part of the movie. It went down like a wimp.

This is why I don't care for Korean movies. It seems like they stuff a whole lot of fluff in a two hour movie but just completely rush the ending leaving questions to be answered. Definitely not the kind of movie I like to watch.

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I was going to drop this because several months ago I saw the first episode and it didn't grab me so I stopped watching it. Another member on here suggested I watch and I remembered this was the series I stopped watching. I was going to drop this after the third episode but I decided to give it a go.

It turned out to be a good watch. It had great fighting in some episodes. Every cast member was on their A game. The chemistry was awesome. It had some great bromance scenes but I couldn't get past the main character. I kept thinking Harry Potter for some odd reason which was irritating to say the least but he was good. The second character who played stoic the whole series got on my everlasting nerves!!! Oh my gosh they showed his face about 20-30 times each episode which was teeth gritting. I'm like please stop showing his face if he's not saying anything!!!!
The guy who played Shades or Mr. Black was my favorite. Sadly they didn't show enough of him.

Here's why I say if anyone reads this they may want to stop after this sentence.

This series stopped in January of this year and left off in a cliff hanger. I seriously hate watching a series that have more than 10-16 episodes only to have it dangling in the air. If I had known this I wouldn't have watched the series. Seeing that it won't continue while I was in the midst of the series was disappointing. Plus one episode (21) didn't have full English subtitles. I missed the majority of the last 20 minutes of that episode because I couldn't understand what was being said.

This was good to watch. Adventures in nearly every episode. Too bad we won't know how it will end.

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Disappointing

I don't know how this got high marks! Every episode was so slow and drawn out that I kept forgetting that I was on the same episode about thirty minutes prior.

I liked the cast but there wasn't hardly any chemistry among anybody. I most definitely hate the way Lee Sang Hee who played the villain talked. OMG her voice was so annoying. It was too quiet and dead. I was like why is she talking like that??

The plots and twists were shaken up by the 9th episode so if you thought you knew who was behind what you were sadly mistaken. It kept changing.
Of course they had to throw in some romance. It didn't even need to be added. Seo Eun Soo who played the personal assistant face was annoying. She looked like she was annoyed all the time and didn't want to play her role.
Plus the main ML who kept pretending he was this and that got old quick.
My favorite person was Mafi. I've seen this guy play in several dramas but he always play the bad guy. I guess if you look the part you'll play it.

The last episode was all over the place for me. I'm most of the time always dismayed at the last episode of the Korean dramas that I watch. There's usually no closure for me. If you watch this and you're looking for that, forget it. I don't understand how things could go unfinished when each episode dragged on and on!

Honestly if I had known this drama was going to be like it was I would've skipped it. If you watch the first episode and skip some you won't miss what happens in between. The first episode and the last two was all this drama needed for me. Thank goodness it was only 12 episodes. I think I would've stopped watching if it was more than that.

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Disappointing

OK, so I stuck this out as long as I could but I stopped watching before episode 15 ended. This series was already grating my nerves because of how slow each episode went but by the time the 15th episode came around, it made me feel like I wasted my time!
So the writer decides to pinpoint several people as killers to throw off the viewers which in point almost worked. I sort of figured it out around the 12the episode but my suspicion was confirmed by episode 14. I just wanted to know the reason for the killings and episode 15 let me know...it was just for fun...There was no reason behind the killings!!!

The MML and MFL were already annoying to begin with. The stupid things they did just made my eyes roll. It was already absurd by being able to see people's past by touching their butt because that's how the FML came into her powers. A meteor storm happened while she was examining a pregnant cow and was touching the cow's butt when the meteor hit. That cow gave three people powers but the doctor was the dumbest but I stuck it out because the first few episodes were cute and quirky sans the bully MML cop. How can you body slam a female and not get into trouble over that??

Anyway, when the protagonists starts dying before the end of the series it lets me know the very last episode will be a true waste so I seriously doubt I'll be missing anything. Each episode dragged on and on and I found myself pausing each episode about 2-3 times because I couldn't bring myself to finish the episodes all at once. This series did not lead me to binge watching.

I don't know what's going on with these Korean dramas. The last good Korean drama that led me to binge watching was First Responders season 2 and that was back in September...Haven't seen a good Korean drama since and I'm starting to lose my faith with these so-called Korean dramas. It's already hard enough as it is to find something worthy to watch without all that so-called swoon worthy romance crapola.

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Disappointed...again!!!

So this is about the third drama that I've watched that have left me thinking what the heck is going on here!!!

In the beginning you get the sense that the son(not going to name names) was trying to help out his mom pay some bills so he's going to do some boxing to win money to help her but then she takes out a loan and not read the fine print and get herself into a whole lot of trouble with some crooked loan people. Common sense should tell you if it sounds too good to be true, it usually isn't. This drama brought out all the stupidity of people.

The first few episodes held my interest because I wanted those who were doing those illegal loans to pay for it dearly.

The one thing that didn't disappoint me was the fighting scenes! Oh, man! I'm not heavily into boxing but kind of swayed me. It was weird barely seeing any martial arts in a Asian drama though.

Episodes 6-8 was where I became utterly disappointed. I thought the whole gang was going to take down the main villain and get some well deserved justice but half the cast literally gets obliterated by two men. The main female is nowhere to be seen in the last few episodes even though she got on my ever lasting nerves in the beginning. I loved the fact that she was able to hold her own against countless of guys. That one guy's pride was so hurt after he got beat by a girl.

The last two episodes was underwhelming. The second main ML gets severely injured but looks buff and unharmed in the last episode. There's a new girl in the picture trying to replace the other girl. She shows she's good in archery but missed a lot of shots...Really?! She also said she can fight but she never do.

The take down of the two main bad guys was what really tanked it for me. I don't know what I was expecting but I know I wasn't expecting it to end in the lowest of take downs ever.

I know I haven't seen the first main ML and the main male villain in some dramas in a few years and was excited to see them both in one but wondered since they haven't been in anything in a few did they just took what they could? Did they not have any questions when doing the table read because I know I would've had some questions.

All in all, this drama have left me in a Kdrama slump. I'll be glad when I can find one that will restore my faith in Korean dramas. Until then...the slump continues.

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Dropped this on episode 8

Well, the Korean drama slump for me continues.

The first episode was so confusing between the flashbacks and reality scenarios that I was unsure if I should finish or not. I saw in the synopsis that the main character had a supernatural ability to 'identify bad seeds' but the way each episode portrayed, the first incident was by mere accident but the others were just a random coincidence. Then it turned into a watered down vigilante justice drama. Then it went downhill from there.

Each episode barely capitalized why the other people met their demise when they thought they would get away with the crimes they committed. Some characters were just time fillers like the MML's family...What was the point of them being in some of the episodes?? They were utterly useless and had no point in the story line.

The male who played the cop really didn't do anything but chew gum and looked bored.

The guy who played Rho Bin wasn't utilized well at all. With all that technology and smarts they sure made him look dumb and weak. He didn't fit in.

The MML looked sick in every episode which made me wonder was he OK in real life? His whole mood and demeanor was very sombersome. I don't know if he smiled even once throughout the 8 episode series.

This drama was every bit of boring to me. It took me a while to get through each episode. I thought I had capped off a lot but today I was dismayed to see I was only on episode 5. I thought I had watched the majority of the episodes but I barely managed to finish the first 4 episodes and last 4 episodes. I really didn't even finish episode 8. It wasn't going the way I thought it would so I just saved myself the trouble and just stopped it. This drama really drained the life out of me. I really have to stop falling for the high marks from reviewers.

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Since watching Korean dramas for close to a year now, I gotta say Koreans must have special genes and lives like a cat because realistically the things that happened in this series NO real human would be able to bounce back from.

In the last few years I've become a binger-not a word, I know-but this is what I've become. I no longer have the patience to wait out another week for a episode to air. Luckily I've been able to do so with some of my TV shows and now Korean shows.

I was close to not watching this. I kept running into it while trying to find dramas w/o the romance and it's a very few. I recognized the main male actor from the Partners For Justice series and immediately liked his character. But I avoided watching this but bit the bullet and went on ahead and watched it.

This show isn't for the faint of heart. It actually reminded me of that Canadian series 'Orphan Black'. This series wasn't as deep as that series but it had me interested.

It does run slow and I watched only two episodes a day. I felt a little robbed because there wasn't a lot of backstories about any of the characters. I'm so use to backstories now that when I don't get one or get a little info I get disappointed. They did show a little about what the 2nd & 3rd male lead went through when they were kids. But it wasn't enough for me.

I liked the main male character because as the series progressed this guy was like a surrogate father to the 2nd male lead and other people who got involved with the plot.
I really didn't like the female prosecutor though. I'm not surprised about not liking several females in this as it always happen throughout the Kdramas I've watched.

The revenge aspect was a little weak but it was maintained a bit throughout the series.

It was a OK watch. The score was going to be lower but I decided it wasn't that bad. I do know I won't watch this again though.

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I know that this is old and there are a lot of reviews for this and I highly doubt my review will get read but it all depends on if people want to see the most recent reviews or just the helpful ones but if the most recent reviews has been chosen you may want to skip mine because this will heavily contain some spoilers.

First: Korea....stop blurring out the knives! We know what it is! Why blur out a knife but show guns as clear as day???

I came to this drama because so many viewers reviewed this and gave it high marks. I'm assuming this got high marks from the eye candy, lol!
If anyone has ever read my reviews one will know I watch these dramas to see who's great at martial arts and the action that comes with it. I also watch for the chemistry and yes 'da bromance'!!!

Sadly enough I got one out of the three. The main character who played 'Doc's Son' was awesome. I remember this person from 'Life On Mars'. In my opinion his character was the only one that I liked.
The second male lead got on my ever lasting nerves! He was too bossy and pig headed for my taste. He could put together all other scenarios but he couldn't piece together the main goal he was trying to get to. I didn't feel he portrayed his character that well. He also didn't meld too well with the other characters. I don't know if that was the writer's choice or not.

The chick that played Soo Min really got on my nerves. Her facial expressions just bothered me. It was like she had too much work done on her lips and her pupils were just too big! They say a camera adds ten pounds but this poor girl's skeletal system showed a lot! But I must say she could definitely run in those platforms.
The females in this dressed as if they were-well-let's just say they dressed as if they were in the 'make it rain' profession that also made it hard for me to watch. She played that dim witted love sick puppy that I've come to loathe in Korean dramas. It's why I tend to stay away from dramas that involves romance.

The other female who played Jin Sook was OK. There were moments where I rolled my eyes but then she was a lot better.

I'm trying not to make this long winded but to me this series was all over the place. There were a lot of undercover agents in which one was introduced as an agent but was never explained why they were called an agent. It was just thrown in several episodes I'm guessing to save space. There was also a few episodes where the writers took a character in another direction. It was so out of the blue! I guess when you have to come up with 20 episodes you have to keep it going no matter what.

I kept watching this because I didn't have anything else lined up. The regular shows that I do watch will be coming to an end for the summer so I will go and watch those and come back to my Korean dramas. Hopefully I will find something better than this. I still don't know how this got high marks.

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Well I for one just finished watching this and I don't know...I liked it. If it didn't have any fighting scenes I probably still would've watched it.

I'm not familiar with the main character but his fighting was what kept me watching. I'm all for any actor who has mad martial art skills. And no, I didn't watch it for drool factors but for the fighting and yes, a bit of bromance. I don't know why but I absolutely love Korean bromances! Not only was the bromance there, the chemistry with each cast member was great as well. That's why I enjoyed this series so much.

I even found myself for rooting for some of the bad guys close to the end.

There was a bit of romance in here which I try to avoid but it wasn't overly done in my case. Again, the fighting scenes were great. I wish there was more to solving the 'who dunnit' factor but hey, the writers can only do so much.

It's funny...whenever there's a series with a low score I end up liking. If it has a high score I question it because most of the time if it involves a male lead it will get a high score because of how the guy looks. Some reviewers should be ashamed of themselves for that.

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I watched this series because I liked Choi Jin Hyuk, Kim Min Sang from Rugal and Jo Hee Bong who's been in several police dramas.

The first few episodes were kind of slow but I was surprised at myself for sticking it out. I'm glad I did because even though it was a slow paced 'who dunnit' spiel, it kept me interested through the very end.

I was also surprised that this went in a direction I wasn't expecting.

The chemistry between the male cops were hilarious and awesome at best. I like dramas like this for some odd reason. I would love to see a blooper reel from this series because I know there's a lot.

I didn't like the female lead too much. Her facial expression was annoying as all get up. I cringed every time she was on camera. To this day I won't look at anything she's in.

This was a laid back type of drama. There was no fancy gimmicks or anything that the writers done to force a person to watch.

I never rewatched any of the Korean dramas I gave high ratings to but there are a few that I would be willing to rewatch and this is one of them.

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My first Korean action drama

I didn't know about Korean dramas until I saw this on my Netflix. I read the synopsis and decided to watch to see if it was something I would be interested in.

This was my very first Korean action drama and I liked it. I love martial arts and when I see this offered in movies or TV I'm immediately drawn to it so one will know I highly enjoyed the fighting scenes.

While the story line is a eye roll-highly impossible for someone to receive electronic eye implants-it still held my interest.

I liked the direction it was going until it strayed. It completely went in a direction I wasn't expecting but I still watched to the very end.

I have been out of the loop as far as Korean dramas are concerned. If this wasn't on Netflix I wouldn't have known Korean dramas existed. Since then I've been trying to find any and every Korean action drama I could find and is glad I found some. I hit a snag but hopefully more will pop up.

Thank you, Rugal for introducing me to Korean action dramas.

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Finally!

I've been watching Korean action dramas where it's just male based. When I saw a trailer for Good Casting and saw a female being a top notch fighter I had to watch.
I hate being hard on Korean female actresses but in these Korean dramas all females are portrayed as pretty, stupid, and poor.

There was one character who was like that. It made my blood boil! The way she was treated-that just grates my nerves!!

The MFL was awesome as well as the second FL. She was my favorite because in my opinion she was more down to earth than any of the other female characters.

I'm not good with names so I'm just going to describe the characters from this point on, lol.

I loved the male team leader. He didn't bash the females. He put up with their antics and it looked like he enjoyed working with them.

The male actor who portrayed a star-oy! His character should've been written out. I know it wasn't real but his antics made me want to jump into my sister's monitor and bit** slap him.

The action scenes were on point and the comedy segments had me reeling. Especially the air duct scenes.

This will be added to my favorite Korean action drama list. Even though I haven't rewatched my favorites I would say this is rewatchable. I do hope another season comes out. It's one thing I hate about Korea: they make awesome action dramas like this and will leave it to one season. Ugh!

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This had me reeling

I go to Youtube to check which anticipated Korean dramas to watch. It wasn't in the video but it was in the list of comments and there was a lot of people saying how it was a must watch so yeah, I had to watch it and I'm so glad I paid attention to the comments.

I like the main character from Two Weeks and Lawless Lawyer so I knew this one was going to be good.

All of the cast had a chemistry that made me boo when it came to an end. I wanted to see more.

It was suspenseful to the very end and there was never a dull moment.

The only question I had was what really happened when the girl killed that guy. She said why but I thought they would've showed it but they didn't . Either way it still had me captivated.

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They say in order to figure out what goes through a person's mind who do heinous things to other people is to think like them.

Wow!!! The screenwriter was so on point about how a criminal mind's behavior works. The uncanny thing about the characters who committed certain crimes all had the characteristics of being a true narcissistic psychopath.

This drama isn't for the faint of heart. It did have A LOT of disturbing scenes in it. You most definitely will have to take a break from watching these episodes. I just dove right in and binged the whole thing. I didn't know it was going to be so intense.

I wonder what went through the actors minds who portrayed the criminals when they decided to take on such a strong role. Having to do retakes of doing and saying disturbing things until the director was satisfied had to have taken a toll on their mind set. If not....

This drama was very dark. It did have specs of comedy in it which I welcomed wholeheartedly but I wish there would've been a little bit more to lighten the mood.

The whole cast represented themselves in a way that always amazes me. I liked the chemistry. It wasn't as strong as I'm use to but it was slightly there.

I'm also glad that this was only a 12 episode series. It could've been less because some of the criminal scenes were really drawn out by being too wordy.

It was good. I got to see a different side from the main male character but as for me....this is something I will not watch again.

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