As always I try to find dramas with action and suspense with no romance and this one didn't disappoint. I love the fight scenes Korean dramas have but is amazed at how the character who is fighting can get clocked in the head, or stabbed in the gut and still be able to thrive. Plus they blur out a knife but a gun is in focus....that's beginning to really irritate me for some odd reason.

This drama....it was a good watch but in my opinion it went off the rails throughout each episode. I should've seen it coming but I gave it the benefit of the doubt.

We all know this drama is about police corruption but.....how do I put it....it just didn't delve into the corruption. It showed two shady police officers in the beginning but after that we get nothing but stories of how the corruption unfolded and in my opinion the corruption was barely there. There was just too much of a story about corruption and not enough visuals to keep the plot strong and steady.

The drama shifted to the three main character's life stories about how each one suffered a tragedy and the series just focused on that but threw in a little bit of this and a little bit of that. By episode 10 I had no idea where the story was going. A new villain emerges that made no sense but I still watched.

As I mentioned earlier the type of Korean dramas I like to watch, I also watch for the chemistry. I don't want to say it wasn't there, it just wasn't as strong as I would've liked. I did like all of the character choices though.

As usual the last episodes of Korean dramas are usually disappointing. This one held true to the game. I didn't get the closure I thought was going to happen. Sometimes I wonder if skipping the very last episode in a Korean drama is worth it.

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I'm not big on sci-fi dramas but was highly impressed with Uncanny Counter. That series was truly excellent. So when I saw this on my Netflix I ignored it for a few days but decided to watch after binging on Hello Monster.

I recognized the main character from Stranger 1 & 2 and was impressed with that series so I gave it a try. The first 10 episodes had me rushing to click 'next episode' but the last six left me seething in some way.

I'm almost coming up on my 1 year anniversary of watching Kdramas and I have come to dislike the romance dramas because of how sappy and cliche they are. The last few episodes ended that way. It's always about a girl!!
I'm not too fond of Korean actresses and I have said this in just about all of my comments but there are a few that stand out for me.
I did like the main FL and I think that was because she was able to do protect a 'guy', ha! She wasn't whiney like most Korean female actresses and her combat skills was good.

The main ML was great. He couldn't fight but he did have some serious MacGyver moments in several episodes. Who knew you could take out armed military men with coke bottles with some type of special liquid that will turn into a torpedo when you spill the liquid?

My favorite character was the father. I don't do names so for those who've seen this series you know what I'm talking about.

Another aspect that had me seething was the fact that how the downloader and uploader came into existence was left dangling in the air. We know the main character made the machine but how? That subject was left dangling along with some other scenarios.

I will say that since watching Kdramas for over a year I have to now get use to the very last episode being a huge let down. Only a few dramas that I've watched ended good and this one didn't. I don't know if it was because something was too short and they needed to extend the time and just threw something in there or they didn't know how to end it or they were just too tired and just ended it way they did. Either way the last episode had no closure for me.

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So I ended up doing three no-no's which made me nervous about watching sequels to several dramas that I watched previously.

First: DP 1 & 2. I didn't watch the first season over because I didn't think I needed to but there were scenes that they recapped that I completely forgot about. If I had watched the first season over then I would've better understood what the recap was about.

Taxi Driver 1 & 2. I got this one right because season 2 picked up where season 1 left off.

Uncanny Counter 1 & 2. This one was a big mistake. If I had known season 2 was going to go in a different direction I wouldn't have watched season 1 over.

This one...I knew I should've watched the first season over but didn't!!

I remember from my first review how I stated that this drama was like the US Chicago franchise all-in-one! The second season is a continuation with newer characters.
They capitalized on the autopsy scenes a lot more and I gotta say I was impressed with the way they did those silicone bodies. I don't know how the actors who had death scenes felt about watching a recap of their bodies being cut open on a autopsy table (don't know the correct term for that) but I gotta tell ya, Kim Rae Won who played as Jin Ho Gae looked uncomfortable and who wouldn't blame him.

The main plot that the second season dealt with was arson and bombs but there were other small plots throughout in order not to be monotonous which worked for me.

I loved the cast choices. Sometimes a casting director can get it right. I loved the Bull dozer and Jin Ho dog chemistry but I also loved the bomb tech guy and the Jin Ho dog's chemistry as well. But my favorite character was Woo Sam Soon the female character with the two daughters. She was my favorite because she was tough, smart, and hilarious. I love female Korean actresses like this. Not Song Seol...She got clocked in the head so many times I was hoping she would've been written off but they had to add that sappy romance that I seriously hate which is why my overall score is low. It's also low because the way the last episode happened. The bad guy revealing himself out of the blue when the last few episodes he tried to hide his identity left me with a 'WTF' moment! Then he had to kidnap a girl and the male hero comes to save her and they fall in love....eye roll with a barf bag please!!! Can they not put that kind of romance in a drama??? It's so cliche and stale!!!

I would like for there to be a third season but after seeing Uncanny Counter 2 I've learned my lesson and will be satisfied with the 2 seasons we were given.

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Once again we have another drama of how the military and the government responds to bullying in the military.

Of course I watched the first season but I didn't rewatch that one. I should have because there were scenarios in the second season that recapped some incidences from the first season that I forgot about.

I will say it again because I believe I commented about this on the first season on how Koo Kyo Hwan who plays as the second D.P. Han Ho Yul saved this drama. If it weren't for him I don't know if this drama would've made it. But that's just my opinion.

I had no idea Jung Suk Yong who plays Oh Min Woo had some serious martial art moves!!! Seeing him kick several people left me with my mouth gaped open for a few seconds.

Again, this drama isn't for the faint of heart. Those who have survived being in the military get it. The sad reality is that this type of thing is still going on nation wide. You'd be surprised as to how much the military government covers up stuff like this that happened in this drama.

Even though I'm not apart of that lifestyle and don't care for it, episode 3 Curtain Call made me mad and almost bawled at the same time. It's sad that no matter what your lifestyle is trying to serve your country shouldn't have to have consequences but it does.

I liked this drama all the way up till the last episode. *******STOP READING IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST EPISODE*****
There was a character in the last episode of season one who we thought blew his brains out from the bullying he received while in training. In one episode of season 2 they show he's still alive.
The main purpose for this second season was to show how bullying has been covered up. I thought the guy who blew his brains out was going to recover and testify. Nope..they just show him at the end of episode 6 showing that he's fully recovered and goes back to the base where he was bullied to show Jung Hae In-Ahn Joon Ho that he's fully recovered and that's it.

If I had known this drama was going to go in the direction it went I wouldn't have watched it. It was a good watch the first time around but I won't be rewatching this.

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I watched several Korean dramas that involved some type of time travel and this was one of them.

I couldn't decide what rating to give this after seeing the very last episode.

I love police dramas because of their chemistry but the chemistry in this one wasn't there. It was mainly about the main ML struggling with guilt in what he thought his father had committed. His goal was to make sure the victim whom he saw struggling to get along with life wouldn't get hurt anymore. Yep...it's about a girl...it always is.

I recognized the main ML from Psychopath's Diary. I really didn't care for him in that drama but I liked him in this one.

I just became somewhat disappointed by the last drama. I figured out who the main culprits were by the 5th episode and by the end it turned out that I was right. This was kind of disappointing because I was hoping I was wrong but I wasn't.

The origin of how the 'Train' came to be was never discussed. I wanted to know what it's purpose was. By the last episode to me, it just wasn't no point of why the 'Train' existed. It didn't have a proper ending for me. It just seemed that the way the people's lives were will always be in a loop.

It was a good watch but I kind of felt let down in the end.

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So I'm hitting a K-drama slump and came across this because it has some of my favorite Korean actors in here. I also thought Kim Nam Gil was going to be fighting but he only did a spit of it. I truly hate seeing martial art fighters pretend they can't fight!

The story line is unbelievable but I watched this drama in it's entirety because I was curious.

I began getting frustrated right away because of that 'Disney love at first sight' mumbo jumbo and I seriously HATE that.

Next was the story behind the acupuncture needle box. It was never covered. Then there's the time travel...We all know it's impossible so why when the MML and MFL disappears whenever the main ML dies everybody is OK with it. They ask questions but is completely fine with no answers.

The main FL got on my ever lasting nerves. I hate that 'I hate you, then I like you, but then I hate you, but now I can't live without you' routine. She acted like she was the best there is and you'll just have to deal with it.

A lot of the times the actors kept looking at the camera. I guess they looked at the camera so much that the editor just said forget it.

The so-called funny scenes didn't make me laugh. It was too over the top. KNG is already a goof ball. I seen a snippet of Man Of The House with him in it and he was adorable to watch. So watching this drama was like watching KNG just living his life with the cameras following.

The sad part about this drama is that each episode was so slow I forgot I was still on one episode! This drama could've ended with just only 12 episodes. The writers did a good job by making it drag on for ever to make it last, though!

Some people stated this was the best drama ever...I've seen better.

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So I've been catching up on my usual shows which means I haven't watched anything Korean within the past few months so I've been out of the loop as far as what's the Korean drama to watch these days.

I came across a trailer for this on Netflix and thought why not. I mainly watched it because it had Lee Won Jong who played as Moscow in it. Whenever I see a drama with him in it I watch it. I don't know why but I do.

Anyway, this was a very very slow drama. There was only maybe like two episodes that had me on the edge of my seat. The other times I could only make it to about one or two episodes at a time. From the constant disobedience by Yeong Min who plays the director to Seon Woo Jin's face I found myself being easily irritated by these two. There was no build up in either character. It was just the same in every last episode. Plus the rushed crush between The Professor and Woo JIn's character felt-what's the word...icky?? It just didn't seem to match. The immediate falling in love just didn't feel right.
And what's a Korean drama without some political propaganda thrown in? I don't think this series needed this type of filler. Going through every character's backstory would've sufficed.

It was an OK watch. I think if it had the whole 12 episodes I probably would've dropped it. But the way episode six ended...if I had known it was going to end the way it did I would've waited till the whole thing came out. And then again if the whole thing was out and the way episode 6 ended I would've watched episode 7 to see if I would keep it going, lol.

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I've come across some pretty horrible Korean movies and was trying to stay away from such but I saw a preview on top bad a** action scenes from Korean movies and seen a few snippets of this movie and it peaked my interest. I love love love action movies that involve some sort of fighting so yeah, I had to watch this.

I was a bit skittish about it but in the end I overly enjoyed the main two characters. Their chemistry was truly awesome. I think it was because there was no sappy romance in this anywhere. That usually kills the vibe for me.

There are a few take-aways from this such as how the main ML came to become a private investigator. I don't even know why they had this subject in the movie because he didn't really do any type of PI work. He just so happened to mysteriously know who to go to when he was working with who he thought was another private investigator. There was also a snippet of his life. One minute he's a PI but then we learn he had top notch skills in the military?? I wanted to see more of that.

The main female had no back story either. All we knew was that she was a sacrificial newbie for undercover work for the NSI.

There's one character who always seems useless to me whenever I see him in a drama: Kim Tae Hoon. How does this guy get cast in anything?? It's like his roles are just filler roles. It makes me think that when he auditions for something they will just put something in it for him to just fill that empty space they need to fill.

As I said, I usually try to say away from Korean movies because of how they're done but this is the second movie that I could re-watch.

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Don't watch if you're motion sensitive

OK, starting off, I didn't know Korean dramas existed until the summer of 2020. Since then I've been hooked on Korean dramas. Since most of the dramas I've seen were truly enjoyable I thought I would give the Korean movies a try. I've seen a handful and only liked one...one out of the maybe 6 or 7 that I've seen since the summer of 2020.
Being dismayed at the majority of what I watched I went back to the dramas.

While browsing on Netflix, this came across as one of the top ten movies being watched on Netflix. When I saw 'explosive' and 'Asian action' I had to watch. I am a action movie buff and will watch anything that has 'action' in it.

When it started it warned of nudity, gore, violence, and strobe lighting. I wrinkled my forehead when I saw 'nudity'. I've never seen any Korean dramas or movies that had nudity in it. This was my first and hopefully will be my last. I don't know why there was a nudity scene in this. It didn't make any sense.

Now about the movie. You get a partial naked guy lying in a bed who have no memory of who he is and then discovers he's lying in a blood soaked bed. There was no shock value to that at all. It then cuts to a phone video of him kidnapping a doctor. That scenario gets lost immediately because it never get into what the video was about.

After that it's fight or flight and that's how it was throughout the whole movie.

Now I'm not a fan of zombie anything but I stuck it out.

The 'action' scenes were unbelievable and I don't mean that in a good way. From jumping from moving cars, moving trucks, moving buses, a moving train, and moving helicopters it becomes a hysterical laugh. There's too much of that going on. Then the helicopter scene where the ML can flip the helicopter to where he's behind another helicopter....sounds like a kid's fantasy of make believe. Plus no matter where this guy tried to run he was always found. When it comes to trying to find a fugitive in a large country it's impossible to do unless they do something stupid. This guy never got a chance to hide because he was always being found. Didn't understand how he was found in the middle of the woods either.

There's too much winding, turning, spinning...I didn't know how bad all of that motion was until I stood up. It affected me. So right now my head is swimming a little and I feel a bit nauseous. They also weren't kidding about the strobe lighting.

The part that really made me mad that I wasted 2 hours and 14 minutes was the ending. It was like this guy couldn't catch a break.

Sorry for the long winded review. It's just that Korean movies to me miss the mark a lot! I believe I'm done trying to find a good Korean movie. It's like fate: it'll never happen.

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What usually draws me into these Korean dramas besides the story synopsis is the reviews. This drama received high marks from viewers like me so I went in anticipating on binging on a good drama.

For the most part it was good. I absolutely love the Korean police dramas because it involves a chemistry that is absolutely awesome to me. Plus there's some fighting in between and anybody who's ever read any of my reviews will see that I watch Korean dramas mainly for the action which involves martial art skills.

This drama however really really moved at a snails pace until about the 10th episode for me.

For one it was hard trying to enjoy the main FL because she resembled a anorexic male in my eyes. They say the camera adds 10 pounds but by golly this person was so thin I could see some of the skeletal system when they showed her in a wife beater from behind. It was horrifying and needless to say they showed her wearing more clothes thankfully.
She was so thin but yet she was able to take on a few guys including the biggest one: Ko Hee Dong played by
Tae Won Seok. He's been one of my favorite Korean actors since I first saw him in Player.

Aside from this drama moving at a snails pace I thoroughly enjoyed every cast member in this. The chemistry between the three classmates was so funny and endearing.
I loved the fact that everybody was able to get along with each other despite the age difference. It kind of creeped me out in the beginning but I soon felt at ease because of how the story line was written.

There was one scenario that was talked about that didn't even have any type of closer. One thing I hate about Korean dramas is that they cover so much in these episodes that a lot of scenarios gets left out.
Also one of the things that makes me cautious about watching a 16 episode drama is that the last episode. Most of the time it's a miss. Rarely do I get a few that get hits and this one almost had a miss. One scene in particular dragged on and on. It got to the point where I was lost concerning the meaning behind the 'stigmata killer' because it absolutely made no sense-to me-but the creators seemed to have made it work.
Plus I didn't binge on this because of how slow it was. Bad on my part because I suck at names and by the time I went back to finish I forgot who was who.
It's an enjoyable drama none the less.

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I'm trying to figure out how to post this review without it being too long and giving away many spoilers so I'm going to try to do the best I can.

I'm almost into my 3rd year of watching Korean dramas and will try to find any and every drama that has martial arts in it. This one does. I came to watch because of Cha Tae Hyun. I'm not too familiar with this actor but the two dramas I've seen him in led me to watch this. If anyone have read my reviews you will see I only pick dramas that have action in it. There are a few that don't have action but I'm a action fanatic none the less.

Because I've been watching Korean dramas for almost 3 years, this have a lot of actors that I recognized that have become my favorite actors. I can't name them all because I would have to copy and paste but do know there's about nine actors in this that are my favorite.

Now, to the story. I'm not much of a fantasy, historical, period piece type of watcher but the first episode reeled me in...a bit. It's about a girl of course which I steer clear from these type of dramas but again, it had fighting in it and I wanted to watch to see if I would stick it out.

The special effects were bad but you will get use to it and it begins to look normal at some point. The plot is about a wizard falling in love with a girl whom he and his best friend like but there's something of a betrayal occurs and revenge needs to be done and this is what happens throughout the series.

The main character for some odd reason have the life of a cat because he dies on several occasions but is somewhat resurrected each time he dies. The second main character have only one goal: kill his best friend whom he felt betrayed him.

The one thing that made me angry about this drama was how the evil deeds that were done by the bad guys were able to escape major punishment while innocent good people died.
I liked all of the characters except the king. They made this guy truly weak. He had no voice but the minister did. I didn't understand why the king didn't get rid of the bad guys. At one point he allowed the system to frame a innocent person and signed some type of paper that allowed him to be beheaded. His judgement was so bad I understood why the bad guys wanted to get rid of him.

There were plots in this drama that made me wonder why it didn't end when it should've but when you have 24 episodes you gotta make subjects last.

There's more I would like to talk about but this is already long enough. I give the last episode a thumbs up and a thumbs down because some things were addressed quickly while other things dragged on. I'm unfamiliar with Korean period pieces and really isn't into that type of genre but if another drama comes out that's similar to this, I would give it a chance and watch it.

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I'm not the type who gets into demonic dramas but I have found myself watching a few and this was one of them.

I think the first few episodes got my attention and I did want to see how it turned out in the end.

This drama was very slow. The casting choice was a bit dismal for me. There was no chemistry from anybody! Jung Moon Sung and Uhm Ji Won played the worst married couple ever. If Jung Moon didn't say 'anae-wife' I wouldn't have never pegged them to be a married couple. There was NOOOO chemistry there. The only characters I liked was the guys on the police force and the one other guy who was a private detective. If it weren't for these individuals I most likely would've dropped this altogether.

Jeong Ji So was annoying to me. Beside the fact that she looked like a little boy throughout the whole series and her lack of enthusiasm was killing the drama. A few lousy curses throughout the whole drama and that was it. She didn't add nothing to the drama but took away whatever spunk the director was going for if he was going for that. I don't know why he made her act that way. It just killed the vibe for me.

In my opinion Sung Dong Il and Jo Min Soo made the show, but alas they both fizzled as well in the end.

As usual I sometimes dread the last episodes of Korean dramas because the screenwriter just have a hard time trying to find a way to wrap things up without leaving anything out.

The first few minutes started out promising but in the end it just fell flat. It looked like it would continue but in this case I hope not.

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I just finished watching this and I fairly enjoyed it. What I didn't like was the 'romance' part. OMG!!! Korea...enough with this already! It felt forced and rushed! There was no romantic chemistry between both the main leads! Don't get me wrong, I do like a good romance every now and then but I like romances that have a story behind it. A build up, and great chemistry. For the record, I know for a fact that NO GUY has ever said they have butterflies when they fall in love! When the main male lead said that I was thinking what female wrote this?? Plus they made the MFL act stupid. Wanting the guy to profess his love and all that other dreary crap that could scare a man away was put into this.

I'm always getting introduced to new faces because I'm still in the honeymoon phase of Korean dramas and I loved the two male leads. Their chemistry was OK. I did like how the main ML had to play two types of personalities. I bet that was hard to do at times.

There was a part in this where it reminded me of the ol' school movie Ghost. Patrick Swayze's character needed Whoopi Goldberg's character help in helping his girlfriend because she was in danger and Goldberg's character stated she wasn't going to help him and she didn't care what he did so he sang...a lot! There was no singing in this but the second male leads antics to get help had me reeling. That part made me truly like this drama.

I liked the police team. I loved their chemistry so much that it made me wish I had a police wife....I never heard of that term ever but I still want one, lol! This is why I love police dramas.

Besides the stale romance this kept me interested throughout the whole series. I always like seeing the bad guys getting punished and that's how this ended.

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I'm not a big fan of Korean movies for the simple fact that it takes them too long to get to the point and then there's nothing in between.
I've seen one, though, that had everything that I love in a movie and when I saw that this had the same premise I decided to watch.

The beginning was dry. There was no lead up to why the beginning was happening. It just happened. I was going to stop watching but it started getting interesting so I told myself to stick it out.

It turned out to be pretty good but here's why my overall score is low: the ending...it left me seething as Korean dramas usually do. The veteran cop was able to take down armies upon armies of fighters but he let the main villain beat him to a bloody pulp just because cameras was around. Throughout the whole movie this man disobeyed a lot of things but in the end he gets his a** whipped because of onlookers and cameras??? Plus it ended entirely too fast. Instead of showing the main bad people getting their just desserts they just rushed it along in a 'news' story which barely lasted 60 seconds and....that was it. The movie just ended. I was like, 'what??' I wasted almost two hours just to have it end that way???

Now this will really keep me from watching any movie Korean related.

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I've become a heavy Korean drama watcher and have watched two Chinese dramas. One I dropped, the other I was angry with because it wasn't going to be finished. I think I watched about 6 Japanese dramas-this being one of them. I watched three and dropped three. I was going to drop this one but I stuck it out.

I hate that I fell for the positive reviews but those reviews were well over 13 years ago and it was probably more inspiring back then.

I guess I didn't really care for this because the resolution was hard on the eyes. A lot of facial close ups, shakiness and loud music in the wrong places. I noticed Japanese dramas are known to have this kind of style in every drama that I've seen so far.
I also really really hated the men's hairstyles. The unkempt or wig look made them look horrible.

The story line was good but there was a lot going on and a lot left out. The plot dealing with the dad was all over the place. The sister's supposedly health issue wasn't necessary and her getting kidnapped on several occasions was dry.
I most definitely hated the male villain. He just looked like a evil duck trying too hard to pretend to be a bad guy. The female villain was just uninspiring. So she was picked because of her looks and that's all she used her skills on. I was so hoping she would get shot in between the eyes but alas...she's in the sequel.

There's more I would love to add but it will turn into a really cranky review. With that being said I think I will give Bloody Monday 2 a hard pass.

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