For a second I thought this was a Korean movie even though there's a 20 episode drama out there. I thought it was the guy who played in Uncanny Counter which led me to Netflix to watch it. I had to do a double take when I heard Japanese so I went and did a little research and learned it's not the guy from Uncanny Counter but I watched it because it showed some fighting scenes.

I'm always drawn to movies and dramas that have fighting in it for some odd reason...

Anyway, this movie lacked purpose for me. I had to stop it at one point and have just now finished watching it.

It started off in the middle and stayed that way until the end. I had no idea who the City Hunter was, how he came to be, and why was he called the City Hunter.

Then there's the reason for this movie....a female is looking for her sister so I'm guessing the City Hunter was a PI with skills.

I got the gist of people getting enhanced drugs that was supposed to be banned from a certain war and a union is trying to bring it back and weaponize it but why? What's the purpose?

This was an almost 2 hour movie with so many plot holes that I'm wondering how did it make it to where it gets to be on Netflix?

The comedy was overly done. I didn't laugh at all. The sexual innuendos were unnecessary. The plot was weak...

Come on Japan...you can do better!

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Korean dramas are starting to wan for me. I haven't found a drama without giving it bad ratings or just plain dropping it. This is stemming from me trying to avoid rom-coms which Korea has more than I can stomach. It's because of that the reason why I've hit a Korean drama slump. I haven't been able to find anything good since last September!!!

This drama as always started off strong. But then each episode after that drags on about this dysfunctional family's lives. The only interesting thing about this drama was the two little kids. They were fun to watch but they had to have the little girl act like a love sick puppy which was adorable to some point.

The MML & MFL didn't bring much to this drama. I like the MFL in Sell Your Haunted House. I could watch that drama over and over. Even though I dropped this drama I don't know if she fights in this drama.

This drama does heavily focus on the family bond hence the title but it just dragged on and on about the husband sneaking off once every episode and assassinating someone. He and his wife always trying to conceive but keep failing. Then the wife's I hate you moments...Then out of the blue the MFL is the culprit of trying to undo what her husband is trying to accomplish. I stopped watching after that. I found myself just skimming through each episode and realizing I wasn't missing anything.

I told myself that I was going finish watching this series after I reset my brain from watching each ad nauseam episode but I haven't been back to watch it. I think I stopped after episode 6...I'm not sure. I usually wait till episode 5 to determine if I should finish or not. I tried to make it but I guess it's not going to work out... Just like the rest of the dramas I've been lucking out on.

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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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This was a very watered down drama with heavily loose trials thrown in. This drama shouldn't have been called Divorce Attorney Shin...It should've been called the American version of Friends because that's basically how the show went. Three best friends hanging out on a daily basis with a few watered down cases involved.

I watched this drama because I love the three male leads. I've enjoyed seeing each in their own respective dramas. I didn't know the MML knew how to play the piano!! Of all the dramas I've seen him in, his piano skills was never introduced or I missed something. It's good to see hidden talents of actors though.


That trot music and them singing...waste of drama minutes for me!

I did like the second FL who worked in her grandmother's restaurant. I didn't care for the first FL. She was too fluffy for me. Her doom and gloom facial expressions was what irked me the most. She did outshine in the last episode where she went off on one of her viewers. If they would've made her a bit more feisty throughout the series then maybe I would've liked her. The mother and son duo with her didn't mix either. It was awkward to say the least. The kid had better sense than the mom.

Other characters that was apart of the law firm was useless. The new male lawyer was annoying to say the least.

The mediocre cases that was presented made me wonder what was the point?

I did, though, like how they portrayed how children react to adult problems. Kids are more in tune with their surroundings more than you think. Those two little boys out did the adult actors!!

I also had a problem with how slow each episode was. Either I'm losing interest in things a lot faster with these dramas or they're that slow. By golly I found myself pausing each and every episode more than 5 times. Don't even get me started on the last episode...OMG!!! It was only 1:20 but it felt way longer than it should've been.

In my reviews I always capitalize on the last episode because that's suppose to bring in the closure of all the previous episodes but a lot of the times the last episode is redundant. This sort of was. By the end only a few just desserts was served. In my opinion I really wanted the new wife to get obliterated but nothing came to be and that made my blood boil.

I've been hitting a lot of Korean drama slumps lately! I don't care for a lot of rom-coms but that seems to be all that's left. I'm hoping Korea will bring some better dramas that aren't slow paced and don't have any romance in it...Otherwise I'll be going back to my old routine before I knew Korean dramas existed.

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The dullest Japanese drama ever! Besides the fact that everything ninja related was so loosely used, the majority of the actors didn't have any enthusiasm in this none whatsoever.

The only few actors in this that helped this drama along was the mom, grandmother, and little kid.

We have no idea why the Fuma and Shinobi are at odds with each other. We just know it's about power but that's about it.

The antagonist was the weakest of all. What was his point of trying to kill everybody? Because he felt he was a god and wanted political power....ain't that always the case?

Plus it's always about a girl. I swear they make Asian females the dumbest characters ever. They're always that stupid D.I.D (damsel in distress). I can't stand when the arc of a story is surrounded by this.

The episodes dragged by. I found myself skipping through the last episode which was worse than the first episode. There was no meaning to it at all. The plot was still carried out! What was the point of going through all of that only to have the ending just waste away.

The only fighting chance this series had was the fighting. The daughter was useless...the parents were good...even the grandma out shined the second eldest son.

It took me a lot longer to finish these 8 episodes. The House Of Ninjas was true to it's title. It was a family of Ninjas but that's all they were.

This was one of the reasons why I tend to shy away from Japanese dramas. Most of the time they're utterly useless!

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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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My rating of this drama is me being generous.

It took me a little over two months to actually finish this!! It was so drawn out that I forgot that I was still watching one episode. There were times when I thought I had finished 3 or 4 episodes but I was still on the same episode I had stopped watching.

For me, by the 5th episode if is doesn't grab me I will drop it but I've hit another Korean drama slump. I was hoping to be able to have about 4 or 5 dramas under my belt but alas, this was the only one and I don't have any other Korean dramas to watch.

There were no character development in any of the actors. The mood stayed the same. The female cop was my least favorite. She was annoying from beginning to the end. The things she was doing should've gotten her fired but they didn't.

To me, there was no reason why the second male lead should've had powers. You won't learn how he came into his powers until the 15th episode and it's a really really weak excuse.

You then have the main male lead experience a weird pheonmenon but it wasn't capitalized. It was 'oh my hands are vibrating...oh well,..' and that was it. To add to that, when the second male lead exhibited his skills around the best friend and the female cop they were non-chalant about it.

The revenge factor was sloppy. I thought the situation of coming from the past and staying in the future instead of going back to the past was going to get covered...It didn't.

There were a lot of loose ends that had no closure. This is the type of drama that I hate and I have run into a few dramas like this which is why I'm still in that friggin' Korean drama slump.

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When I read the synopsis about this drama it didn't intrigue me at all. I don't care for period pieces or westerns but reviewers said this was action packed and I love Korean action dramas so I bit the bullet and decided to watch.

A few weeks later I finally made it to the last episode. When I say a few weeks later I mean that's how long it took me to watch this slow drawn out drama. I should've dropped this after episode 5. I can't understand the high marks people gave this!

Every episode was the same: fight for Korean freedom by getting from under the Japanese rule.

If this didn't have any fighting scenes I don't think this drama would've survived. The main ML have some serious martial art skills as well as his frenemy. That girl had some mad fighting skills too.

For the life of me I would love to learn the secret to Korean vitality because everybody in the main cast who got shot, stabbed, hit with arrows, beat to a bloody pulp managed to survive by the time that particular episode was done.

I was amazed at how the Korean early 1900's resembled that of the US. They had cars, trains, electricity...it was cool but each episode was drawn out, plus they had to throw in that sappy romance I've come to despise. It ruins the whole vibe for me.

This series could've ended at episode 8 but they had to drag that out too by having another episode. It was meaningless. It had no closure which makes me wonder if more episodes will follow. If it does I won't be watching it.

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When I saw a female lead with strong fighting skills I had to watch. There's not that many in Korea so when a female who can fight pops up I'm there.

I also noticed the two main leads were in Money Heist. So again, had to watch.

I gotta say this movie was a let down. Weak character plots all around had me irritated in the end. There's no back story of the main FL. Her best friend's back story was weak as all get up and the main ML who plays the villain was even worse.

The movie lightly touched up on females being videotaped and blackmailed. They make it seem like the police chief is in on this as well but again, every scenario that was deposited into this movie was lackluster and that's putting it nicely.

All we get is the main FL can fight. The pace was very slow. The bad bad guys got taken out in less than 10 minutes. The ending even less than that.

This is why I tend to stay away from Korean movies. They have no life to them. Stick to the Korean dramas. You'll be more satisfied than this movie.

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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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Well...I said I would change my rating once I'm done with this drama but alas....my rating stays the same.

If I had known this series was going to go the way it did I wouldn't have watched the first season over. That was a BIG BIG BIG mistake. But it's not my fault because I thought the second series was going to be like the first.

I was so dead wrong. This series was so bad that it made me go back and see who the writers were. I was thinking did the original writers do something wrong to the new writers?

Sadly enough it was the same writers!!! How could they have done this to the people who fell in love with the first series??

To anybody who watched the first drama, everything that you loved in the first drama....it's not there in this drama if you haven't seen it.

There were stupid things in this drama that was a waste. For instance the so-called 'evil' characters who struggled to speak Chinese. There was no purpose for any of them. The extra counters...why?? Another waste. Ju Seok becoming more powerful than anybody and the explanations as to how he was so powerful didn't make any sense. Not to mention the fighting scenes if that's what you call it. It was more like a telekinesis battle than anything. Everybody got choked by thin black air so many times that I was shocked they were still able to function.
Then there's So Mun who turned out to be the cockiest and most powerful of the bunch while Mo Tak just sat back in the shadows. Mae Ok was the only character who progressed. She fought more but still had that endearing heart of hers. That was the one saving face for me. Then there was a gun battle....why??

The last episode had me skipping through a lot. For the take down to be so quick it sure was drawn out. The series could've easily ended within the first few episodes but again, everything was drawn out.
I wanted to like this series but it wasn't the same as the first. I shouldn't have been so greedy by wanting a second season to come out.
For what it's worth the very last few minutes of episode 12 was worthy of a second watch.

if a drama is good and they only stick with one season, I will be fine with that.

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Oh me, oh my! I found another Japanese drama diamond in the sky!!

I usually stay away from Japanese dramas b/c I'm always dropping them. The first episode almost made me do so.

I can't put my finger on how the style went but I liked it. The bad guy working with the police to help solve cold case files was a good angle to go by.

Even though I don't know who none of the actors are I wouldn't mind watching other dramas they've been in. I am familiar with a few but only a few and they played their character well.

It was a very serious drama but there were a few comical moments in there to break up the same tone each episode gave.

I do have a few gripes about the series though.

The hair in the main FL's face was unnerving. The constant flashback of the cop getting his throat sliced...close to the end of the drama it became less but by that time I was already throwing up my 'flashback again'? hands. Last but not least, the soundtrack...I truly hated the female's theme song and then it switched to a male's voice singing the same tune. The loud music being constantly played over the actors voices to the point it nearly drowned them out at times. The music was also played at some of the unnecessary times too.

I know Asian dramas usually stay away from doing more than one series but if they came out with a sequel I would so watch it!

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I tend to shy away from Chinese and Japanese dramas because the actors are so dead! They play these roles as if their lives have been drained and they're using every last effort to make it work.

I wasn't going to watch this drama but another user on here recommended it so I felt obliged to watch it.

It's only 8 episodes so thankfully the plot wasn't drawn out. Something Korea should take note in sometimes.

The characters were great. Didn't feel any chemistry from anybody. I'm so use to that and when I don't get it it makes me change my whole outcome on characterizations and character choices . Two female characters kept squealing over how good the food was in almost every episode. I hate high pitch squealing female voices!!

From the plot you have this mother who envies rich women's lives and will do whatever it takes to live like them. She may have to trample on a family to get there but it will get done.
That attitude was kept until the last two episodes though. With any Asian drama I have now become use to the plot swaying in a different direction which this one did. It sort of leads to a let down for me which lowers my expectations and ratings.

I did not like the father at all! This man had no spine! In my opinion he was the worse character choice for this drama.

I knew there was going to be romance in this! I just knew it but the way it was done wasn't over the top or the cliche romances that I have come to despise in any kind of drama.

The very last episode was kind of a let down for me. I wouldn't call this a revenge or thriller because of that. I wasn't prepared to feel sorry for the wrong doers one bit but in the end I felt a little tinge of sympathy which I didn't want to feel. I wanted that 'Taxi Driver' revenge but alas...I didn't get it.

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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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