Forever_Shawol
Somewhere in drama land
It's more of a drama until ep 4-6 but WORTH IT!
So a misconception is that this will be full of action all the way through and fast-paced due to 6 eps, but I think that's where the brilliance lies the first 3-4 eps focus on the build-up making sure we all know who is who, their motivations and it's to build up the stakes and tension the final 2 eps I was literally sweating cause it was so intense and great. The action and acting are incredible. I mean look at that cast.
It was so well written! I love how morally grey and f*cked up the whole situation is seeing the male lead try to go for the lesser evil just trying to survive being tossed around and told to the beast that he became by the end, such a good character arc that he went through. The way he averts sticky situations will have you holding your breath, The pastor is no dumb typical villain stereotype either, he is literally suspicious of everyone and everything making it all the more exhilarating. The desperation and final scenes were so well acted, I loved that it was a long final fight without too many cuts or distractions between Kang and the villain. I don't understand why people aren't enjoying it, I would say just go in knowing that the character development and acting are top-notch. The china town leader is well-known in China for films, same with the ML in Korea so coming in for a short series they usually only pick high-quality projects and it shows
Furthermore, the cinematography. is beautiful, especially china town shots. It's also crazy to think it's based on a true story
Another plus is no characters feel out of place the back and forth with English which I believe is not dubbed over is great, they owned it and never made me feel cringe which I do with many actors forcefully using English. Even the foreign actors work cause they restrict their dialogue and it's much more subtle than those ugly rich jerks in the squid game.
Overall worth the watch and I believe is one of the best short Kseries Netflix put out in a while but for sure you will be disappointed if you go in thinking it would be mindless action.
It was so well written! I love how morally grey and f*cked up the whole situation is seeing the male lead try to go for the lesser evil just trying to survive being tossed around and told to the beast that he became by the end, such a good character arc that he went through. The way he averts sticky situations will have you holding your breath, The pastor is no dumb typical villain stereotype either, he is literally suspicious of everyone and everything making it all the more exhilarating. The desperation and final scenes were so well acted, I loved that it was a long final fight without too many cuts or distractions between Kang and the villain. I don't understand why people aren't enjoying it, I would say just go in knowing that the character development and acting are top-notch. The china town leader is well-known in China for films, same with the ML in Korea so coming in for a short series they usually only pick high-quality projects and it shows
Furthermore, the cinematography. is beautiful, especially china town shots. It's also crazy to think it's based on a true story
Another plus is no characters feel out of place the back and forth with English which I believe is not dubbed over is great, they owned it and never made me feel cringe which I do with many actors forcefully using English. Even the foreign actors work cause they restrict their dialogue and it's much more subtle than those ugly rich jerks in the squid game.
Overall worth the watch and I believe is one of the best short Kseries Netflix put out in a while but for sure you will be disappointed if you go in thinking it would be mindless action.
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