Lady Revenger Returns from the Fire (2024)

Face change revenge drama. Insta Bro is great!

I kind of lost count of how many FL wronged and gets a chance at revenge dramas in the past 2 years now. I wasn't expecting much especially with the poster of ML Wei Zhe Ming in really bad hair.
Production isn't the greatest like these fake horseback riding scenes with hair not moving (at all) makes me laugh.

But if you disregard:
1. ML's bad hair days all day everyday
2. Typical female revenge drama storyline
3. Insta face change, Insta Kungfu
4. Mid way change dubbed voice of the evil sister
You can enjoy this.

This is better than other revenge dramas in that:
1. FL is smart & strong w/ her "insta" Kung Fu. Actress Xu Lu is doing a pretty good job.
2. Her insta Bro is a pretty darn good character.
3. Pacing is not bad. There are plenty of bad characters, but so far % of screen time is tolerable.

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a wasted potential

Actually it started so good
It was so intriguing... .
Because It picked up from the first episode.
So like many of you I thought that I have found a hidden gem, saying myself "What an interesting drama"

Like you I was saying to myself " oh indeed Shen dan qing (the FL) is the lady revenger who returned from the fire

But after some episodes I was just waiting and waiting for XCF (the ML) to figure out SDQ's (the FL) identity.
I mean that this drama failed in story telling.
It couldn't make the viewers care about other parts of the story.
like now that I've watched ep 19, I feel like I've lost my interest in other subplots...
and I just cannot care less about the rest of the story

Also, you know we had other characters like Luo Shuang Shuang and their evil mother
we haven't seen a lot of these characters lately
I feel that they were better villains compaired to Luo Xue Er and Prince Yi.

Also Shen Zi Shan's (SML) love for Shen dan Qing sounds cheesy.

Moreover, the fact is that I like Liu Xie Ning (the actresses playing Luo Ai Lian more than Xu Lu

its the first drama I've watched from both of these actresses, but I think that Liu Xie Ning did a great job
in the first episodes that after ending of her role, Xu Lu couldn't fill her shoes.

After all these, the good thing is that it's a 24 episode drama, so maybe I'm being hard on this drama
because although its not good, It's better than many of other 24 ep dramas I've watched before.

And finally ....
I hate to be a bummer... .
If you like it, just dont pay attention to my comment and enjoy.
But if you want my honest opinion, Your time is more precious, there are better dramas, better films and better books.
It had some potential to be a memorable drama but It just failed

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