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ale
3 people found this review helpful
Mar 13, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 4
Overall 4.5
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
To whoever hyped this drama series up: why. Watching this was so aggravating. I had plenty of moments where I was just questioning myself if I should drop this or keep on watching and see what everyone is on about but in the end it left me with a whole lot of regrets.

I had so many wtf moments watching this for example everyone keeps reappearing in the most unlogical ways and whenever something traumatic and horrible happens next thing I know is that they carry on living as if nothing has ever happened. Their mourning moments are rushed and overshadowed by random comedic scenes with a need of making this drama funny - even if it was totally inappropriate at that time. Am I the only one that didn't even have one character they completely liked? Rushing the plot made me suspicious about every single character since you couldn't really tell what they were thinking and planning on doing.

Also wtf were they trying to do with constantly making Taeho look like a complete psychopath but then wanting the audience to feel sympathy towards him near the end. Ain't nobody going to like him if he keeps getting rid of the whole community? And some tears are not going to change this. He needs to repent but instead they just wanted to evoke pity towards a handsome protagonist even though he doesn't deserve it? I couldn't help but feel a bitter aftertaste after seeing that.

Needless to say, even if they wanted to make the plot seem fancy and well thought out, they failed miserably in the end. 16 episodes were far too many for what was presented it was like they kept repeating the same old shit like surprise! someone! else! is! dead! but no one is getting smarter about handling the issue! They didn't use their screen time wisely, rushed when it was neccessary to slow down and drifted off into scenes they should have better left out.

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LenaKove
2 people found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2018
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.5
Yes, I'm giving this a 10/10 even though everybody seems to have issues with this drama. I don't.

This drama had me excited all the time and when there were no new episodes I was so curious as what would happen next.

The story is well written in my opinion. There are three main arcs, I'd say. The past, the island and the present which was very enjoyable. I was already scared they would make the plane crash into a little flashback and build up the story from there but it wasn't like that and that was what made me really like the drama.

The acting and cast was perfect for this story. Baek Jin Hee was simply such a cutie and probably the best in this drama was our dear Choi Tae Joon. He really proved his acting skills in Missing 9, wow.

After the show ended I immediately searched for the instrumental OST because it really blew me away. For every scene they had a fitting piece that build up the emotions even more. Plus, the OST was very well done which is almost the most important thing for me after the story.

Even though so many people don't like this drama that much, I do. That's why you should maybe try to watch this for yourself as everyone has a different taste.

PS.: All my friends who watched this, enjoyed it a lot! So maybe it's a country thing... haha.

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JimmyChooLove
1 people found this review helpful
May 8, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
There were moments of true brilliance in this show... interspersed with a lot of nonsense. At times murder mystery/crime thriller, at other times slapstick comedy/rom-com, if the show just decided to be one of those things consistently I think it could have been really good. Because it tried to do so much, it was borderline terrible.

The parts that I loved were the friendships forged and the comedy that came with it. You could really feel the genuine care that most of the characters had for each other which is why overall the cast did a pretty good job with the material they were given. Jung Kyung Ho is one of my favorite actors so it was nice to see him both be funny and intense. Lee Seon Bin and Oh Jung Se were adorable and I could watch a whole show with just the two being clueless.

The parts that I hated were the parts where the overly dramatic music cued RIDICULOUSLY stupid plot developments. These stupid plot developments mostly revolved around Choi Tae Ho and started out a little thrilling and ended up just laughably absurd. I kept on waiting for the motivations for the "bad guys" to make sense and while explanations were given, very little made sense. It's like the writers for the show saw Lost, watched an episode of The Office, read an Agatha Christie novel, and said YES I WANT THAT. The repetition of this vicious cycle of nonsensical plot developments also made the show pretty boring in the end.

To summarize, I really really wanted to like this show because of the unique premise and the actors involved, but it was just too much of a mess to enjoy. It started out strong but just devolved as the plot became more and more absurd.

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Sleepy
1 people found this review helpful
May 8, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 5.5
This drama was moved up my to watch list because of the confusing ratings and reviews. One person rated it a 7.5 while others rated it at 2 witch I found to be not very helpful. In essence this drama wasnt a total washout but it defenetly dosnt have a great deal of kissing or pound heart romance, the story if interesting but not awesome so it's defenetly something to watch but again only if you like more crime drama then romance.
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Megan
1 people found this review helpful
Feb 7, 2018
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
This drama took me a really long time to finish and I don’t know why. When I was watching it, I enjoyed it and would binge a few in a row. It was the kind of show that’s really good in the moment but when you’re away from it, you don’t feel as excited to get back to it. The story was good and I really enjoyed the island scenes. I never watched the American show Lost but I imagine how crazy it would be to be stranded on a deserted island and I loved getting to see that play out. How they chose to tell their story was interesting and didn’t take any of the suspense out surprisingly. The show did unexpectedly well with the thriller/suspense genre. There was one episode where they getting saved from the island and that was by far the strongest episode, especially in that genre. All the characters had good chemistry and the villain, god! he was despicable and you just loved hating him. What I didn’t expect from this show that I loved so much was the comedy. I plan to watch more shows from this screenwriter because it was so hilarious and played perfectly to my comedic sense. I think it would’ve been better if it had been cut down a little. Maybe to 13 episodes. Just tightened up and a few less setbacks. But overall, I enjoyed it.

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Felicia Silalahi
1 people found this review helpful
May 14, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10
i don't know why other people gave a low rate to this movie. this movie is quite good.
it's more like 'friendship' genre. this movie teachs me that 'forgiving' is the best way to keep the friendship.
BUT THIS DRAMA IS TOO CRUEL, IT LOVES TO MAKE ME CRY :')
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K-lover61
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 29, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
I have mixed feelings about this drama; there were some excellent, gripping scenes, emotional ones and humour too. A great cast of actors I really like who give us a mix of characters. Many have extremely questionable morals, others are selfish and others still sweet, cowardly, positive and irritating.
What let down a potentially great thriller were the times it slid into being ridiculous. From how clean people and their clothes were, to characters wandering around on their own once a killer was potentially back. The amount of beatings some could take, together with surviving drowning whilst badly wounded, on more than one occasion, was eye rolling.
I liked the resilient character of the main female too, who was also pretty independent and capable.
There is also the usual shady prosecution service, most of whom are more interested in finding the path to increasing their position and wealth, than to the actual guilty party.
We find out who the real culprit is, but trying to prove it is difficult and the cat and mouse episodes are very watchable.
If only they'd kept that momentum going, instead of including some very lazy scenes instead.
The end of the final episode was just bizarre and I have no idea why it was included. It was almost like the ending to a children's story, where the kids are told the moral of the tale, although how a mass murderer got to be included was beyond me.
The deaths of several characters was often brought up, but one in particular was noticeable by their absence. It wasn't until that odd last scene, that they suddenly got a mention. Months stranded, months back and episodes later, it was like a quick add-on; "Oh and we won't stop searching for xxxx".
If you can forgive these shortcomings (which to be honest I could), then it's not a bad watch.

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hiphop123
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 4, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
I really enjoyed this drama. There were times that I was on the edge of my seat. Also there were times that it was funny, and some cute moments as well. Even though the writing is not the best, the characters themselves were fantastic to watch.

Story-7.5/10: The plot was not the best in execution. But the characters were well written. There were parts throughout the drama that I felt was a little random. But there were moments that were very satisfying to watch. There the suspenseful scenes were well done.

Acting-9/10: This was the best part of the drama. The actors/actresses were doing their character justice. The chemistry between the cast was fantastic. I give praises to Jung Kyung Ho, Bak Hee Jin, Choi Tae Joon, Lee Sun Bin Oh Jung Se and Kim Pub Lae. They were the best characters and best acted out of them all. There were a few others, but these were the ones I paid attention to most. Bong Hee was such a strong, awesome women. She can kick some butt. Seo Joon was cute, smart but also intense(when it came down to it). Tae Ho was super intense, scary and a bit vunerable. Ji Ah was a sassy but strong character as well. Ki Joon had a great back story. He was a comedic, caring type of character. Do Pal was intense, creepy and sly character. Everytime Do Pal and/or Tae Ho were on screen, I was scared about what they would do.

Music-9/10: This was also the best aspect of this drama. What I liked about this OST was that most of it was BGMs(background/instrumental music). A lot of the this OST really set the tone of the scenes and it was in the right place each time.

Re-watch or not?: Nah. It was a roller coaster ride. Regardless of the plot, it was intense, suspenseful drama.

Overall score-8/10: You should watch this drama for the character development, the actors/actresses, and the survival type of drama.

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Ivana
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 10, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
I really liked the whole idea of the story, the acting and cast was great. I gave it a 10, because you have to watch it :( Lets get to the point, the ending(last 5 min) ruind it for most people( for real it was the only... big... problem in this drama), because it was confusing. Its noticeble that they probably had problems in the last filming- it looks like scenes that show what happend were cut off- and so the ending became confusing. Because of that I recommend not to watch the last episode at least the last 5 min... still there a LOT reasons to watch this drama:
1. Quality of filming and sets
A LOT of work was put into this drama... Its sad how a lot of people rate it low. As someone who loves creative work, this gets me a little T.T. From their clothes to the sets- everythings was carefully planed. It really deserves to be praised, can some of you even imagine... wait you can see in the special episode what conditions the actors and staff had to work in.
2. Cast/Acting
The cast is amazing, its full of great actors :) !!! If you pay attention some times you can notice things- like you can see in the last episode how Ji Ah is holding her wrist( if you watch you will know), you know things like that. For real you can watch this drama just for the cast.
3. The story
Its REALLY interesting. Normaly if watch Kdramas you listen to Kpop too, right? The drama, might give a better view of some things in the ent.industry, its not all rainbows, smiles and abs. It shows how politics handle and view the public. It has all of it media, politics, law, crime, drama, a LOT of mystery, some silly moments too( which really get to you T.T).
Dont let others stop you from watching it, because overall is GREAT only the last 3-4 min were what got the rating down :(

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yche09
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 12, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 3.5
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 2.5
Missing 9? More like missing justice!
Where is justice when a monster all throughout the series is included in the ending scene with a happy vibe? I'm sorry, but I just can't accept that.
It was good, great even, except for that scene. What was the writer thinking giving people that ending?
What a major let down!
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ViolinGal
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 12, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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This drama is an interesting examination into the question: "What if a drama was created purely for the purpose of trolling its audience?" Let me just say, regardless of my general distaste for it (more on that later), I'm actually grateful it exists and was attempted. Do I think it was a successful attempt? ....Uhhh no. But there's enough brilliance in here that I think if someone was to know what they were getting into and had ZERO expectations (also if they were a forgiving drama-watcher), they *might* like the journey.

It starts off with EXTREMELY stereotypical characters that have no real depth to them, plus there's so many people in the cast that at times its a bit discombobulating. But probably its greatest strength is evolving these stereotypical characters into really well-rounded and likable characters--especially the leads. Their group connection as the drama progressed really rang true. The female lead is such a strong character throughout and it was brought to life brilliantly by Baek Jin Hee, her dynamic with Jung Kyung Ho's character felt EARNED and was a wonderful portrayal of pure friendship. Jung Kyung Ho in particular really impressed me; his insistence on seeing the best in people, his dedication to the group, and just how he executed this character was great. He also had some really great moments with Oh Jung Se's character. I loved how their connection/friendship manifested in some extremely funny and laugh out loud moments throughout the drama's entire run.

I actually REALLY loved the comedy and parody on drama cliches that were sprinkled in throughout this drama (aka the slight trolling). I honestly wish it focused MORE on that because that's when this drama went to really interesting, human, and heart-felt moments oddly enough. When it wasn't taking itself so seriously, those were the moments where I sat up and thought, "Huh, that was actually quite clever." Unfortunately, most of the time it focused on REALLY serious and scary stuff with the approach of absolutely NO logic whatsoever--it's biggest (and fatal) flaw.

It felt like you were CONSTANTLY waiting for the shoe to drop on these characters with really predictable outcomes. I would have been fine with no logic if it was interesting and also unpredictable throughout, but it wasn't. You could easily tell when something was going to go the survivors way and when it wasn't--I also saw all the twists that happened about a mile away. It was never surprising, but ALWAYS frustrating. Frustrating in that they kept siding with and forcing these characters to be around a character that was an absolutely TERRIBLE and UNFORGIVABLE human being. I give MAJOR props to Choi Tae Joon; he really shined as the villain in this drama in a role I'm never-ever going to forget. But it's MADDENING how his character was handled and I completely understand the people that down-rated this to a 1 or 2 for simply that reason. I understand that the drama was trying to play off the bond between Tae Ho and Joon Oh's characters, but it crossed too many lines to be believable. Delving into details would go into spoiler territory, but I'll just say that the ending is a pure WTF moment. I legitimately thought for about 15 seconds that the characters were all in a psych ward and that the entire drama that came before it was just their made-up 'story.' O_O ....THAT would have been brilliant and understandable. ....Unfortunately, that's not how it ended.

This is truly and honestly the weirdest kdrama I've ever watched. I ended up rating it higher than I thought I would (I gave it a 5.5 rating), but unfortunately its uniqueness and great leads couldn't save the script from the individual(s) responsible for......this. o_O

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ThomasNL
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 4, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
Even though people either enjoyed or hated this series, I thought it was a decent series. Missing Nine wasn't the best nor the worst to watch and just to watch in your spare time to spend some time.

The story was a bit blunt. I especially liked the first part in which most of the footage took place on that deserted island, however back in mainland Korea, they stretched it too much in my opinion to finish that total of 16 episodes. However the acting of the actors was quite good to outstanding with some nice OST attached to it.

And what happened to Park Chan Yul as Lee Yul? It felt like he was completely forgotten until that last reference in episode 16, which was a bit disappointing to me.

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