The Untamed

陈情令 ‧ Drama ‧ 2019
Dropped 13/50
Ailyn
6 people found this review helpful
Mar 10, 2020
13 of 50 episodes seen
Dropped 7
Overall 4.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
normally before i start to watch drama (kdrama, cdrama,tdrama,jdrama) i will check the review first and it's rating and check the cast together with their previous drama or movie. well, maybe most of us do that.
so otw to episode 14 and still, yes STILL i don't understand why this drama rated so high.
9.4! c'mom... the acting of this drama is so lame.
am i being like this bcoz i never had the chance to read the novel??? really???
don't get me wrong but i'm not into romance as well.
story of minglan is way waaayyyy better than this drama.
guess comparing them both will not give justice to minglan.

ps. got me until episode 14 bcoz of the rating
pps. i made an account just to express my dismay of this drama

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Completed
NaydeDavid
0 people found this review helpful
Oct 15, 2025
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
Love Xiao zhan acting ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Completed
Moon
0 people found this review helpful
Aug 30, 2021
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Just watch it now did you hear me...

I think this is a very good show and i'll recommend it to everyone to watch. It has a very good story line👍, very good characters👍, very good actor👍 and very good chemistry👍 in them so i think it is perfect in every way.... So watch it now.... Did you hear me..?! If yes, then what are you doing go now...?! That all and I hope you enjoy watching this drama...bye..?! No i haven't reach 500 characters yet so i can't post it yet.. 🤭🤭 I know I'm posting my review this late... And i have watched this drama so late and I regret it so I hope you won't regret missing this drama.....

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Dropped 6/50
Kwave
8 people found this review helpful
Mar 31, 2020
6 of 50 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 4.5
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 4.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

Not my cup of tea, sorry.

I've started this drama because of all the good reviews it has received but I ended up dropping this drama at the episode 6. I even forced myself until the episode 6 because I wanted to see why it has received all those good criticism, but for that I've skipped a lot of scenes, way too much to be honest.

The story sounds like a mess, to me. I really did not understand anything. Fantasy is not my cup of tea so it does not help at all.

The two main leads are very good especially the main one (the one who is quite stubborn 'in a good way'). They are good looking and well written. But even their interraction became boring after a while.

The action/fight scenes were really bad. To be frank I've skipped them all withouth hesitation. The reason is simple, it is as if we could see the rope that held the actors even though they did not appear on the screen we could clearly guess that they were well present. It is annoying. And, again, fantasy did not help it, I think it even made it worse.

The music is really not my cup of tea as well so I did not find it attractive, but that's my personal taste.

I respect those who have enjoyed the drama but to be clear, I would not recommend it. I am not saying this drama is bad, but in my opinion, it is overrated.

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Ongoing 14/50
VividBld
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 23, 2025
14 of 50 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
This was good, but also really long. I'm not okay.

This is honestly much better than the novels and manhua/donghua adaption. It fixed a lot of problems I had with the original, by censorship, unfortunately...

I don't know if I'm going to continue watching this because of the length, but I liked the story, acting, chracters, FX, etc. despite the plot being cheesy and weird at times because of xianxia plot tropes.
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Completed
Komentator isenk
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 16, 2021
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

just because

OMG this is one of the most bored drama I've watch so far. Hanging on until the last just because this is untamed, which all the people keep telling this is good drama.

Wonder what make people really like this drama. Yeah you can say this one good plot, really good written, their costume also good enough. But their CGI sometimes not that good, we can say their budget not that high, especially because I've watched this in Netflix, it became really clear of the bad aspect.

But I can't say I didn't guess who is the bad guy and his reason. Maybe that's one of the reason this drama became quite bored for me. This drama also really2 slow pace drama. Their start to get a little bit interested start from Wei Ying come back after missing for 3 month (I forget that place name) & having changing his personality a little bit.

What I like:
+ Sean Xiao & Wang Yi Bo indeed really amazing job doing their part. No wonder after this they name is reach the top. Especially Sean Xiao, he is one of the reason I still can hold on to this drama
+ If eyes can talk, they talk so much in this drama. All the hatred, admire, hurt, resent, etc really show in their eyes.

Overall: I glad I can say I've watched this drama, so I don't keep wondering about this drama.

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Completed
Ng Kah Weng
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 26, 2021
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 5.0

many breakthroughs in chinese drama

Im a fan of Chinese drama. I had watched many dramas since last year with the total accumulating up to 20 dramas at least. Much of the storyline reviews boy girl love relationship and struggle for power within hierarchy to name a few. So basically plot would always the same no matter how they twist the story into a different way. The untamed had been the most unique every created and it still fascinates me until now after 1 year. The story does not belongs to any of the usual plot I seen before. First I need to give 3 salutes to this drama.

1) 95% of the cast consist of MALE. Surprising there are so few female casts in this drama and I would expect this drama would not be marketed towards female viewer. Well I was wrong in gender viewing statistic female and male viewers are equally balance. The center attraction well focus towards a very strong 2 male lead actors like xiao zhan and wang yibo. Both of them strong enough to magnet female viewer in watching them play.

2) NO KISSING AND LOVE SCENE but still xiao zhan plays a bit of gay-ish attitude towards wang yibo. I did not find it comfortable at first but later I got used to it. If xiao zhan one day change into a female attire and wear a wig., Im pretty sure I be easily fooled by him.

3) This is the biggest surprise for me. In a story full of brute force and very much masculine storyline I never expect the original author for this drama is actually a FEMALE!!... I did not mean to be gender bias but I had to praise her for her story work. To immense a female brain into male centric drama thought is a totally impossible feat let alone to make it so perfect without flaw , This author really deserve my praise. I really did not find any feminine trend inside every scene , Quite impressive indeed.

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Dropped 10/50
lalalala
2 people found this review helpful
Feb 28, 2021
10 of 50 episodes seen
Dropped 3
Overall 4.0
Story 2.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Too long, too slow and too much information

Everyone was raving about the show so I gave it a chance.

I have to start saying I don't usually engage on watching shows that are this long and about ancient China, they kinda bore me. I think that 50 episodes is too much; I watched 10 and I was already bored, the story was moving too slowly for my taste and the relationship between the main characters was in one hand beautiful and poetic but in another hand to cold and lacking touch (probably because it is a chinese drama).
The characters have these powers and they kinda give me anxiety, like when they are fighting a villan I am almost shouting to the computer "Why don't you use the other power you have, will be more effective" and so on. And my final complain is that the show gives to much information: I was watching this with so much attention but at the same time there were so many clans and information being thrown.

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Dropped 16/50
maxirat
0 people found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2026
16 of 50 episodes seen
Dropped 1
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

16 Episodes and I surrender

The actor playing Wei Wuxian is the ray of sunshine of this show. His emotions are written all over his face and in his eyes, and he is definitely the best part of the series. The second lead is also good, but Wei Wuxian is my favourite.
What I didn’t enjoy from the very beginning were the ridiculous special effects. I’m sorry, but the cave monster and other beasts look terrible. This is also my first Chinese series, so I’m not familiar with their usual level of expertise, but it all looks very amateur.
Another thing that really disturbed me were the male cast’s wigs. To be honest, I sometimes couldn’t even focus on the dialogues because of those ridiculous wigs. I mean, where does human hair start according to Chinese character designers? Surely not halfway down the cheek.
Unfortunately, I’m dropping the series after 16 episodes, as I couldn’t get involved enough with the storyline. Maybe I’ll try the books one day.

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Dropped 18/50
Xtinew
0 people found this review helpful
Apr 10, 2021
18 of 50 episodes seen
Dropped 3
Overall 8.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 7.5

Headpiece Wang YiBo

I couldn't stray my sight from Wang YiBo headpiece, it's ridiculous period. On the other hand, Xiao Zhan was a beautiful and happy cheerful man. I love this guy...he's a great talented actor....a charmer...kind and I can name every good things about him and just focusing on him instead. I am not into 'chasing super natural' story line or 'school (class set up)'...Wang Yi Bo character wasn't that outstanding so far - he spoke little to nothing while Xiao Zhan did a lot of running (metaphorically) so I was kind of disappointed with Yi Bo. I am not into this line of story but I heard good things about the drama and yet still don't understand why this drama so famous and Yi Bo was getting much credits which in my opinion he's not as good as Xiao Zhan. I haven't have the power to rewatch it...not as memorable as I thought it would be so I let it off on ep 18 but will try it again for Xiao Zhan...lol.

I couldn't finish the drama with reason like 1) too late watching it (2022) 2) don't like Wang YiBo who barely talked and especially the head piece 3) not my favorite of genre (super natural) and school set up 4) couldn't bring myself finish it as many other newer more interesting dramas out. So, I dropped it. Might not a popular opinion but...Xiao Zhan is indeed the best.

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Completed
Keiz
0 people found this review helpful
Jan 14, 2024
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Those idiots that gave this drama rating 10 read this

This is the worst drama I've watched, the storyline is totally ridiculous illogical flow. Is the screenwriter sleeping in his job? The flaws in the storyline are seen on every episodes with inconsistent character and storytelling development.
When you're involved in death situations, would you be indecisive? The world is at turmoil, but these clans are indecisive even though they're being attack. They're wiped out by enemy they knew coming, but the screenwriter choose to keep a blind eye on the story development, which led the illogical reasoning on the clans demise. Is it logic? Those idiots that gave this drama rating 10, did you even watch this? Or perhaps you're supporting this drama because of your favorite actors and actresses.
My main complaints on this drama are the director and screenwriter didn't do their job well. How could you not seeing the illogical flow of storyline on the screen? It would have been a good drama if the director and screenwriter developed the story with attention and passion.

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Dropped 20/50
Noh Shinwoo
0 people found this review helpful
Dec 17, 2023
20 of 50 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 5.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
I assume that the novel is better than the series. Series misses at least one important element (the love affair WWX and LZ). I found the plot tedious, repetitive and illogical. CGI is very bad. Dropped it after 20 episodes.

I liked the acting of of WWX and some other characters.

It was incomprehensible to me how a brilliant free spirit like WWX suddenly joined the immature brother's, in my opinion, simplistic and illogical narrative that he was ultimately responsible for pretty much everything that went wrong. When a story/character becomes too unbelievable that you can no longer identify with it, it becomes boring.

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