Hope there will be a SEASON 2
The male lead delivered an exceptional performance, particularly during the emotional scene where his character shed tears for his nephew. Throughout the series, I held onto hope that perhaps his nephew would be found alive, but unfortunately, nothing transpired. The story progressed smoothly, incorporating elements of light romance. While I would eagerly embrace a second season to further develop the plot, the lack of closure in the finale left me feeling deeply disappointed.Was this review helpful to you?
Exciting and explosive
Wow — this is hands down, the most heart-pounding, stress-inducing drama I've watched. From the very first episode, I was super invested in the backstory and in the backgrounds of the two main leads. This was, in a sense, the perfect underdog story — the "us against the world" vibe runs throughout all the episodes in the best way. Especially in the first half, the pacing of the story was perfect; it was fast-paced and we were finding new developments all the time. In term of plot points, this is a drama that really requires you to suspend disbelief — I've seen a lot of reviews saying that it became hard to believe, but in my opinion that's just the nature of a conspiracy thriller and I found myself still able to immerse myself completely in the story. There are some political and financial aspects that I was a little less interested in, maybe a little confused by, but in the bigger picture it didn't hinder my enjoyment of the series.Even with the insane plot, it was really interesting how this drama still managed to get its laughs and rom-com moments in. The chemistry between the leads is really great, and I love how their personalities meshed together even amidst all the tragedy.
With all that being said, however, I think this drama desperately needs a second season. The ending leaves a lot to be desired, especially since the last few episodes packed a lot of new information that wasn't explained and also changed a lot in the dynamic between our two leads. As much as I loved everything I already watched, it really leaves me craving more — and it feels almost as if I only watched three-fourth of a drama.
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Liked the action here - season two please
LIKEWhen Dal Geon ran out of the bathroom and Hae Ri saw him - HAHAHA
When Hae Ri caught Dal Geon trying to do something to her while she was asleep - lolol
How Jessica Lee schemed to save herself - good move
DISLIKE
Nothing as I loved all the politics here
MUSIC
Not to my liking
REWATCH VALUE
Will re-watch someday
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Action-packed
This is by far one of the best action korean dramas I've ever watched.It's intriguing! The story-line - excellent! suspense - brilliant! Soundtracks-lovely! Actors - Outstanding! Action - WOW! Adventure - YASS! YASS!! YASS!!!
The twists and turns had me literally twisting and turning.
The first episode was an emotional rollercoaster for me but I really enjoyed every episode.
If you're looking to be on the edge of your seat, then this is for you!
Shoutout to the cast and crew! Thank you for this beautiful piece. This is definitely 10/10.
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Nope not happening.
You can lookup the plot any where, i wont waste your time here so i will be quick. As the producers say, this show's ending was made with season 2's production in mind and since there is no season 2 or even any confirmation of it, this show lost its worth. Everything was going fine but the climax is super disturbing.Spoiler *******
Theres a big mistake in the show, if only the lady before dying had told the M.C about the evidence most of the show wouldn't have happened nd i dont see any reason why she couldn't tell him since her life was in danger??? Lol.
This show doesnt deserve this 8.3 rating it currently has.
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"die hard" korean version
No way - just NO WAY - imagine this is a realistic story. This drama is packed with heroes and tremendous fights for justice, to the point i couldnt care less. Even the President is portrayed as being corrupt and spineless, which is a daring shot!If you wanna see a civilian fighting against all government and presidency and succeeding in it, while having time for romance too, this is the one for you. Totally crazy, right? Still there are a lot of good-looking actors, so bear with it... Lets just pretend we believe it! (wink wink*)
Nice watch, despite dragging a lot with all the political plots.
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Likes: Lee Seung gi. Seung gi as an action hero. Seung gi’s flashback mullet hair. Production Value. Fast paced editing.Dislikes: There is not one instance where I believed Suzy was a NIS agent. Sorry, but no.
You can tell that they shelled out the big bucks on this kdrama because the production value was high. With lots of fast paced action scenes, this kdrama reminded me of a cross between Jason Bourne and Homeland.
There were some definite glaring flaws (secret government missions…pffffft…yeah, not so secret. Apparently you can reveal classified info to regular citizens as long as you are on the “good side”). And some of the acting (ahem, Suzy) will require some overlooking, but overall the suspense and action made this an enjoyable watch. Seung gi really gave his all to the action scenes and to the emotional scenes as well. I can’t remember any other kdrama that has done action scenes to this degree so it was a nice change.
There wasn’t too much romance in this drama and the chemistry wasn’t the sizzling kind, but Suzy and Seung gi worked well together so it wasn’t too much of a bummer. The ending will make you wonder if there will be a season 2?
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Started strong but ended on a cliffhanger.
Vegabond started so strong with the action and emotion, but the ending left me furcated. I loved the series because just when I thought I knew who the bad guy behind everything, it would turn out to be someone else. You really had to pay attention and think about each character and what they would gain from the plane crash.One of the first things I loved was that for once an action KDrama had female characters that were not completely useless. Go Hae Ri was not always loveable and had moments where she was annoying but she able to take care of herself. Jessica Lee was amazing I loved/hated her from start to finish. Then there was Lily an assassin who I loved even though I maybe should not. I could go into each character and how I enjoyed them but watch for yourself to see.
The only thing that made me upset about this show was the ending. The last episode was rushed only to end with a cliffhanger. One of the things I love about KDrama is everything gets wrapped up in the last episode and there is a happy ending. But not with this one and there is not much of a chance of this getting a 2nd season after 3 years. I still enjoyed watching the show up to the last second when it just cut off with no real ending.
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I hate cliffhangers. I usually wait until entire stories are finished before I start to watch. What a surpirse it was for me that this ended the way it did. If I would have known there was a cliffhanger I would not have wasted my time watching this. Now I am annoyed. The way they ended this story was not only confusing, but really unsatisfying. How did the main characters lives change so much? I felt like a big chunk was missing in the end. Is has been over a year and no mention of a second season. Was this review helpful to you?
Vagabond has something missing
I preface, I first watched this drama years ago and recently rewatched it as before I loved it but found it aged terribly.I'll start with the pros, it's visually well done and the shots are some of the best seen in an action drama. It starts with a very promising premise and the first set of episodes, and for a while the acting is great.
The cons are that it goes downhill and lacks something that makes it unique and a good watch. I find the story quite erratic and hard to follow at times, and I feel like there are too many plot holes for me. I also wish the dynamics of the main leads were better because they do improve and it's frustrating. Also, the ending is well, not the best in my opinion and a season 2 is definitely needed for it to work,
Overall, I think it is an entertaining drama though and is showing promising talent within the film but not enough for it to be well, considered good, so I would simply consider it average.
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I enjoyed it a lot... until the last episode
I don't think it's a spoiler to warn that this show doesn't end. Maybe they'll make a second season to end the story and it will but, so far, the story is unfinished.I have to say I enjoyed a lot the action scenes, the plot, the villains, the good guys... even the hints of romance. It is a very fun series to watch and I would've probably rated it with a 9 or more if they had finished the story. They set up the plot and left it unfinished, I wouldn't even say it's a cliffhanger where many storylines are resolved but something happens to move the story in a different direction, no, it's just that as they couldn't wrap up everything in the last episode, they left the story there.
I have to say I like the actors and the casting in general was charismatic and good for their roles.
The action sequences were good, though I think they could've been improved if they had cut them less often: it looks like they have good stuntpeople to make them work without so many cuts and that, in my opinion, allows the viewer to enjoy them more.
I loved the OST, it's full of great songs.
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Can’t say yet
I tried watching this show few months back and dropped it, I picked it up again to watch after watching The Devil Judge (special shout out to the one and only YoHan aka Ji Sung, you were perfection).I am yet to make my judgement on the rave reviews about this being the best action series, the reviewers here claim to have seen because I haven’t gotten that far yet.
As much as I want to drop this again, I will give it 2 more eps to see, because this 1st ep is blowing my mind and not in a good way.
Michael called the airport control line and an agent picked up, after the phone call we suddenly have fire and the fire alarm baring at the control center and said agent was murdered. How did the assassin know he was going to call and call at that very moment and who the agent that was going to pick the call in order to set the fire and murder the agent in a very “flawless” manner, I shook my head so bad @ the ridiculousness of it.. The scene was beyond unbelievable and almost too much for me to tolerate but tolerate for 2 more eps I will in hopes that that illogical mess can be somehow redeemed. Fingers crossed
Update @ ep4: Ofcourse they had to make the female lead dumb. She is an NIS agent, a trained paid one at that, as she has stated several times but she has zero spacial awareness, they have tried to kill them several times but girl, go ahead and co-join hands with your friend/colleague in the airport and chat about food and why don’t you ladies skip also while you are at it. While the ML is scanning for any hidden threats. Typical KDrama where the ML is better at everything and smarter also than the FL. Smh
They just arrived in the country and the journalist already knew that. How the hell did the journalist know that they were arriving on that particular day and also knew the restaurant they were going to. They are hiding from the people that are trying to kill them and these people can supposedly scrub crime scenes, tamper with evidence faster than you can say Jack Robinson but yeah stay in a building where all the blinds are wide open that anyone can see them. Damn. So many head scratching plot holes and illogical decisions by supposed intelligence agents.
It’s gotten a lot more interesting I must admit but the plot holes and dumbs decisions are so glaring, it’s wild.
Why does Cha Dal Geon have to scream and shout every time he’s talking. That only makes him sound crazy and silly. Whether he shouts or not is not going to make people believe him or not (it actually does make it less likely people will believe him because they will think he’s coming from a place of grief), they ended up just giving the viewers unnecessary migraine from all those screaming.
Update @ ep6: my patience is seriously wearing thin at this point. She is a trained agent and can’t keep her composure because she shot someone and almost gave the gig up with her hiccuping, really. Smh. I am going to drop this for now because if I don’t and continue, I might just drop it completely with how so over it I feel right now.
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