HIStory3: Trapped (2019)

THE ACTING IS TOP TIER

I unexpectedly really like this drama?? When i watch the first 3-4 episodes, I really can't stand this drama because the amount of the secondhand embarrassment i got from A-fei. He basically just run wherever tang-yi is and that's just embarrassing. I literally stopped watching it for solid 2 weeks. But then i give it another shot then boom? It's not that bad **after the development** (i don't see much development tho they basically just //go with it// and yeah)

1. CHEMISTRY
I loveeeeee their chemistry. Especially the second couple! I love both couple but the second couple just *chef's kiss*
They're all look so comfortable with each other! I watch one video on youtube where they play some type of game? The game is very intimate like feeding each other with mouth and they all nailed it, chris and jake even held hands the whole round game and that's proving their chemistry on/off drama are very good.

2. ACTING
In this one I'm gonna only highlighted on Chris wu's acting. All actors are good but i just wanna talk about chris.
There's one scene where //his father// hugs him and he cried. THAT'S IT. HIS TEARSSSS HE DOESN'T EVEN BLINK, HE DOESN'T EVEN CHANGE HIS EXPRESSION BUT THE TEARS JUST FELL, JUST LIKE THAT. I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYONE DOING IT LIKE HIM. i really liked it really really liked it.

3. PLOT
I like how they manage to balancing the storyline and the skinships . Each of it is just enough. They manage to tell us about the story but also at the same time give us some love story. I like it i really like the balance. But of course there's still so many missing pieces. The police who killed Tang guo dong and LiZhen, how they get into it and what's the police captain contribution in it. About jack who betrays tang-yi? And that idk that another police who scolding A-fei in front of many people but he ends up the one who meet Jack and receive the hard disk? And pretty sure that chen wen hao is died right? I don't know ??‍♀️

4. ENDING
Okay, about the ending. I'm 50:50 about it. In one side i like the way they don't forget about who they really are. Yes one is a mob, one is a police, and they have to abide the law. But in other side??? Like why just why? Why would they put tang-yi on jail???? I just- they can make it better but i guess this just fine then, really hope they gonna make the 2nd season because #freetangyi

5. KISSES
I'm shocked with how many kisses we got in this series. It's just a lot and yes the make out scene djshskshsj. I first thought that because this drama is enemy to lovers troop they are not gonna give us //many// kisses because yeah they wee //enemy// right? But i was wrong. The kisses are just ?? and the fact that each kiss just so natural? There's no pressure at all, i just loved it.
My favorite kiss is when shorty kissed jack when he said "i'm hungry" djhsjs that's just it!!!

I forget to talk about the straight couple here. They don't have much story- i mean they don't tell us much about them so yeah, at least they know how to kiss?

Well, that's it for now. Might editing this later? Or not idk. And yes, i highly recommend this series.

This is a very very unprofessional review. All are based on my understanding and opinions so if there any wrong words, i apologize.

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This series was so good that I had to write my first ever review for it on this site.

I'm not going to lie. I saw the trailer for this series back in 2019, but I wasn't genuinely interested enough to watch it. Now, two years later, I'm kicking myself for not watching it sooner. This is one of the most impressive BLs I've ever seen.

The plot is straightforward and to the point. Much of it is not revealed until later episodes, which I personally appreciated because focusing on character development in the first few episodes worked really well. I am a huge fan of the mystery genre, so I had high hopes for this series. And, I won't lie, the revealing of the mysteries was well thought out and executed flawlessly. However, there are numerous plot holes in this series. There are so many things that bothered me that weren't explained at all, which is a shame because they all seemed so interesting and deep, but the creators didn't seem to care to explore them.

Throughout the series, there is ONE character who completely dominated the show. Tang Yi is the name. I rarely connect with the characters, but I felt his emotions, trauma, actions, and everything else about him. He was simply a fantastic character. At first glance, he appears to be a generic character who had to grow up tough due to a tragic backstory. However, the way this series handled his story was extremely refreshing. When Tang Yi appeared on the screen, it was clear that the story was about HIM.

Meng had a lot of potential as a character, but we only get a small glimpse of his backstory, which is unfortunate because he is the main character and all we see is him being used as a plot device all the time. He is a nice character, but I couldn't connect with him because there isn't much behind him.

Overall, this is a show that you should watch. The story is a little lacking, but Tang Yi's character makes up for it. The acting, production, and music are all excellent as well.

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Story:
10/10
The reason I loved this drama so much was majorly because of the storyline! I didnt see the ending coming which is very rare these days in my opinion. The storyline has the two main leads who are enemies because one runs a mob and the other is a police officer, but is so much more than that. The "mob boss" is trying to legitimize his business while dealing with personal loss and childhood trauma. While the police officer is a cute rash person who still is a bad-ass in a fight and confident enough to go for what he wants.
Theres much more but I wont spoil.

Acting/cast:
8/10
As much as I enjoyed the drama there were a few scenes that I found hard to watch due to unrealistic acting. (Some kiss scenes ect) BUT when they got it write it was amazing! Fight scenes, the flirting between side characters, sad scenes, and the last kiss scene were all superb.

Music:
7/10
There was nothing wrong with the music but when I finished the drama I couldn't recall any songs that played so that's why its a 7.

Rewatch value:
9/10
I would rewatch this in a heart beat. I really enjoyed how they portrayed the lgbt+ characters in the drama. There was no evil female fighting to split them because she couldn't accept their sexuality. At one point in the drama the best friend of one main lead defends his friends choice in partner saying they deserve the other regardless of gender. There was much more that I appriciated in that aspect which is why I'd rewatch it again and again.

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I thought this drama was really cute but I docked a few points cuz if I'm being honest, the cop's acting was kinda cringe to me and his hair was not good...like his bangs were cut halfway down his forehead and he always had this lock of hair that stuck out. I know that's a really small detail that really shouldn't matter much, but for me I had to sit through 20 episodes of his subpar hairdo. If I could give it a 9.3 I would but I can't so I won't. Other than that, the story was good. The supporting characters were so cute too and I kinda wish they had their own series cuz it was just too cute

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I loved this show so much omg, i watched it in one sitting and i was so surprised at how much i loved it , the idea of gangster/cop is something i adore in fanfics etc. and this show wow
This is fanfiction come to life, the tension they had was off the charts romantic and sexual tension like I've never seen before in ANY show!
The story was so good, its not the typical fluffly plot its so good and keeps u on your seat and makes u want to know more
+ THE SIDE PAIRING WAS SO CUTE AND I NEED A S2 ABOUT THEM
Overall one of my favorite shows i have watched this year!

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The thrill of an action series

Can we have more action BL series in the future? At first, the idea of making a series based on an unusual romantic relationship between a gang leader and a police officer is really fascinating. Although I like the storyline, the initial actions of the main leads regarding the murder case that happened four years ago in the series failed to give the mystery more intriguing and hype. The balance of different genres plays an important role for making a notable series. The development of romance and mystery feels like they are competing in a race for the first place. Really, I couldn't care less on the romantic development of the main couple. Action and mystery are much more dominant than romance in this series.

The chemistry of the main leads faltered a little bit in the early episodes. Fei's persistent actions annoyed the hell out of me. As the storyline progressed, their chemistry managed to stabilize romantically but not as consistent as the second leads' sweet and fluffy relationship.

Overall, I can still say that this series is worth the watch. Thrilling and captivating.

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This is definitely one of those dramas that you watch in a series and it makes you feel like it should be a series of it's own, and I for one sincerely HOPE & PRAY that the writer and director won't disappoint me in that!!! I want to see what Mang does while waiting for Tang Yi to come out of jail, I want to see what their life after that will be like, will Tang Yi have redemption, will Jack and Zhao's love truly flourish because I felt like the ending was rushed and left a major cliffhanger. But overall I LOVED IT, and after it ended I was too distraught to even want to watch Make Our Days Count because for me Trapped too good to be topped and I didn't want a disappointing overview of what followed make me feel let down!!!

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I just cannot say enough good about this one. ????
Absolutely phenomenal ????
The HIStory Series keeps getting better and better ????
And now since Taiwan ???????? is officially free of homophobia (and proud first in the East), this allowed for such a beautiful story to surface without any fear of backing out.????
Coming back to the story, it is a mixed bag of action, thrill, suspense, romance, "steamy" moments ???? (oof is it hot in here or is it just me?????) and plot twists.????
The cast is excellent, very natural.????
The music could have been better but it is overshadowed by the rest anyway ????
I would definitely watch it many more times and do firmly believe that all those who watch it once will definitely watch many times over. If you haven't already...give it a go...it will be worth every second of your time.????????????????????

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One of my favourite kinds of stories

Preview: I assessed this series like this because there were some aspects that I like in general although some technical things weren't well managed.

1-STORY: One of my favourite kinds of relationships is the one between a policeman and a criminal so when I read the plot of the series I decided to watch it. Also, the framework was interesting, so I wanted to know who killed Tang and Chen's girlfriend. The problems in the storyline are that firstly it is not really possible to have this kind of relationship (but this is a series and I can accept it), secondly the plot was a little bit confusing (I always appreciate storylines that are cryptic because I like to guess who the guilty one is but this one was too much enigmatic because we didn't have enough information to try to predict what happened 4 years before) and lastly a real policeman cannot act like Shao-fei did (doing what he wants so just continue following Tang-yi wherever he goes) but the rest of the police and mafia's world was well represented also thanks to the acting, in particular during the fight scenes.

2-ACTING: let's start with bad things: I disliked one of the side couples, the one composed by Jack and Zhao. I felt that their relationship wasn't realistic enough as much as the way they got together.
The story of the other side couple was canonic but I appreciated it because love stories between presidents and secretaries are one of my favourite stereotypes. The acting was also better than the first side couple.
My favourite couple was the main one because, as I said before, their kind of relationship is one of my favourite ones and due to their acting. While watching them I could imagine a real and healthy relationship. That was also because they kissed a lot of times: in my opinion, this helped to make it clear that their relationship was daily because kisses are a sign of privacy. I also adored their confessions: it was so simple! Shao-fei had no worries about confessing and neither had Tang-Yi after understanding that he was in love with the policeman (I love that this clear fact is obviously in contrast with the chaotic framework but let's forget for a minute that someone was trying to kill both of them). Another thing that made me fall for them is the completely different personalities of the two lovers (talking also about the individual part of the acting I noticed that Chris and Jack did a great job) that are complementary.

3-MUSIC: The ost was good enough. The music during the episodes was also a good support for the scenes.

4-RV: Tbh I have only rewatched a few of the scenes that were my favourite ones (I haven't counted the rewatch value in my final rating).

P.S. Am I the only one who is in love with the poster of the series? it summarized the contrast between the two principal characters (it can be noticed by the way they are dressed) and shows that the kind of situation in which they will meet is particular (one of the two is going to shoot the other). The pink background is just perfect!

Thank you for reading my review, hope you have found it useful and don't forget to use the #freetangyi ;)

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