Looking forward to more bickering, twists and most of all the momentary glimpses of tenderness. It is a balanced drama. So far, so goooood!
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Not the average Legal drama
What a strong leading female character. Wow. Here's a woman who is smart, sassy, self made, knows what she wants and lives by her own rules. Arrogant to snobs, but underneath the money-grabbing facade beats a good heart.Her nemesis is in turn rich, corporate, from a good family, suave, unscrupulous, competitive, arrogant and blindly loyal.
When these two meet, sparks will fly and a few servings of humble pie will be consumed.
For a legal based drama this is so good. Full of high powered wheeling and dealing, with some very unsavoury characters totally lacking in morals.
It's clever, witty, grown up and only once was there a clichéd scene (I really thought I'd be spared someone dropping to their knees this time, but sadly no).
If you don't like the odd [realistic] swear word, an older strong female lead who puts most men that need to be, in their place and has no problem sleeping with a guy if she wants to; then you'll hate this.
If, like me, all the above appeal, you'll probably enjoy it as much as I did!
Joo Ji-hoon and Kim Hye-soo were perfectly cast and worked so well together.
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I understand that the writers were going for a 'grey area' approach, as opposed to most other kdramas, which are usually overly emotional, with strongly defined 'good and 'bad', but this effort comes across as misguided. Maybe they should read some more literature, before attempting something like this. It requires nuance and a delicate touch, which is usually not seen in korean tv shows.
Huge letdown, since there was potential but its completely squandered.
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What is a strong woman ?
I started watching this drama because of JJH the male lead. The strong points ? The performances are quality, both leads being excellent actors. The pace of the drama and cinematography, as well as the fashion sense of both characters. Love it when women can switch it up from being tomboyish to extremely girly. Highly appreciated.The bad ? Well I’m not gonna list everything. I’ll just talk about one thing : I started losing respect for the female lead the moment she did everything to lure an emotionally broken woman back into an abusive relationship, in the name of money and competition. My question now is, what is a strong woman ? A highly deceitful one, who lacks so much empathy that she’ll use fear to trap a fellow woman in the arms of a drunkard and addict, when said client has enough money to move abroad ? Or should we start with the fact that her love story with the male lead began with her completely manipulating him for data ? How would that be received had it been the other way around, and in the end the deceived girl STILL tried to figure it out and asked the guy « did you at least love me a little » ? And manipulative guy found himself everywhere deceived girl was ? Yeah I can hear it. Jerk. Loser. Crazy STALKER. Etc. But this Jung Eumja chick is a bad @zz right ? Not to me guys, not to me.
As pro-woman as I am, I can’t get over the fact that this show is not helping us. All I saw was a weak woman so desperate for recognition and money, that she had zero work ethics. Um, no. I’ll gladly pass this one.
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Amazing chemistry despite their age gap..
LIKEHow "Hee Sun" met Hee Jae - that setting omg blew me away
When Hee Jae knew Geum Ja needed comfort and was there for her - that scene my god seriously
DISLIKE
Nothing I could think of
MUSIC - personal fav
On The Road - Baekhyun
Freak - Lee Bo Ram
REWATCH VALUE
Yes of course
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No one to like
I can't finish this one cause I don't like either of the main leads. And not surprising because while they're on opposite ends of the social ladder they're equally rotten inside and I can't root for either to win.The first episode was nice from the perspective of a magic show, but once the reveal was there and you figured out how it was done, subsequent episodes don't have the same suspense. In fact, we're bombarded with more rotten temperaments.
It's definitely novel for a KDrama, hence the 3 points, but novelty only gets you so far. For reference I gave up on this mid episode 3.
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Pathetic K drama!
Cant believe that Inwatched this crapoy Kdrama! The female lead and her antics will make you puke and the male lead is a just a dumb pussy! Its nkt even an interest courtroom drama! Wasted 4 hours watching this nonsense! Female Lead is conniving, unscrupulous, and doesn't hesitate to use love to win a case! A poisonous relationship if you are looking for romance! 8.7 ratings for this third class drama.. Its nkt even worth 1 star! Avoid this and save your time! Watch other fantastic ones like Taxidriver, Signal, and even Juvenile justice is okWas this review helpful to you?
it could've been way better
This drama is almost totally carried by the handsome and charismatic ML. I wont say anything abt the FL being old, she does a good job despite the age gap. Side characters are fine too.It's the plot that annoys me, revolving around the family problems of the same rich heir... and the sentimental troubles of our leads, not heading anywhere. Besides, i'd say the writer doesnt know a tad bit abt women' psychology: no woman would cut ties with a handsome, caring, rich bf without being seriously disturbed, and no woman would play the seducer just once and stop just like that without any feelings involved. Women are sentimental beings and it takes more to abandon a love interest than showed in this drama! Depicting some peculiar unrealistic character just for the sake of being unique doesnt appeal much to me. To put it simply, it's too much for me to believe!
I reluctantly drop this, but i still cannot continue with the nonsense.
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Morally gray shouldn't mean willful deceit. Issa no for me
For me, once the reveal was done in episode 2 I knew there would be no redeeming our female lead. Not that I was particularly surprised since it was all but telegraphed that she was up to no good; still I hoped to be wrong that this woman wasn't just toying with the ML in order to undermine his case. But of course, she was, and the doofus ML who had earlier been shown to be smart lost all my respect. That he failed to do a deeper search on her was on him, especially with him knowing how sensitive his work was. Bag fumbled, case closed.Was this review helpful to you?
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Praising the villain
Where to begin with this shit show. I was interested after the 1st episode. We have arrogant male lead who gets tricked by inhumane female lead. He gets repeatedly hurt by her.. I was hoping that there will be some character development for them.. like the male lead makes a stand against the fl and fl regrets and becomes more humane.No..
The whole show is about the sassy cool fl emotionally tortures the male lead.
I endured because I was constantly hoping for the fl's fall and the ml to make a stand.. but no..
Lol...
It feels like drug for depressed female audience. Thus the high rating.
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Una de abogados con muuuucho GIRL POWER
Qué tremendas las actuaciones de la pareja protagonista de HIENA!! No sé si ganaron un premio pero se lo merecerían!!! Esta serie de temática legal y judicial nos cuenta la historia de una abogada con un pasado duro y traumático que se ha convertido en una mujer de armas tomar!!! Una hiena o más bien una tigresa que se come a sus contrincantes!!! Nuestro MALELEAD es un talentoso abogado elegante, refinado y al principio un poco pedante y engreído pero en el fondo de tierno y gran corazón que cae en las redes de nuestra hiena y de allí (pobrecito mío) ya no podrá escapar, jajajja. Magnífica la química de esta pareja en la que élla se lleva nuestra admiración pero él se lleva completamente nuestro corazón a medida que se va desarrollando la trama. El guión no da tregua y va hilvanando las diferentes historias de manera muy dinámica y bien escrita. Los secundarios maravillosos también, los malos sorprendentemente sutiles, y un final muy satisfactorio y sorprendentemente feliz y romántico, jajajja me ha encantado. Es curioso como he llegado a reir y llorar con su historia. Muy muy buenaaaa!!!Was this review helpful to you?
