Dao Kon La Duang (2021)

Lacked Romance, Still a Decent Action Lakorn

If you’re into mafia, crimes, investigation, action genres, this lakorn is highly recommended. I would have given this a higher rating, because the cast, production, plot, OSTs were incredible. However, this lakorn lacked romance as it mainly focused on the missions of Irawan (the police unit) to capture the villains and end the illegal activities/crimes.

For a person like me who watches dramas for romance and chemistry between the leads, the romance part of the plot was lacking in so many ways. Regardless, I still enjoyed this drama from the beginning. Here are some pros and cons if you are planning to give this a go!

Pros:
• POP THAGOON (Get ready to fan girl over our handsome Wasan! His character is the star of this show. He is one of the reasons why I continued to watch each and every episode. I don’t know about others, but for me, he is the male lead in my heart)
• Great production (Especially the action scenes! These were intense)
• Storyline is pretty solid with plot twists, so if you’re going to watch it, get ready for the guessing game to find whose good and whose bad!

Cons:
• Lack of romance
• The ending (If you’re TeamWasan like me, you will hate the ending)

Honestly, I feel that this lakorn would have higher ratings if it focused a bit more on Wasan and Ika’s love story aside from the main plot. Even with the slightest amount of scenes we’ve got from them, I still felt their chemistry so much more than the “main leads,” Nat and Lan.

Anyways, I hope you all give this one a try because it is a great watch. At the least, you will definitely enjoy watching Pop Thagoon!

Last but not least, thanks NekoMeowMeow for the English subtitles!

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What's not to like about Great? *SPOILERS*

This lakorn overall is like every action and police procedural drama. And it reminds me why I don't watch dramas that purely focus on action and the police. But Great, Pop, and Phet did really good in their acting. Phet's charitable and generous exterior masked his psychotic-ness which he clearly, had grudges. His acting is really underrated. Pop is always a good actor in any drama that he acts. I felt really bad when San tried to propose to Ran. And Great, he conveys his authority and yet his calmness really well.

The plot was meh and already predictable in the first episode. *Spoilers* I already knew Pop was going to die when he "redeemed" himself and with the story of how his mother died, I figured. The plot twist to this was of course Ran's eye and how Nat gave her his eye. Was it necessary to even have that whole situation? Honestly no. That part could've been deleted out and it would still be okay. But it does show how much Nat loves Ran. That he would do EVERYTHING for her. Literally. It was sad that during the last fight with Sunai, we are shown to see how Nat gave his eye to Ran and literally lied to her about it. But I really do love how Great plays these roles where he strongly expresses his love to the leading lady. He's so passionate whenever he does so. It also really shows that Nat would choose Ran over everything, including his career. San and Supika's relationship was lacking and I really couldn't tell when San had feelings for her (until his dad pointed it out).

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Kalo kalian penyuka mafia, kejahatan, investigasi, action, this is very very recommended lakorn. Aku kasih rating 10/10 untuk pemeran, produksi, plot, dan OST. But, untuk keseluruhan, I can't give 10/10, bcs scene romansanya Nat-Lan really really annoying. Kalo aja lakorn ini berdiri sendiri tanpa embel-embel romansa Nat-Lan, 10/10 emang cocok banget, bcs setting pekerjaan polisi tuh bener-bener real sekayakmana seharusnya polisi kerja. Mulai dari teamwork (sikap komandan tim ke anggota, komandan tim ke atasan), handling barang bukti, senjata, dsb., ditambah scene action yang begitu intens. MANTAPPUOL dibanding Game of Outlaws?? Agak susah sih ngasih rating lakorn ini, bcs makingnya udah bagus tapi jadi kurang kebagusannya cuma gara-gara romantic scene Nat-Lan. Udahlah ga cocok, ga ada pulak chemistrynya. Jadi plekketiplekplek, sorry to say bener-bener ga ada bagus-bagusnya. Lakorn ini memang lebih fokus ke misi Irawan (satuan polisi) untuk menangkap penjahat dan mengakhiri kegiatan ilegal. Plotnya hampir mirip Game of Outlaws, tapi pengemasannya berbeda. Game of Outlaws malah ga bisa ketebak adegan romantisnya, bcs fokussss banget sama misi, gitu menuju ending aja udah mulai jelas alur romantisnya. Tapi kalo lakorn ini ampun-ampun dah, pemain pada bagus semua, cuma salah pilih female lead role doang. Rasanya liat Great-Boom itu malah aura Great mati total. Ga ada harmoninya sama sekali. In my opinion, Boom itu matiin chemistry romantis yg udah dibangun sama Great. So, aku tuh pas nonton ga bisa bedain kesel ke bandit-banditnya sama kesel ke adegan romansa Great-Boom. ADUUHHH!!!! KACAU????? Terlepas dari itu, aku masih menikmati lakorn ini dari awal. Plotnya cukup padat dengan plot twist. So, kalo kalian mau nonton lakorn ini, bersiaplah main tebak-tebakan untuk menemukan siapa yang baik dan siapa yang buruk.

Yang masih disyukuri *eh njirr?? dari lakorn ini tuh ada Wasan, si the real star. Di beberapa episode kadang aku ada ngerasa terpaksa banget buat nonton, tapi San jadi one of the reasons why I have to keep watching every episode. Malah menurutku lebih cocok Pop sih yang jadi male lead rolenya. Sejujurnya, aku ngerasa lakorn ini bakal dapet rating yang lebih tinggi kalo lebih fokus ke kisah cinta Wasan-Ika selain dari plot utama. Bahkan dgn scene yang sedikit aja aku masih lebih bisa ngerasain chemistry Wasan-Ika daripada "main role" Nat-Lan. BUT BUT BUTTT, kalo kalian Tim Wasan kayak aku, kalian bakal benci endingnya. Bagaimanapun, aku harap kalian semua harus nyoba buat nonton ini, bcs plotnya bagus. Setidaknya, kalian pasti akan menikmati nonton Pop Thagoon!

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