Taxi Driver (2021)

"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."

Woah, I seriously have to say this but. I can't think of anyone better than JeHoon for the role of DoGi, because he is PERFECT!!
This man pulls off any disguise role here no matter the situation, and he still manages to avenge those who request his services.

Every single element on his team is essential to the missions, and the way they carry their taxi services using retro game machine or even a karaoke bar on their clients is always amusing to watch, however what really makes this drama interesting is how it shows the scum of society that commits such filthy crimes while trying to get away with it. Praise DoGi! He is here to teaching them the value and the power of Justice by his own methods and well most of the time requiring his iron fist knuckles.

The amount of ACTION in this drama is worth the watch, and the most engaging is the way it is filmed like a one shot or in angles that allows us to be a part of the action, almost as if we're him or a character in a videogame and we're kicking those thugs who deserve it.

And let's not forget all the fast and furious scenes where taxi's truly shine bright.

Taxi Deluxe is on a whole other level of awesome, with changing licenses, several mechanical improvements, and even arsenal that can wreck any vehicle that comes in between of those trying to avenge victims of injustice, that can't be helped by the law.

Personally the prossecutor HaNa annoyed most part of the drama, although I can get her way of thinking and morals, sometimes her impulsive actions and non filter words, were out of context for me on how someone who seeks to use justice so much to punish criminals with the law, can be so thoughtless to disregard other's safety just to reach her goals.
The cliché happens when there's a loss. And it's thanks to that unfortunate accident that she gets into her senses hopefully until the end and do something worthy and rational for a change.

DoGi is my favorite along with GoEun (kickass hacker SFL who also drives a motorcycle), the family bond they share as if the are an older brother and younger sister without any blood bonds is trully remarkable, in a certain way they both created a small family with the rest of the team composed by SungChul (their boss and leader), KyungGoo and JinEon (the two mechanics). Each and everyone having a similar story of brutal loss and grief of family members, that connects them in a search for personal vengeance and justice hence why they started this deal in the first place, despite against the law itself.

EVERYTHING so far is awesome here, even with the plot twists of betrayal written by the change of screenwriters in the drama, they still managed to insert enough action and punishments of the traitors to get us around. I just hope the last two episodes won't be further from that reality and that everything will fall in place.

It's clear that this system of revenge although fun to watch and to cheer up too, isn't build to last, they are breaking laws and for the record also commit crimes to fight crime, although we can all agree that DoGi is amazing, he is a broken man whose mother was brutally killed making him the bitter soul he is when it comes to law and order, who failed him and many counterparts of victim's families.
Now that HaNa has opened her eyes, I hope she will be helpful enough to help him out on that.

THANK GOD for the no romance here.
At least 14 episodes seen so far and nothing leading there.
Good I started watching this for the theme, and JeHoon as DoGi.
Glad it's staying that way, at least is one drama that does not focus on romance or let's it ruin and take over the plot.
Here we gladly accept that the plot and characters individuality and their struggles and vengeances are more important.

EDIT: now that I've FINISHED this drama all I have to say is that it had a really satisfying ending :') a rarity for most.

What can we say of having justice served in the most unconventional ways, sure they took revenge by breaking the law and had to dissolve the organization of Rainbow Transport, it was like I said inevitable and bound to happen (or so we thought), but what truly differentiates him from the others, is that they didn't did use crime for personal benefit without considering the victims. They did it to appease them and help them when the Law couldn't extend to them in time. Also they all were willing to yield the punishments for their doings, even if they had a noble purpose behind the cause.

The final mission of revenge, was served cold and perhaps the most bittersweet, since it took so long and took all of them by surprise. But I am glad they could solve it and fix not only one revenge there but more linked to the same man that ruined countless of lives in there.

Seeing everyone take their time and following their careers and own paths showed the development of the characters that made Rainbow Deluxe Taxi from scratch, they were victims seeking for a purpose, and in the end they found in themselves the strenght and the union of a family. GoEun as a cop and driving a bike, amazing how she passed the civil exam. And to point out that I really loved her conection with DoGi, they acted like big brother and younger sister, it was always heartwarming to see them interact. HaNa also showed her own development throughout the drama, when she learned the value of a life, and how to enforce the law does not always imply follwing the rules, sometimes it's about breaking them to catch the bad guys.

To have her join the team and keep the team ready for action when duty calls, it was the cherry on top of the cake. They all have their own jobs, but at the end of the day when the beepers show RAINBOW, they are a team who avenge people and are able to find more criminals and wrongdoings that are turned on a blind eye when it comes to law enforcement.

THE OST!! Oh my god what to say about it other than it's EPIC most likely.
I mean no one can't get over SILENCE by YB in the fighting or most iconic scenes. It's an anthem and DoGi is the main star.
Am preparing myself for next week's FINALE, because following this drama has been too good and the right adrenaline rush to pump in my veins that I am not entirely ready to let it go.
JeHoon really got me engaged in his acting skills, that I want to see more of him and I do hope he gets more roles in the future.
He should win an award just for this one here. It's a role of many genres, and it fit him like a glove.

Seriously, WHAT THE HECK are you all doing, if not seeing this masterpiece???

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The best revenge kdrama I have watched until now

Lets start with the good things
1) Everybody would love the story setup as the Revenge company employees are just much better than normal people.(skill wise i.e. nothing much bad happens as the revenge employees are kind of like overpowered)
2)Music, Ost where just hitting the spot, loved the theme music sooo much.
3)Story's inspired by real life cases or crime's.
4)Action was on par with movie quality.
5)Supporting cast( victims and assailants from all the different stories) where 10 /10.

Now the disappointing points
1)The main lead had nothing much acting to do as I felt they where always getting rushed to taking revenge.
2)Kang Ha Na(Esom) this character felt like it was not part of the drama until second half, I feel this drama could have done better without this character.
3)At the end of episodes there was small segment showing connections between all the characters in the story. But the problem was I had forgotten about few of those characters was this a failure of my memory or failure of the drama to make me remember their stories not sure(I watched it when it aired, may not face this problem when binging)
4)Kim Do Gi (Lee Je Hoon) was practically a superman, no military training can make someone that strong. Because of this Taxi Driver became from real life fiction to supernatural fiction vibe. I mean it didn't feel real.

Conclusion
Watch this show it would give you a warm feeling at the end and there is no bullshit about moral value , forgive your enemies etc.. This show is for all those who are sick and tired of watching over the top good characters who forgive everyone.

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Watch This, You Won't Regret.

I really enjoyed watching this drama, only took 3 days to finished when I usually need more than a week to finish K-dramas.

Taxi Driver is a really good action K-drama, I like the conflicts and the ideas of this drama, but there are some illogical scenes (plotholes) to make the drama goes on smoothly (no variables, no unpredictable incidents). This drama is pretty straightforward. Still enjoyable even though I can't really feel the tense.

The characters are also likeable. Except Kim Do-Ki being too overpowered, other characters have fair portions. The chemistry between the characters is also good, I lowkey ship some of the characters despite there's no romance at all in this drama.

The best thing about this drama is the music. The OSTs match well with the scenes. The main OST with its rock genre really suits a lot of action scenes.

And the most underrated aspect from this drama is its comedy. The comedy aspect probably contributes most of the illogical scenes and plotholes in this drama, but I really love the jokes they put and laughed pretty often when I watched this.

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Action & Speed

This drama was really done, in terms of the action scenes and driving skills.

I Loved the Main Lead in this drama, which was why I probably this watch. I did get the Robert De Niro vibe from this, which was not so bad... Although dark, violent and gritty, it is also ADDICTIVE, COMPELLING and POIGNANT.

The story is basically around revenge seekers who cant get closure from a loved one killed or being bullied or a mishap taking place in either personal or work life, Every single member of team avengers carry their own chilling backstories - crimes committed against their loved ones where the perpetrators never truly received the punishment that they duly deserved.

I have truly enjoyed Lee Je Hoon’s performance here, in what is his best work to date, the team work and the way stand together is also a major plus in the drama, each of the characters have there own painful experience and story to share and of course the fight scenes and driving skills were really done well. Taxi Driver's message is that revenge is never the answer, and neither is locking up criminals and throwing away the key. karma always comes back to get you in the end.

As for the production -- well, a thousand and one kudos to the cast, the writer, the director, and production team of Taxi Drivers for a job beyond well done, but especially to Lee Je Hoon, this drama wouldn't have worked as well as it did without him.

Overall: A really good action drama which is a definite to watch!!

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goeun ?

I feel like people misunderstand this drama as a lousy revenge drama but omg it’s so much more, the sad backstory’s, even the topics cover so much throughout s1 and s2, the topic of cults, suicide, bullying, s3xual assault and it even covers the burning sun scandal in season 2, there was a lot of irritating characters like, Choi min who tbh was so annoying, he was such a weirdo and didn’t even apologise to goeun for making his sister commit suicide, and mr.park and mr.choi’s backstory really needs to be talked about more, it was devastating and I really wished that it was mentioned more. goeun was definitely my favourite character and she really stood out to me for several reasons, she was such a underrated character and I liked her way more than the prosicouter lady from s1, her and her sister really needed more screen time and needed more moments together, this is a must watch and it’s also quite funny, if your thinking of watching it please do, it’s amazing and by far my favourite kdrama

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Suspence Thriller

Many dramas and movies may have come up on the un laws things which are happing but still this drama gives a new glance and makes more interesting till now which i have watched the cast has done the best of there roles waiting for futher episodes. Lee Je-hoon his versatility in acting has made me watch this drama more i have watched his previous dramas and movie but i feel this will be one of his best acting drama in his career. Kim Ui-Seong Is the another big asset of this drama not sure how his role will be taken in futher episodes but his role and acting till now has been Very good not only these 2 actors eqch and every one has done there roles more than the expectations will wait and see how the drama will take twists and turn in the upcoming episodes my view on till now is very good and will update the next review after the drama is completed see you guys have fun

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Just so so for me

I watched this because I became a fan of Lee Je Hoon after seeing him in Move to Heaven.

This drama is about taking revenge for the oppressed. The cases the group take in varied from bullying, illegal porn video rings, syndicates etc. It showed a lot about the dark sides of life and what some people have to bear with.

The drama had really great characters like Sung Chul and Prosecutor Kang Ha Na. But, honestly, I couldn't get why they had to have the taxi and the video game angles. It was also kind of lame having that secret hideout in the basement, as well as the so called improvements on the deluxe taxi. It felt like a James Bond wannabe type of operation. But that's just my opinion. Nevertheless, watching how these evil characters get punished was somewhat satisfying.

Overall, while it had flaws, the series proved to be entertaining enough

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incroyable drama d'action!

Des justiciers qui n’ont pas froid au yeux? validé
Un super héros " bad ass" au coeur de bisounours? validé
Une équipe aussi solide qu’une montagne? validé
Une bande son qui déchire? validé
Des vilains qui s’en prennent plein la poire (et c’est bien fait clamons-nous)? validé!

Tout commence avec la sortie de prison d’un tueur en série. Nous apprenons, comme souvent, que le criminel n’a peu ou prou purgé une peine à la hauteur (si cela pouvait compenser les victimes) de ses crimes. Ainsi commence. Taxi Driver.
Do Gi est un ancien officier des Forces Spéciales. Suite à la mort de sa mère odieusement assassinée, il rejoint sans beaucoup d’hésitation le groupe de justicier « arc en ciel ». Un groupe formé par leur président, Jang Sung Chul, ainsi que de l’adorable hacker, Ahn Go Eun, et du duo de mécano« frère pour la vie » Park Jin Eon et Choi Kyung Goo. Tout ce petit groupe vont mener une vendetta au nom des victimes bien souvent « abandonnées » par la justice.

Le drama est basé sur le web-comics « The deluxe taxi » de Carlos et Lee Jae Jin.

En voilà un drama d’action mené tambour battant. Cela faisait bien longtemps que les coréens ne m’avaient autant tenu en haleine avec un thriller aussi étourdissant. Le dernier en date était « Vagabond » avec mes chouchous Suzy et Lee Seung Gi. C’est pour dire.

Mais au-delà des scènes d’actions magistralement orchestrées, nous entrons au coeur d’un sujet sensible : les victimes de violence. De viol. D’abus physique. De pornographie. De fraude financière. De meurtre sans preuve…
Il faut noter que certaines scènes sont dures à regarder (cela fait longtemps que je ne regarde plus de séries US ; une explication simpliste de ma sensibilité exacerbée et de ma tolérance très limitée?). Chaque cas dont est en charge Do Gi et son équipe est montré avec ce mélange de pudeur et de vérité que l’on retrouve souvent chez les coréens. Résultat, le spectateur ressent vivement la douleur, violente ou psychologique, des victimes, leur désarroi et leur envie (légitime) de se venger.
Un détail qui peut avoir son importance, les divers crimes relatés dans ce drama se sont réellement déroulés en Corée du Sud, ayant fait la une des journaux. Le sentiment d’horreur pour certaines histoires en est logiquement décuplé. On retient son souffle et on respire lentement, car ce sentiment d’injustice est ressenti jusqu’au tréfonds de sa chair.
La question tout au long du drama se pose rapidement : Peut-on se faire justice soi-même? C’est un débat ma foi qui peut soulever avec passion la foule. Ici, point de discussion (en même temps, je monologue un peu), mais au fur et à mesure des épisodes, sachant pertinemment que ce n’est ni moralement, ni éthiquement bien, j’ai tout de même adhéré à leurs actions. J’ai même applaudi (avec mes mains et pieds!). Voire même attendu avec délectation le moment où les vilains se feront « punir ».
Les actions de Do Gi et de ses amis peuvent être perçus comme extrêmes. J’avoue avoir eu de la peine pour Madame Rim jouée par Shim So Young, et j’ai été soulagée de voir que sa punition n’a pas été aussi lourde que les autres. Cela dit la douleur psychologique et la peine de Madame Rim n’en était pas moindre, et ce fut la seule et unique fois où je me suis sentie mal à l’aise.

Pour le reste des vilains, je dirai juste « ils l’ont bien mérité! ». 1000 fois mérité…
La cruauté envers les criminels et la violence qui leur sont impitoyablement appliquées sont contrebalancées par toute cette empathie et aide qui sont apportées sans compter aux victimes et à leurs proches. Cette reconnaissance infinie que ces dernières doivent ressentir envers leur sauveur est inqualifiable. Innommables. Il y a eu tant de fois où j’aurais aimé, moi aussi, être cette main tendue. C’est aussi pourquoi, je ne pouvais pas personnellement condamner Do Gi et ses amis. Qu’aurions nous fait dans leur situation? Surement pareil. En ce qui me concerne.

La réussite de ce drama repose non seulement sur cette réalisation soignée des épisodes, sur la qualité de l’OST rendant certaines scène épiques et sur les scènes d’actions et de « baston » minutieusement filmées, mais aussi et surtout sur le jeu des acteurs et ce lien incroyable au sein de l’équipe « arc en ciel » qu'ils ont réussi à nous dépeindre.

Chaque personnage a sa croix à porter, un passé douloureux qui se dévoile peu à peu. Malgré cela, chacun d’entre eux campent des êtres humains qui nous rendent foi en l’humanité.
Prêt à se tenir la main et n’en faire qu’un.
Prêt à défendre la veuve et l’orphelin.
Prêt à se sacrifier les uns pour les autres.
Ce lien présent dès le départ est incroyablement fort.

J’ai été particulièrement touché par le lien entre Do Gi et Ahn Go Eun. Cette tendresse qu’ils ont l’un et l’autre était particulièrement attendrissante.
Mon seul regret aura de ne pas avoir eu droit à une petite, même minime, romance entre Do Gi et Go Eun, leur complicité était adorable et l’alchimie entre les deux acteurs parfaite.
Lee Je Hoon a été magnifique dans ce drama. Acteur qui a su prouver son talent comme dans « Signal », « Secret Door » ou « Tomorrow with you », il a pourtant réussi à me surprendre dans « Taxi Driver ». Je n’imagine personne d’autre être Do Gi. Je n’oublierais pas de sitôt ses nombreux déguisements dans ce drama. Voir l’imperturbable et peu causant Do Gi se transformer au grès de ses missions en un professeur stupide et maladroit ou en un employé de bureau totalement loufoque était extraordinaire. Sa capacité à s’imprégner de chaque rôle tout en restant Do Gi était tout simplement bluffant!
Il a apporté cette subtile touche étonnante de fragilité (j’aurais voulu moult fois aimer le prendre dans les bras pour le consoler) en face de ses amis tout en étant ce justicier impitoyable frappant encore et encore jusqu’à s’en faire mal.


Pyo Ye Jin n’a pas eu beaucoup de rôle majeur, si ce n’est « VIP », et c’est bien dommage car c’est une actrice que j’aime beaucoup et qui mériterait plus de fanfare autour d’elle. Difficile d’imaginer que Pyo Ye Jin ait été prise à la dernière minute tant elle a été parfaite.
Elle a apporté une profondeur certaine à ce personnage si émouvant dans sa douleur silencieuse, sa force ainsi que sa capacité à soulever l’équipe entière. Elle était un peu la mascotte des « Taxis Arc En Ciel ».
Ahn Go Eun a été un de mes personnages préférés, sa blessure psychologique n’entamant en rien sa bonne humeur au sein du groupe. Elle a été un vrai rayon de soleil.
Jang Sung Chul me semblait louche. Au départ. A force, on se méfie de tout le monde.
Quel soulagement de voir que par la suite, il est et restera le président honnête et altruiste, cette image que nous avons de lui dès le début. Son comportement paternel, bienveillant avec tous les membres de son équipe, son sourire et ses attentions permanents envers les victimes en font un personnage clé, le support inconditionnel de son équipe, celui qui ne désavouera jamais les siens.
L’acteur Kim Eui Sung est loin d’être un novice. Si vous ne le savez pas encore, il a incarné San Woong dans « Arthdal Chronicle», Cha Bying Jun dans « Memories of the Alhambra » ou encore Lee Wan Ik dans un des mes dramas préférés « Mr Sunshine ». Vous l’avez peut-être vu aussi dans « Train to Busan » en tant que Yong Suk ou dans « Rampant », deux magnifiques films de zombies héhé. C’est donc un acteur qui a fait ses preuves depuis longtemps, et il nous prouve encore ici son immense talent !

Il serait bien long de parler de tout le casting. Il y’aurait encore tant à dire, kang Ha Na en tant que procureur fiable et droite, le procureur Jo Jin Woo et son amitié indéfectible envers Sung Chul ou encore la diabolique Baek Sung Mi. N’oublions pas nos deux joyeux lurons Jin Eon et Kyung Goo, adorables jusque dans leur chamaillerie. Les rôles de vilain superbement interprétés et qui nous ont donné plus d’une fois l’envie d’en découdre personnellement...

Pour conclure, je vous invite fortement à visionner ce magnifique drama, vous ne le regretterez pas. Vivement la saison 2 (avec un peu de chance Do Gi et Go Eun...).

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