Night Has Come

Great Concept, Poorly Executed

The idea of the story being a Mafia Game, everybody knows if you watch a lot of K-content. It was so great on paper, but if watch the show, there's so much that wasn't well explained and built up, leaving a lot of plot holes. It started fine, but you can tell right away that it's gonna be a mediocre show because they just went straight to it without easing us into what's about to come. And as you went on, it just kept dwindling, then crashed itself with the most tacky ending.

I don't know if the producer had more to show because there were some tidbits of backstory here and there, but it just wasn't delved deeper into at all, like can you at least explain how did that came about? and how would that impact the story? They could've cut down the unnecessary drama between the characters to make room for meaningful interaction and scenes. Instead, the characters were just busy being so emotional and blaming each other, just mindlessly voting because "I hate this person or that person" or "this person did that or this " without even trying to bring up a shred of conclusive evidence, NOT UNTIL episode 4, it took them four episodes!!! I don't know how many days have passed in the game, just to realize "You know? Maybe we should try and figure out who the mafias are". The bullies also realized that, so they tortured someone till they admitted they were the mafia and the bully was like "Aha! told you my hunch was right!" No! you just picked a random nerd in your list and got lucky, but what if that guy was innocent? Then you'd be basically torturing an innocent person to death. I get that you'd be emotional in that situation because I for sure would be traumatized in that situation and they are high schoolers as well, but I wouldn't just wimp around all the time knowing the killers are busy making moves all the time trying to get ahead of us.

One thing that I hate in stories right, especially in mystery and you see it a lot in the bad ones, is that whenever they show the plot twist, but in the form of a back story and show it first sometimes before the actual twist. OH MY GOD! I hate that so much and it's so prevalent here. STOP IT! The writers must have thought that it was a good sequence, Yes, it's a good "Oh shit!" moment, but it doesn't make things interesting at all if you just hand it out to us without any merit. I want the characters to actually figure it out themselves and have them reveal it to us. The reveal of the final mafia was so obvious to me because it's always gonna be the one that's closest to you, like the saying "The most dangerous place is the Safest place" so all this time I was just waiting when she's gonna come out, but I would like to be proven wrong because clearly she and FL had a good bond, but nope! and again they revealed her plot twist through a backstory first before she could even say it herself... The only time they did it right was probably when the Police decided to reveal itself in front of everyone. That's when I was genuinely shocked by the twist.

The characters here have no characterization, just some generic stereotypes that have no depth to them at all. The acting is super great. All the actors did very well, I'll give them that, but their characters are so empty that I couldn't get attached to any of them. I was genuinely surprised that for a Death Game show there's no "The Smart One" archetype. FL has that potential because she's perceptive. They could've used her for that and then made her grow to be that archetype, but they didn't. ML also has that potential since he's observative, so he and FL could've been a great combination, but they didn't, so it's just a waste of potential characters that could've made them stand out in the show. Instead, they were busy being annoying. The couple clearly has a strong presence within the characters, but I don't know why they're not taking advantage of it. ML is a risk taker also, so I don't know why he stopped taking risks after being blamed as the mafia for the first 2 and just wimps around.

It's a shame how this drama did turn out because I really liked the Concept and Idea of everything, but it just wasn't executed properly. To be fair, It was so engaging that it made me want to finish it still till the end.

Overall, good concept and idea, but it just wasn't executed properly. It had a big potential, but they just wasted it. I don't recommend it and won't be rewatching it for sure.

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English and Portuguese Review

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"Night Has Come" starts with a very promising concept: students trapped during a school retreat have to face a mysterious and deadly game that mixes psychological suspense with supernatural elements. Right from the beginning, the series grabs your attention with several questions: what's happening? Who's behind it? Is there any way out?

The drama does a great job of creating a tense atmosphere, with dark cinematography and a mood that makes you constantly suspicious of every character. It also brings up questions about trust, friendship, and how far someone can go to survive.

On the other hand, as the story moves forward, the series loses a bit of the initial impact. Characters who make the story interesting end up meeting sad fates, and that makes the plot feel less engaging than it seemed at the beginning. The ending also wasn’t the best for me — it felt like there were so many interesting directions it could’ve taken, but it ended up going for something way too predictable.

Overall, "Night Has Come" is a drama that grabs you a lot in the beginning and delivers good amounts of mystery and suspense, but maybe doesn’t fulfill all the potential it promised. Still, it’s a good option for anyone who enjoys stories full of psychological tension and survival games.

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"Night Has Come" começa com um conceito muito promissor: estudantes presos em um retiro escolar precisam enfrentar um jogo misterioso e mortal, que mistura suspense psicológico e elementos sobrenaturais. Logo de início, a série prende a atenção com várias perguntas: o que está acontecendo? Quem está por trás disso? Existe uma saída?

O dorama acerta em criar uma atmosfera de tensão, com fotografia sombria e um clima que deixa o espectador sempre desconfiado de cada personagem. Além disso, levanta questões sobre confiança, amizade e até onde alguém pode ir para sobreviver.

Por outro lado, conforme a história avança, a série vai perdendo um pouco do impacto inicial. Personagens que fazem a história ficar interessante acabam tendo destinos tristes, e isso deixa a trama menos envolvente do que parecia no começo. O final também não foi dos melhores pra mim, parecia que tinha tantos caminhos interessantes a seguir, mas acabou caindo em algo previsível demais.

No geral, "Night Has Come" é um dorama que prende bastante no início e garante boas doses de mistério e suspense, mas talvez não entregue todo o potencial que prometia. Ainda assim, é uma boa opção para quem gosta de histórias cheias de tensão psicológica e jogos de sobrevivência.

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Potential...

I started this because it looked interesting and I like this type of genre... I was a bit worried though considering many people said it was bad... I didn't really understand why until I got to episode 12... Everything would've gone perfectly I'm not sure why that would be the ending, any other ending would be better than the one that ended up happening. I would've recommended this drama but I really think it started feeling all over the place like the writers were putting whatever into this Drama. I think the acting and casting were done perfectly though, if I have to compliment one thing it'd be that. The acting is very good, the best thing in this entire drama. I think the storyline in the beginning, was perfect, everything about it was my style, I really enjoy this type of genre. I think this had a lot of potential but the weird ending kind of ruined it for me... If you like this type of movie/drama I don't think it's a waste to watch it since it really wasn't bad until the ending.

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I want my time back

The story started off good, with a lot of mystery and confusion which was the main reason I decided to finish the whole show. I saw the good rating and was fooled. What a bad decision it was to finish the entire show...everyone was just being dumb and blaming each other for stupid stuff...Also female lead is just there talking bullsh*t, saying stuff like don't kill! Blah blah like they're mafia and wanna live...they don't have a choice. Both leads also don't do anything throughout the entire show besides watch stuff go down. Also, a lot of things weren't really cleared up and just went with it.

Spoilers ahead**
When they found out the best friend was the mafia, why tf did they start yelling at her, blaming her, and telling her pls don't kill anyone? She wants to live. Nothing wrong with that and she literally protected her friends by not killing them and turning on the other mafia. Also, the ending "plot twist" was garbage. Wtf is that random plot twist. Parents want revenge so they decide to put all of them in a never-ending game, including the daughter's best friend.

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as much as i love this kdrama, i do wish that there could’ve been a different ending.. i didn’t really except the ending but i was kind of happy that they are alive but i wanna know what happens next like i just wanna see a happy ending where they’re like free! this kdrama also kinda had me so frustrated like some mafias were being so obvious and i was surprised that they didn’t see these like little hints the only person that i didn’t really except to be a mafia was da bum tbh LMAO but i will say that this kdrama had me come with so many theories and connections and it was fun to just notice like the little clues and some of the characters death got me so sad this had me entertained for a while and im just wishing that there’s gonna be a season 2 like i just wanna see a happy ending 😭

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Such a waste of potential

I was so excited to watch this serie specially after AOUAD but its truly disappointing the story is really good at the beginning its captivating but as the events progress you find yourself trying to make it make sense but the whole story its all over the place, and the acting didn't help specially ML FL they pmo soo much,

The story ; i didn't understand why the students didn't acknowledge the danger and they didn't came together to solve it they just acted as if its whatever they went with the flow, i personally didn't feel attached to any character they all had random roles without backstory or any personality the Mafia and citizens thing its so random and weird the police who didn't do anyttttthing the doctor also is so randomly selected, however ik that it was a stimulation and its on repeat and thats why it may ve been random but STLL
They tried so much to imitate other shows i think if they worked on the original idea of the story in a creative way would've been at least coherent.

ALSO, it was boring most of the time i had to sped up to see who's dead and who's the mafia because it wass so repetitive someone die they woke up do absolutely nothing no plan no investigation (even the little investigation done by FL it was random with no plan she just going here and there trying to connect the dots but she was making it worse every time) and at 11 pm voting again and the whole thing start again .

The Mafia it was pretty predictable like the mean girl and the quiet bullied dude i was surprised tho about the police bcz she did absolutely nothing with that title.

Still dont understand how they didn't care about their dead friends everyone was worried about themselves which It contradicts the lesson as a whole

The ENDING👀 idk about yall but what pmo more than how stupid it was, the acting of the parents and FL was terrible like i had to pause to not cringe did they really thought they're doing something. Im sorry its so stupid it would've been more interesting if it was ghosts related or supernatural but the Revenge made absolutely no sense.
They could've went to court and charge everyone involved in the videos and the bullying specially in south Korea its serious. And their daughter seemed to not have any support from them like why did she killed herself if she knew those are made up videos she could've proved it wrong very easily or even change school her parents look rich if they can do all of that they could've send her abroad. Hahah
Anyway, it doesn't make sense and you can't Sympathize with her because the issue was introduced way ahead and in a weird way.

Overall the story lack alot of organization and cohérence and the acting is honestly mid and the opening ending doesn't make sense like the girl is dead what revenge is going to bring her back
Ps :kyungjun and yeonseo had so much chemistry they could've been such a storng duo

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VERY POOR ENDING

Honestly I feel like the overall story was good and all but for me the ending felt way too rushed, and it especially felt like it was just an idea that they came up with out of nowhere. 😭 I really liked the beginning, the characters did very good at acting but it for a bit more sloppy near the ending. All those hints about the ghosts and everything just for it to just be about a video game? And it made no sense as to why the parents put the blame on the students when it clearly wasn't all their faults, they should've looked after their own kid. Anyways I would probably be looking forward to a Season 2 of this :).

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How a 3 min ending can change your opinion!!!

Honestly saying I never write reviews but this series made me want to write one.
Firstly starting with how I liked this drama
It was 10/10 until the end of the episode even after I saw all the spoilers and people getting disappointed with the drama at the end of the episode I do think that it's not the whole episode but just few minutes which can change your opinion about the whole drama.
Until last few minutes of the series I felt like why??? That just doesn't make sense!!! The game restarts? But all of this question can get its answer if there is a season 2
I personally would like to watch Season 2 with a different game but the plot won't change ik that
anyways I feel like everyone has different opinions and that's why almost all the reviews say that it's disappointing but
well I would like to say give it a go
you won't know it until you watch it

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