This movie actually doesn't have a story, they tried it by throwing in some political stuff, which was quite incoherent, it was all about the erotic scenes to be honest. It just doesn't flow and it is lacking almost everything, from character development and loads of movie mistakes.
The actors tried, I am amazed that they didn't turn this offer down because they should. How could they read the script and thought 'lets do this'. No, they should have declined it.
They tried it, and their butts and bodies looks amazing but that should not be the main theme about this movie.
The music was fine, but I would not rewatch this movie, it was a waste of my time.
Watch this if you want to see (hot) naked men and bloody scenes.
Skip this if you are looking for a movie with a coherent story, full character development and great acting.
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the scene at the start - i was like wow that didn't take a sec and we r getting both violence and a pretty intense sex scene... but the more it goes on, u "get" that only goes to show the hypocrisy and unfairness, where hundreds r being butchered, where the ones in power r enjoying the "fruits of their labor"... and this sh*t be going on even now, where people being slaughtered for a privileged few.but getting back to my opinion about the movie - this turned out to be a tragedy. sub's were killing the mood, found myself chuckling more than once at the absurdity of them, but the story is freaking sad.
Ga-Hee understandably wants revenge, she wasn't only brutally raped by that f*cker Jin, his family/ mother not only injures her mother when she comes seeking justice for her child, but precedes to burn her alive thinking, they were getting rid of the daughter/"evidence". who wouldn't want to demolish their family?!?... and as she isn't powerful she becomes a pawn (suicide mission from the look of things) for Prince Bang-won. who wants to get rid of that white bearded minister whose close to the king. what better way then through his family?!
ironically Min-Jea who is (well in name alone) Jin's father and the minister's son-in-law is basically a good guy, he is the pawn used to infiltrate the family. using info about his own unfortunate childhood. but as he is a good guy - unlike everyone else involved, he doesn't use or mistreats Ga-Hee. and their attraction is genuine. which in turn, grows into love. this was sad because of how it unfolded but it was good in-spite of the bad subs.
side note this aint NO porno, and people going on and on about this being Phonographic need to check out porn-hub to see what porn really is. yeah its erotic as f*ck, but it wasn't obscene or vulgar. so plz with the prudish attitude, there is so much more to this movie then the nudity/sex scenes, that focusing on only that, is childishly idiotic - if this is not for u - go watch something pg for the sake of ur own sanity
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Make your own
I'm so glad that I ignored all the negative ratings and comments and watched this.I don't know how so many people ignored the story when it's really touching. Everyone had their own agenda and amidst all these people, we have our protagonist Kim Min Jae who didn't realize he was being used and fell in love, his' and Kahee's love story is probably the best part of this movie, especially seeing Min Jae's devotion and care, he proved his love with not just words but with his actions as well.
Honestly, every character was important in giving the story substance. Revenge, Politics, Greed, Lust and Love all played their part in giving us a movie with a great story.
I wish people would stop focusing on the soft porn and watch it for the story and acting.
The story still might not be everyone's cup of tea but it's actually not bad as the reviews and comments would have you believe. The only reason I'm writing this review is coz there's just so many negative ones, I hope to convince a few people to watch it and like it like I do. If you still don't like it, then well we all have different tastes anyway hehe. Also, try to watch it with good subtitles, bad subtitles is probably the reason some people didn't get the story.
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Misleading Title Upheaval
I feel the urge to write this as seeing people kind of disappointed with the movie. I empathize their disappointment since the hot scenes scattered were not explicit or long enough. The kingdom(not empire) itself wasn't that lewd. Even the king himself slept alone, never engaged in any sexual activity. Perhaps he already reclusive in celibacy vow? The title will fit more in Tinto Brass' Caligula. There you'll find the true lust there is, so decadent he lost his soul.As for the story, how fictitious it may be it deserved a laudatory applaud for creative penning and imagination. The evil prince in the end was disclaiming the story as he ordered them to be erased from history. Here you will find romance, politic, social condition of the period. The costumes and production value of the flick was great, I couldn't ask for more.
The acting is natural, somewhat believable. However, there are several times when the actors twitched. They were negligible though. You need to look at closer eye to know them. Both the ML and FL had sculpted body. You can see Shin Ha-kyun's muscle-fat ratio so gorgeously. He had a very fit body. Well, Kang Han-na too had a very good proportional body of her own.
The music is adequately decent to accompany the atmosphere of the plot. Nothing special though, a bit forgettable.
Should you re-watch it? I would, since I am bit of loss to find the raped girl was actually FL. I kinda slipped that scene portrayal, since the face is a bit obscured for me.
8.4 overall
Never judge book by its cover
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Basically a porno
As the title says, this film is basically a porno. 90% of the scenes are sex scenes and the plot is abysmal. They tried to set up some political/palace intrigue but it was overshadowed by all the sex. I'm not a prude, but it was just...too much. The actors did well with what they were given so it isn't all that bad. Shin Ha kyung also has a pretty ripped body in this film so yeah.TLDR: You are better off watching a porno. If you are looking for political intrigue/historicals, watch empress ki or queen seondok instead.
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Prix BR
Esse foi o dez mais facil que ja dei aqui no mdl.Eu simplesmente fiquei atônita com o elenco que estou mais acostumada a vê-los atuando em dramas água com açúcar, no qual alguns nenhum beijo tem, foram papéis muito fortes e super expressivos com atos de tirar cair o queixo . Todo o enredo vem desenrolado com muitas surpresas, traições, mortes e amor que a flora no fim com uma declaração dolorosa. Nota 10 e não pode ser menos. Achei uma pena todos os acontecimento que levaram a tal fim, mas na epoca com agora, quantas mulheres nao passaram pelo mesmo sofrimento caladas e seguindo a sobreviver com sua beleza e sorriso que esconde estorias de terror, quantos loucos com titulos que os fazem inalcançável para clamor da justiça existem pelo mundo...todos os fim foram merecidos.
O fInal ficou sbjetivo se no fim morreram ou foram deixados p viver sem nome
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