Glad I ignored the ratings. This was a solid watch, and Ryu Jun Yeol and Shin Hyun Been do a really good job here. It has a few flaws regarding the plot though, as a few comments point out, but it's overall quite intriguing.
7.5/10 from me. Entertaining, but it has its flaws. Loved the OST the most.
The story had potential but it could have been better, as there's several things that are just unbelievable. I also couldn't bear a couple of characters and their choices - In Kyung is shown to be a good reporter, but oh god her character is so tactless here! And I don't even know how I'm supposed to feel about In Hye - I could empathise with her at the start but then her character just ended up being so self-centred, that I feel like the ending doesn't justify her behaviour until that moment at all.
And too many things happen for drama's sake. Like what do you mean you went there with all the ledgers and they were burnt in front of you? What was with that acid scene towards the end? And why was In Joo just going around alone when called, even after everything that happened? Why did Park Jae Sang have to jump at all when the exit polls showed he was about to win? How do they just randomly transfer such large amounts of money and go around travelling as minors? What happened to In Hye's school education?
I think they would rule it as suicide. What kind of shocked me the most is how Do Gi did not have any reaction…
Same, Do Gi just seemed a lot more human in the first season. There's a general disregard for life if they're villains in this season I'm not fully comfortable with tbh.
it wouldnt be questioned she commited suicide after all was reveled to public
It clearly looks like coercion though, and is a morally grey area that was never fully dealt with later. The next scenes are almost as if it didn't happen at all. If this was season 1, they wouldn't resort to such sensationalism for revenge.
Ep 10's ending seems a bit weird. Won't anyone investigate how she ended up jumping and realise that Do Gi might have directly led to her taking that decision? Especially since the whole thing was being filmed? We went from that scene to a happy one almost instantly, it was like whiplash. It's like there's next to zero real world consequences. I do like some escapism but the writers might be getting a bit too fantastical about rainbow taxi's abilities to evade the law here.
not sure how to feel about this statement.. going to need more explanation as to what he means by "prejudice…
I think it could be an effect of the translation. In the original korean, in place of 'I saw it more as the motive that led to certain actions' he says '어떤 행동을 하게 된 계기라고 생각했다', which in context sounds more like him using this drama to explore the actions/behaviours that prejudice could lead to. He doesn't say that the two leads acted out of prejudice, and in this case, it's rather the opposite - it's prejudice against the leads. But I'm only at an intermediate level in korean, so I hope someone who is fluent could come by and translate that paragraph for us.
(the full quote is: "두 사람의 비극으로부터 시작된 편견에 관한 이야기니까 전체를 관통하는 얘기는 편견이 어떻게 변하고 어떻게 만들고 어떻게 바꿔가느냐가 중요했기 때문에 미화라고 생각하지는 않았다. 어떤 행동을 하게 된 계기라고 생각했다". Checked both google translate and papago, but the translations seem a bit off to me)
The first two episodes honestly didn't have the same punch as the Taxi Driver series we know, but it's coming back to it's signature flavour in ep 3 and 4!
This was so good! Grounded, and realistic. It starts off slow, but it gets interesting after episode 1, and then everything starts falling into place. I loved the camera work and sound design in this one, and the acting is mature, and not too dramatic.
In a previous interview, he had referenced American series, and how Taxi Driver might go on, so I'm glad he addressed it here. These series can really lose their heart if they go on for too long.
I enjoyed this, kept me guessing till the end. It's slow-paced, but I think it gave me time to make up my own theories as to who did what while watching, which I appreciate. The cinematography and soundtrack were really good too. A few questionable plot choices, and for anyone who watches a lot of crime dramas, you'll wonder how the real culprit ever evaded all forensic analysis of the crime scene. But other than a few irrational points, this was a solid watch.
And too many things happen for drama's sake. Like what do you mean you went there with all the ledgers and they were burnt in front of you? What was with that acid scene towards the end? And why was In Joo just going around alone when called, even after everything that happened? Why did Park Jae Sang have to jump at all when the exit polls showed he was about to win? How do they just randomly transfer such large amounts of money and go around travelling as minors? What happened to In Hye's school education?
(the full quote is: "두 사람의 비극으로부터 시작된 편견에 관한 이야기니까 전체를 관통하는 얘기는 편견이 어떻게 변하고 어떻게 만들고 어떻게 바꿔가느냐가 중요했기 때문에 미화라고 생각하지는 않았다. 어떤 행동을 하게 된 계기라고 생각했다". Checked both google translate and papago, but the translations seem a bit off to me)