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Been a while since I watched any dramas with Tacyeon after Bring in on, Ghost so I'm glad to find out about this drama. And the premise of the drama turned out to be supernatural again with an interesting twist.

To be honest, when I read the synopsis, my thoughts went back to a similarly themed drama Black that also featured an MC who could see Death... or more like the presence of a Reaper. So I was intrigued by this premise, as Taepyung had an ability to see the last moment of someone's death. And I had hoped that the story would wrap up better than how Black ends up being. I wasn't disappointed.

I loved how the main premise of the series focused at first on Kim Taepyung, on how due to his ability he had made quite a name within the elite circle and later on ended up meeting Detective Seo Joonyeong whom he falls in love with, due to his inability to see her death. And then, we're introduced to the secondary character Goo Dokyung who ended up having a rather complicated relationship with both Taepyung and Joonyeong.

That said, I loved the fact that in the series the one who first falls in love was Taepyung, whose ability prevented him from allowing himself to become attached to anyone due to a death prediction that he once saw, in which his feelings gradually was returned due to him and Joonyeong constantly being together and helping out each other to prevent the deaths that he saw from happening. Aside from that, the relationship between Taepyung and Dokyung intrigued me in a way that Dokyung was portrayed as a sympathetic villain who, despite desiring to defy fate and not continue killing people, ended up continuing to commit crimes to the distress of our leads.

The cases in the dramas were quite compelling and the conclusion was satisfying. While there are some parts in the writing that may be a bit weak, overall it didn't deter me from wanting to continue watching the series till the end. And I love the fact that each character was written in such a way that one cannot help rooting for them hoping that their gruesome fates could be changed for the better. I also loved the fact that the series allowed for characters to learn from the mistakes in the past and strive to make things better.

The Game: Towards the Zero was definitely a series that I'm glad to be able to watch from beginning to end.

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I ended up having to rewatch the SP to recall the plot from there with relation to this series. Overall, have to say that this series was a nice follow up to the SP as the series delved deeper into the relationship between Tabito and Youko, as well as Tabito's dark past. That aside, as much as comedy was listed as one of the genres in the drama, I feel that it's more to a parody. As in, it's a parody of the mystery genre series as well as a parody of the Japanese lifestyle. Like how there's a kink cafe with themes of injured women, a pair of police duo with an eccentric partner, a perverted old yakuza doctor as well as parodies of a lot of detectives and yakuza tropes in general.

That said, I have to say that the drama plot was quite balanced. And I love how a lot of things regarding Tabito's curiosities towards Youko, the relationships of the people from the detective agencies as well as Tabito's dark secrets were written in a way that was natural and not forceful. Like as much as some might argue that the focus on Tabito and Youko's relationship was unnecessary, Youko's presence was essential in the drama. As hinted by the yakuza doctor from the SP, surely enough Youko's influence was key towards Tabito's recovery to regaining the rest of his senses. Also, the very fact that in every episode there were subtle hints about Tabito's past alongside the other cases provide reasons as to why you would want to rewatch the series from the beginning to pick up all of the subtle hints.

All in all, as much as a lot of the elements in the drama was written in a parody-like setting, it's still an enjoyable watch for people who love mystery/detective genres dramas in a not so serious way.

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I cried lololol

Finally I finished watching this movie omg and I love it. While the story wasn’t really THAT unique if you wanna compare to like many other space scifi movies that came before, it's really an impressive movie. Not to mention it was the first made by Koreans and starring Korean casts.

Never really expect a story about some junk scavengers would spiral into a race to save the Earth but there ya go. I really love how the back stories of the main characters were gradually revealed... not to mention how Taeho turned out to be like Yoo Sijin in space lol. I had lots of tears of sads and happiness throughout the movie I never thought I'd get hit with so much feels in this movie!

And another aspects that I really love in this movie was how much multilingual this movie is like everyone of different ethnicities were a lot of times communicates using their own languages and everyone could understand each other using a universal translation gadgets that they all have. That was really rare to see in even Hollywood movies. I had so much fun watching this movie, I really love it so much!

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Interesting story... but wished it's longer

Found out about this drama by chance and really liking what I'm watching. Plus there's Kim Namgil as one of the main leads so that's one plus point. Plot reminds me of many anime series that involved demon slaying with people creating half-demon warriors in order to gain advantage over the enemy.

Overall, the plot is interesting and the pacing is okay. While I could see some argue that the pacing was slow, I didn't really have any trouble with that. The pacing right now was fine to allow people to know the basic setting and establishing the characters. That said, I do wish that this first part was a bit longer. While the plot between Van and Miho was so far pretty solid, I feel like the writer kinda neglecting Johan's character a bit. As in, a lot of time he was shown to be doing something in the background and we didn't really know anything about it until the last two episodes. And it felt that the involvement of the Vatican (?) exorcists was like a side plot to the main story since Van was the one mostly dealing with the lust demon while Johan not really functioning much aside from trying to oust Van from his protector role. While I do appreciate the occassional flashback to explain the origin on how Van end up being a half-demon, I do wish that there was a scene in the present where they address the issue. Especially when Van didn't become a half-demon by choice. And I wish the writers actually spend more time to explain to us what exactly is the lust demons and what it has to do with the opening line in the first episode. So far it does look like the show was making a lot of reference to Jejudo's own mythology, it felt like a shame that we don't really quite get enough worldbuilding over it.

Anyway, I like the casting. While Eunwoo was pretty cute as an exorcist priest, my attention was mostly on Kim Namgil as the emo half-demon Van. Gotta say that Van was giving off a bit of Bidam vibe that it felt somewhat nostalgic. Lee Dahee is pretty okay as Won Miho/Wonjeong. Since her character was a reincarnated person who was supposed to be a key person for fixing the barrier to seal the lust demons from running free, it was pretty understandable to see her in panic and in confusion when she end up being targeted by all these monsters. Frankly she's doing well playing a character who was suddenly thrust into an unbelievable situation. And boy, she's really good at running on high heels a lot ❤

Since I'm used to watching tokusatsu shows, I'm fine with seeing all the CGI at work in the drama. And the monster makeup were quite decently made. I have to praise the action coordination as it really pumps you up when watching the fight sequence. I like the ost track as well esp the main theme with the haunting and sorrowful vibe.

I usually tend to get distracted while watching dramas when a show try to info dump too much on the first episodes or drag the plot on unnecessary things but I didn't get sidetracked on other things while watching this drama. So I gotta say that so far the writer was doing a good job on keeping my attention on the show. I'll be looking forward to see the part 2 once it release next month.

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Took me a while to actually start watching this drama, but it had a nice setting and Seungho and Soobin were cute so I might as well. At first, I had to admit that the initial plot of having Minkyu have an allergy to human contact was a bit farfetched. But then I ended up looking up the internet for the possibility of allergies to have connection with mental illness, and surprisingly, there were some studies that imply the likelihood for something like that to happen!

Because of that, I had a renewed interest in this drama. Since it is an interesting scenario where someone could have developed such illness due to some extreme conditions and how one could try to heal someone from it. In that sense, it was actually logical to think that having an android that looked like a real person could help someone who could easily die from a simple touch. It's also an interesting scenario on how AI and robotics could be use to help people in need of help.

I really love Yoo Seungho in this drama. It really felt like he's a perfect fit to play Minkyu and it's hard to imagine someone else who could do this better. And Seungho was really good at playing socially awkward characters to the point of fondness. You just can't help being drawn to his character and sympathising at the kind of lonely life he had endured. And I like how his progress in getting better was written in a way that it was believable and wasn't sudden. I also love how it was depicted like a modern fairy tale on how love helps in healing an illness that was influenced by the mind.

Chae Soobin was really great in this drama, playing the human Ji-A, alongside the android Aji-3. Like you can really tell the difference when she was playing a person and when she's playing a robot. Uhm Kijoon was great as the scientist who created Aji-3, Dr Hong. Since he tend to end up playing villain roles a lot more times than he plays good characters, I really appreciate him not being a villain in this drama lol.

Have to say that as much as the corporate plot was secondary compared to the main romance plot, the former didn't feel like pasted on as some irrelevant background setting. Both of the story plot was pretty balanced and enjoyable.

For those who love the science fiction theme on how robots and AI would want to learn more about humans, this drama was a fascinating watch. As much as the android Aji-3 didn't really do much in the drama, the android was still shown to still be able to learn through the input given by Ji-a, who pretended to be Aji-3. It was interesting to see how all of the accumulated data that Aji-3 then leads to it deciding by herself to choose to return to its rightful home instead of allowing itself to be taken by bad businessman who seek to use her technology for military purposes.

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I really love this series so much!

The first impression I got from this drama was that this show was about a vigilante taxi driver out to serve justice to the bad guys as revenge. And then after watching the drama this is like the Korean version of Knight Rider lol. That said, I went to look at the webtoon that was what the drama was based on. Though have to say that the only thing that was similar between the original webtoon and drama was the concept of the revenge taxi service and Rainbow Taxi. Though to be fair, that was fine with me as the webtoon was more violent and gory and had fewer actual taxi battles. I love how the drama incorporates the whole Knight Rider feel to the whole revenge taxi thing. That was cool. And I love the fact that the drama had Prosecutor Kang Hana's character, which didn't exist in the webtoon but adds an even more depth into the story to include the narrative from the side of the law enforcement people.

Loved the ost and the bg music. The Eurobeat tracks really fit in with the show's movie-like atmosphere. And I love how Kim Dogi and Kang Hana's character being written. And I really love the dynamics between Lee Jehoon and Esom in the drama.

I noticed how halfway through the series the writer was changed to a different person though I'm glad that the change in writers didn't feel so noticeable in the drama. For one, I like how Kang Hana's character started becoming more prominent and become as important as Kim Dogi. Because it'd be a shame if her character becomes underused despite Esom being the main female lead.

I really love how the writing not quite romanticising the idea of vigilante activities yet also admitting that the law might not be fully perfect, to which one might have a need for some kind of vigilante 'hero' to fix the flaw in the law. The overall tone was hopeful and healing and I love the journey from the beginning to end. This is one of the webtoon adaptations that I'm glad that it took a different narrative and give us a great story in return.

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Another great drama from the Murder Analysis Squad series. Have to say that the very moment it was indicated that the series will be focusing on Toremi/Yaginuma Masato prior to events in Ishi no Mayu I'm already looking forward to this series.

Considering the events in Ishi no Mayu and Suishou no Kodou, we as a viewer had been given lots of glimpse into Masato's past and the case that changed his life forever. Given that kind of past and complicated relationship with Kisaragi Toko, there was still a lot of things that were not known about Masato. Not to mention that despite his criminal ways, Masato still retained some kind of values and had stuck with it throughout the last two series. And I'm glad to have Aku no Hado revealed the events that occurred a year prior that jumpstarted the path that he ended up taking during the course of Ishi no Mayu.

If there's anything I'm dissatisfied about this series would be, I wished there'd be more callbacks to some of the key events in Ishi no Mayu. As well as what ended up happening after the 2014 serial murder was solved and how the case was handled that would have elevated the distrust Masato already have towards the police force.

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Started watching this first partner after watching the original Kung Fu Cult Master movie starring Jet Li. First thing first, I felt that the synopsis given to this movie was a bit misleading, since this movie didn't quite continue off from the 1993 movie, but a full remake which covered more or less the same amount of plot of the original movie.

While it's understandable that this movie wouldn't quite be an exact remake of the original 1993 movie but still based on the last arc of Jinyong's Legend of the Condor Heroes trilogy, I can't help feeling bothered at how some of the important scenes were completely changed in this one; like the circumstances of Zhang Cuishan's and Yan So-so's death was different and how Mo-Kei's was hurt from the Jinx palm, as well as how Mo-Kei's life had been prior to learning the Great Solar skill and leaving Wudang. Had this movie just mention that this would just be yet another adaptation of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, I probably wouldn't be too harsh on this movie's critique... but since it claimed to be a continuation of the 1993's Kung Fu Cult Master I couldn't help feeling duped somehow. Otherwise you can just enjoy this movie as another adaptation of HSaDS novel.

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If I had known that this movie was based on the last part of Jinyong's Condor trilogy aka Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre story, I would've tried to watch this movie a lot earlier... even more when Jet Li played the lead. Since this part of the tale was the least familiar to me (I'm more familiar with Guo Jing and Yang Guo's stories), I practically running into this pretty blind. Regardless, I enjoyed the story though it did ended in a cliffhanger. Kinda wished that the movie had better reception when it was first released so that we got to see the conclusion of Chang Mo-Kei's story led by Jet Li..

But I guess I had to look for other adaptation of the Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre for that, though this movie would be the only version where I got to see Jet Li playing one of the characters from Jinyong's Legend of Condor Heroes trilogy. Honestly, the moment you realize that this story was a sequel to the other two Condor Heroes stories, you'd finally can understand the conflict between the orthodox and the unorthodox wushu branches, as well as the political situation.

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I ended up taking a bit of time to finally finish watching this film because the beginning part felt too slow; I had a hard time focusing on watching it. Like, I get it that the film first needed to establish that Ip Man's new beginning in HK had been rough, and it took a bit of time for him to properly start his own martial arts club, but I wished that they could've sped it up and got the clash with the other clubs sooner. And I also wished that the film could've shortened the bits about Wong Leung picking up fights with Man and others before getting his humility kicked in cos yeah, the way he's written in this film annoyed me so much. Though, compared to the first film, at least this one felt less like a documentary and more like a slight peek into the early life of Ip Man in HK.

Action-wise, Donnie and Sammo Hung don't disappoint, and we even have Louis Fan's character making a brief appearance in the middle. But yeah, like the first film... the storytelling in this second one was not too great. Like, some pacing could've been faster, and some scenes could've been slower or longer, like how Ip Man was still finding time to spend time with his friend who suffered brain damage after trying to help Man's family escape Foshan. While it's good that most of the scenes where people were fighting were done well, when the story part of the racism plot, the conflict between the clubs and Ip's challenges to support his family were treated less in detail than the fight scenes... the film really felt a bit imbalanced. Like often enough, I felt like speeding up or skipping some of the slow scenes because it was so slow that it was very frustrating to watch. Overall, if you're watching the movie for some Donnie-Sammo fights, you're in for a good time, but if you're looking for a 'deep' story, umm... nah.

Considering that there were mentions of Bruce Lee being in this movie and how it's supposed to cover a bit of his life before becoming Ip Man's student, it was a bit disappointing to only see that near the end and mostly as a montage. Like, I thought we'd see how the kid even heard about Ip Man and how that got his interest, but nah. While I understand that it took time to get the approval from Lee's family to even add the mention, I wished that they'd put them in the next movie rather than just barely being mentioned in this film. Like yes, Wong Leung was based on the person responsible for mentoring Bruce, but we don't even get to see them together properly! That said, considering how the early part of the film had focused on Ip Man trying to care for Chow... it does feel off to not actually have a scene after the end where Ip finds out that his friend had finally remembered him after listening to the fight on the radio. So yeah, this film had some great fights, but the story was all over the place.

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Totally unexpected twist and very intriguing mystery. Just when you thought you had the full facts covered, new information would come in, and you're back to square one.

Two women suddenly appeared at a hospital, one suffering a near-fatal injury and another lightly injured. Just when officers came in to find out what happened to them, they found out that one of them seemed to be suffering from schizophrenia, and the identity of the woman one claimed as their sister turned out to be false. Thus, the officers had to retrace all the steps and conflicting truths to figure out what actually happened to the two.

Honestly, I didn't expect to find so many layers and twists in this movie. And all of the twists were so brilliant that it took me off guard every time they were revealed. Like you can never quite be sure what would happen or predict how things could've unfolded. Certainly a very good treat for people who love mystery.

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Not the best movie featuring Jet Li that I've watched so far, but definitely not the worse. That said, contrary to the info on the series page... Jet Li served more as support role rather than main role since the main focus of the plot revolves mainly on Wen Zhang and Michelle Chen instead.

There was a mysterious homicide where the victims all died smiling, and the task of investigating the case fell on Angela and Wang Buier, as well as veteran detective Huang Feihong. But there was a big problem, Buier wasn't quite the smartest detective around, yet he kept running around the place and causing problems acting like a big shot cop. Angela planned to have Hwang somewhat puting Buier on a tight leash which end up backfiring. And because of that the case ended up taking a lot off unnecessary turns because of Buier who kept complicating the police investigation.

If you're just looking for something to make you laugh without thinking too much about the plot, try checking out this movie. But if you're looking for a deep and serious plot, you might as well look for some other movie. Despite the title, this movie seemed more like a parody, rather than action or mystery. Even then, there's quite a number of action scenes to long forward to, especially one between Jet Li and Wujing, who played a minor role in this movie. There's also some throwbacks involving Jet Li's past works as well, aside from the fact that the name of the character he played in this was also a reference for Wong Feihong.

The plot was really quite nonsensical, but the comedy and action was decent. As long as you don't take any of the scenes in the movie too seriously, you might actually be able to enjoy the show. Though Wang Buiye's antics can get annoying after a while.

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This story don't make sense tbh, like the plot was so random even on a normal HK comedy standard. But if you're willing to turn off you're logical thinking and just enjoy the comedy for a good laugh, you're in for some wacky fun.

This movie was the only few movies where you can see Xie Miao as a child actor role, and it amazed me to know that this movie, alongside 2 movies with Jet Li and one with Chow Yun Fatt had been made within the span of the same year despite being released separately. For that reason, I didn't really mind how this movie's plot don't really make sense because the scenes with young Xie Miao had been fun and very cute. And you can already notice how Miao had been getting better at acting since New Legend of Shaolin (and his performance for that was already good despite still being a novice actor), like he already able to perform a comedic scenes aside from stoic role he played as Hong Manting.

Ng Man Tat as always was so funny, that even with the weird and random plotline as this movie, he can still make people laugh with his comedic act.

Watching this old movie now, almost 30 years later was an interesting experience. Like you can look at Xie Miao 's performance and recognize some traits of him that still remains until now. Like yeah, you can just stare at that little boy and see how much that boy had grown so much now.

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A very good final entry to the OUaTiC film series.

I was kinda surprised that no one bothered to write any reviews for this movie, cos I can never get tired of rewatching this movie over and over again.

Just as one thought there would be no more continuation to the OUaTiC series since the disaster of the fifth, we got another one, which is set in western America. And to make it better, Jet Li has returned to reprise his role as Wong Feihong alongside Rosamund Kwan and Hung Yanyan as Siu Kwan and Ah Chat. Ah So is also in this movie, which made sense... since he would be a reason why a new PCL branch could be placed in America anyway. Also, for once, Leung Foon was not included in the returning cast and I'm very glad about it. Because I felt that Leung Foon was only in the past movies just to act silly and be a perv, which may stem from the setting when Yuen Biao was playing him.

I could barely recall how happy I used to be as a child when I heard that Jet LI would be reprising his Wong Feihong role. It's always a pleasure to watch him on screen with Rosamund Kwan and I had fun watching this movie. So this time, Feihong, Siu Kwan and Ah Chat head to America to visit Ah So... and in the middle of it, they met with a cowboy named Billy. Somehow, afterwards, the convoy was attacked by a group of Red Indians and the trio ended up falling into the river before they got separated. Siu Kwan and Ah Chat were soon rescued by Chinese miners at the fort town nearby, but Feihong ended up losing his memory and was taken in by a different Indian tribe.

Got to say it was really fun watching this movie. It was really amusing to see Feihong trying to practice his English in what Jet Li would often refer to as his Limited English Company mode, and to see his interaction with the Indians and later the other Americans at the fort town. And it was a nice homage to the past movies as Ah Chat tried to trigger Feihong's memories by posing as two of Feihong's past enemies, though it was never explained how he knew about them.

Something that I like to point out here is how different Jet Li's portrayal of Wong Feihong was compared to Vincent Zhou's. And you can clearly see it from how Feihong was shown in this movie, where, while he was still amnesiac and living with the Indian tribe, a daughter of the tribal chief had taken a liking to him. And Feihong treated her as nicely and politely as he possibly could while remaining clueless about the latter's affection. He also behaved the same way to Siu Kwan and got angry when she suddenly took back Feihong's ring, not knowing its significance. Cos back then Siu Kwan was a stranger to him and the chief's daughter was his benefactor. But Feihong never act too flirty to the daughter even while amnesiac, which was a stark difference with how Vincent's Feihong acts towards Lady Miao and 14th aunt.

Also, when he regained his memories, Feihong still had his awkward moments in trying to show his feelings towards Siu Kwan, but he still does try his best to care for his fiancée. This was something that was missing in Vincent's portrayal, and what was endearing about Feihong's and Siu Kwan's relationship. I also love the budding friendship Ah Chat had with Billy despite the language barrier. And I love the running jokes about Feihong's long speeches.

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