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A Palace Built on Sins
The East Palace is a finely written fantasy horror, that blends historical and horror elements into a gripping drama, obviously with it's share of flaws.
The story follows a fictional kingdom haunted by terrifying events and to stop all these with the help of a ghost-slayer and a communicator with the dead. The initial episodes dwelves more into the palace and the secret/shame of the current king. The story is intriguing and the characters are well-written. The first half keeps you engaged, and even though with the slow pacing, the narrative packs a punch.
The second half becomes a little sluggish, however, the mystery remains unsolved and hence it still keeps you hooked, despite of the repetitive loop it puts you into. The finale ends on a satisfactory note and leaves it's viewers with a possibility of Season 2.
The performance of every character was good. The show didn't focused on a single character, instead every character were used to their potential. The chemistry and pairing of ML and FL was visible and were used with great potent.
Technically, the drama has it's highs and lows. The cinematography is very good, the background music was engaging with it's variation and constant shift between traditional music and rock/metal. The biggest concern was the CGI. While the action sequences were decent, it was marred down by poor CGI. Instead of an amazing action sequences, it felt like watching a video game action.
Overall, The East Palace is a good watch, with it's combination of fantasy, action and horror with historical elements. Despite of it's technical flaws, the drama is engaging and will keep you hooked to it's narrative.
My Rating : 7.5/10
The story follows a fictional kingdom haunted by terrifying events and to stop all these with the help of a ghost-slayer and a communicator with the dead. The initial episodes dwelves more into the palace and the secret/shame of the current king. The story is intriguing and the characters are well-written. The first half keeps you engaged, and even though with the slow pacing, the narrative packs a punch.
The second half becomes a little sluggish, however, the mystery remains unsolved and hence it still keeps you hooked, despite of the repetitive loop it puts you into. The finale ends on a satisfactory note and leaves it's viewers with a possibility of Season 2.
The performance of every character was good. The show didn't focused on a single character, instead every character were used to their potential. The chemistry and pairing of ML and FL was visible and were used with great potent.
Technically, the drama has it's highs and lows. The cinematography is very good, the background music was engaging with it's variation and constant shift between traditional music and rock/metal. The biggest concern was the CGI. While the action sequences were decent, it was marred down by poor CGI. Instead of an amazing action sequences, it felt like watching a video game action.
Overall, The East Palace is a good watch, with it's combination of fantasy, action and horror with historical elements. Despite of it's technical flaws, the drama is engaging and will keep you hooked to it's narrative.
My Rating : 7.5/10
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