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More of a Murder Mystery than It is Sports
The drama starts off in the world of Ssireum (traditional Korean wrestling), which led me to believe this would be more of a sports drama that would introduce me to the sport. Instead, it ended up being more of a criminal investigation drama that takes place in a small town. The investigation part of the story was incredibly boring and forgettable. I've never been so uninterested in knowing who the killer was. The wrestling part of the story was also a disappointment, but it got better in the 2nd half for the limited scenes it had. The most impressive thing about this drama was Jang Dong Yoon's weight gain transformation for his role. My favorite character was the dog. It was an odd mix of murder mystery + sports + small town drama + friendship/youth. Whatever this combination was, it did not work for me.Was this review helpful to you?
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Not terrible
I went in with low expectations and mainly watched for the cast. If you're watching for the same reason and generally like this genre, then you will probably find it decent. I'm not saying it's amazing, but for the most part it was enjoyable. Seeing the main character level up is pretty satisfying. After completing this drama, I see why people were disappointed. It didn't help that they had high expectations to begin with either. This drama had a pretty decent cast, ost, and production (considering it was filmed many years before it actually aired). The story is pretty good, but the writing is kind of weak. The beginning was really confusing. The writing assumes you've read the novel or synopsis and know most of the backstory. After a while, you finally begin to understand and enjoy the story though. Many people also found the pacing to be off, but it was not a problem for me.The problem mainly occurs with the ending. When it comes down to it, this is essentially a revenge story. However, when it comes to the highly anticipated revenge, it was just not satisfying. The moral or point of the story seemed to be lost. Also, apparently the drama ending is different from the novel ending, so novel fans must've been extremely disappointed. Clearly, there was a lot of stuff that got cut out. Was it budget cuts? Censorship? Who knows? There were also a lot of missed opportunities. I could see they tried to touch on some things (such as parallels between crown prince and "that person"), but unfortunately they did not have the time to explore further and failed to hit the point home. If you're considering giving this drama a try, maybe watch while skipping the last two episodes? That way you can enjoy the drama without being disappointed.
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Trust the Process
The less you know going into this movie, the better. Every time I thought I had this movie figured it out, it would catch me by surprise. It starts out with a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on a small town, killing animals and civilians. You have an incompetent cop chasing after this monstrous creature, and for the first 45 minutes you don't even get a glimpse of it. Once the creature is revealed, the movie becomes incredibly thrilling. The chase scenes were so fun to watch. Then Jung Ho Yeon appears on screen making the movie even better. Her character was one of the few smart ones in the movie because, in typical Horror fashion, you have characters making stupid decisions. At least it wasn't excessive.The cast is great. The action was exciting. What's unique about this movie is that you actually get to see things from the creature's perspective and learn more about their story. When it comes to the cons, I'd say the movie's length is a big one. It runs 2 hours 40 minutes and could have been shortened. The beginning seemed to have dragged a bit with the build up and suspense. The CGI was also not the best. The ending left me perplexed because the story shifts again, leaving room for a sequel. Overall, though, it was still an incredibly thrilling watch. It was worth it for the action.
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Super average and generic
It's a super average and generic school drama. It has your typical shy and naive female lead and a cold male lead that secretly likes the female lead, but likes to tease her a lot. The actors are super young so when there's a time jump, they seem like a bunch of kids playing adults. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but just know there will not be much on screen romance because of it...it's basically a lot of puppy love. Speaking of time jumps, this drama goes back and forth between the past and present. It can get pretty confusing to follow because they don't pick up where they left off. The female lead's parents are super strict, she's practically a prisoner. It was all very suffocating to watch. The only unique thing this drama has going for it is that the male lead is a dancer and he's got moves. You get to see some cool dance routines because of it. Also, one of the pairs is really cute, but we don't get to see much of them together.Was this review helpful to you?
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