Dark moon
One Time Watch; Starts well but loses its touch somewhere in between.
Let's start with the fact that I have not watched the English version of this show yet, so the Korean one was a fresh one for me where I did not have any kind of expectations at all. I started watching because of the cast line-up and the detective aspect of it. I would separate my review into Story and then Everything Else.
The Story:
It started good, like any other detective drama, it started with one case per episode, with each detective's own back story and a case at hand. Instead of being just investigators, they were profilers, so it was fun and interesting listening to the psychological aspects of the suspects. They used it quite well as well. However, this became a little repetitive as the show went on. Cases, at their very core, were kind of similar, where the motive and the MO of the case were similar and even the way it was revealed. Also, whenever someone was abducted or there was a time-related issue, the team was way too calm.
In the end, I would say that it didn't have anything grand planned out as a show should end. There were not that high stakes that would keep us on the edge of the seat. I would say they exhausted a good plotline in the middle of the show.
However, a few cases were a lot interesting, and getting into the minds of such criminals was intriguing.
Other things:
I liked the acting a lot, though I felt there was a weird amount of screen time distribution done. I would have liked to see some interpersonal relations between the detectives, even a few casual moments of them talking and such. In a few instances, they tried to focus on that but then suddenly forgot about it. I liked the cast and their acting but in all couldn't connect to any one of them. The music in the intro and outro was lit. And the direction was also good. In a few cases I was at the edge of the seat and I liked the fact that just to do a thrilling moment they didn't just turn the lightings off.
Overall, it was an enjoyable watch for 70% of the time. I won't rewatch it for sure ever but if you are looking for some good detective series and have watched all obvious famous ones, you can try this for sure.
This was my first review in like 5 years of my watching. Anyways, enjoy watching!
The Story:
It started good, like any other detective drama, it started with one case per episode, with each detective's own back story and a case at hand. Instead of being just investigators, they were profilers, so it was fun and interesting listening to the psychological aspects of the suspects. They used it quite well as well. However, this became a little repetitive as the show went on. Cases, at their very core, were kind of similar, where the motive and the MO of the case were similar and even the way it was revealed. Also, whenever someone was abducted or there was a time-related issue, the team was way too calm.
In the end, I would say that it didn't have anything grand planned out as a show should end. There were not that high stakes that would keep us on the edge of the seat. I would say they exhausted a good plotline in the middle of the show.
However, a few cases were a lot interesting, and getting into the minds of such criminals was intriguing.
Other things:
I liked the acting a lot, though I felt there was a weird amount of screen time distribution done. I would have liked to see some interpersonal relations between the detectives, even a few casual moments of them talking and such. In a few instances, they tried to focus on that but then suddenly forgot about it. I liked the cast and their acting but in all couldn't connect to any one of them. The music in the intro and outro was lit. And the direction was also good. In a few cases I was at the edge of the seat and I liked the fact that just to do a thrilling moment they didn't just turn the lightings off.
Overall, it was an enjoyable watch for 70% of the time. I won't rewatch it for sure ever but if you are looking for some good detective series and have watched all obvious famous ones, you can try this for sure.
This was my first review in like 5 years of my watching. Anyways, enjoy watching!
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