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King the Land korean drama review
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King the Land
10 people found this review helpful
by Sagey_nightowl
Sep 1, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Cliched.

Pros - pretty faces, aesthetically pleasing drama

Cons - Everything else. Everyone is talking about sizzling chemistry but I found it forced, predictable and cliched. If you have seen a couple of romcom kdramas there is nothing new to appreciate here. Even the secondary characters and plotlines were quite predictable - the usual granny, close best friends of the FL, one confidant of the ML, screwed up childhood dynamics of the ML with a sad/traumatic past. And so many product placements. Also so many close ups, slo-mo zoom ins and repeats of key moments which felt artificial and took me out of the drama and roll the eyes rather than enjoy it.

Also the leads get together relatively early and after that it kind of lost steam. There just wasn't enough emotional investment to keep watching it.

This drama may work for first time rom com kdramas watchers. For everyone else, a timepass eye candy drama with FF button coming in handy.

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