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Duel korean drama review
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Duel
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by Aloe
Mar 18, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
This review may contain spoilers

Amazing Cast for an Amazing Drama

If you are a sucker for dramas with a lot of action, injuries & crime, then this is 100% the drama for you.

This is one of the few dramas for me that has an extremely high rewatch value. The cast in this drama was perfectly picked with high class acting pulling off some difficult roles.

STORY -

As for the overall story, we saw a lot of actions scenes with the concept or cat & mouse chases. With the three main parties involved, there was action, injuries & development in every episode. There were one or two episodes in the middle where the drama slowed down, but that was purely to prepare you for an impactful finish.

With such an advanced concept, explaining everything was definitely a difficult challenge. However, to my surprise I didn't feel confused. A lot of information was given to the viewers over the episodes, so getting a clear understanding of how & why things happened was great. There was some information missing or didn't add up, but compared to other dramas in similar concepts / genres, this was explained amazing.

CAST / CHARACTERS -

Overall the casting for this show was great with a lot of the main actors executing their roles perfectly. To me, there were two main characters that stood out.

Playing identical twins / clones is always a difficult role for any actor. However, it was pulled off perfectly in this drama. Everything from the facial expressions, way of speaking and facial expressions was distinct between the two characters. It was interesting to watch throughout the whole drama and at times made me wonder how the scenes were filmed to be so perfect when the two characters met.

Another character that really stood out to me was the female prosecutor. And if you found her annoying you, then congrats, she played her role perfectly.

It's impossible for two people to have the exact same fingerprint and DNA, so her conclusion that that main MC was the kidnapper was justified as both DNA and fingerprints matched that of the crime scene. Apart from that, as you see in the first episode, Jang Deuk Cheon was out of his mind, so of course she'd believe science.

If anything, she was the most logical in all the situations while investigating the truth.


REWATCH VALUE -

This has and probably always will be one drama that I consider to have a high rewatch value. Every time I watch it I discover more information that I hadn't noticed the previous time. On top of that, the action & actors make this a great drama in general.
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