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Barrack O'Karma hong kong drama review
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Barrack O'Karma
7 people found this review helpful
by Tine
Oct 3, 2020
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 10
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

One of my absolute favourite dramas ever! <3

A fantasy-supernatural drama with a main love-story, and different eerie sub-stories taking up 2 episodes each.

Plot: Siu (ML) starts working as a security guard in "Twilight Mansion" where he soon meets the beautiful flight attendant Alex (FL), whom he falls in love with. But since some time ago he gets strange dreams which seem to be connected to Alex and Twilight Mansion… While searching for the truth, ML discovers lots of strange things about the building and the residents.

So the drama is set in the building Twilight Mansion, which has its own soul. It's said "The cat always chases the mice, but on days when there is a thunderstorm the mice chase the cat". Like damn! I love this kind of stuff, hehe ~
The building harbors a lot of secrets, tales and mysteries – and so do the residents of whom the sub-stories are about. There are lots of different genres, like mystery, romance, supernatural, suspense, fantasy and unpredictability. Everything that I love!
And then there is the beautiful past (60s) and present love-story of the main leads <3 It's so well told, intriguing and really pulled me in. A dramatic and beautiful story about love and destiny in a past and present life, finding its connection in their dreams, and being affected by the butterfly effect.

I found the past storyline especially beautiful with the clothing and interior, even the music and behavior. I enjoyed it a lot. I also really love the stories of the building, the cat and Lam. So cool! Perfect trio.^^

The main characters were quite mature. No cold ML, no naive FL, no cliché characters... just human. The ML was goofy but warm, and the FL was kind and independent. The acting was good. It was easy to get attached to them. :)

But also all the other (sub) stories, that were told in this building, were interesting. They were about mistakes. About loneliness, child neglect, the struggle of homosexuality, racism, losing loved ones, greed, status, beauty... and so much more. It was heartbreaking to watch since some of the stories ended well - others not. So it was always unpredictable and surprising how it will turn out. Even tho they were packed in fantasy, it were the stories of the every-day life, the stories of people. Every story has two sides, and somehow they were all linked together. :) Even the episode titles are enchanting: "Sleepwalking", "Strange Dreams", "Crow" - man, I'm so in love with this drama. xD

All in all, I'm totally smitten. I didn't expect it to be so good. But I got hooked and binged right through. It was cute and also emotional. Sometimes it was funny and even a bit scary (no Horror tho), and it was definitely interesting. I wasn't bored even for a second. It was perfect for me.

I'm sad it's over now tho. I don't wanna part with them all. I'll really miss it. ❤

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