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Good action and acting, but otherwise very mediocre and forgettable.
More of a "quick thoughts after finishing" type review but whatever haha. Can't always be bothered to write properly.
Pros:
-Ji Chang Wook is great as always. I also really liked the father-daughter duo. Acting overall was good and the drama had quite a lot of memorable characters.
-Action is nice, not amazing but better than most K-drama action.
-Soundtrack was great
-Overall the production was good throughout.
Cons:
-Villain was too comically/cartoonishly evil for me. I like more grounded and realistic villains.
-Adding on to the last point, the whole story was too unrealistic and somewhat devolved into a generic and over-the-top action movie spectacle towards the end.
-Still adding on to the last two points, I feel like the story sidetracked too much from the actually interesting revenge plot. This was not as tightly or well written as one of my alltime favorite dramas "My Name" for example.
-The ending itself was rushed and didn't felt as satisfying it should have. This is just a common problem in revenge genre unfortunately. ALSO: I REALLY WISHED TAEJOONG JUST KILLED YOHAN, THAT VERY LAST SCENE FRUSTRATED ME A LOT AND I WISHED IT WASN'T THERE AT ALL. It can sometimes work in revenge media to let the villain/final boss live. Here though it didn't make a lot of sense to me.
Overall, quite generic and mediocre at the end really. Not bad but not very good either. "The Worst of Evil" and "A shop for killers" are significantly better action dramas in Disney+.
Pros:
-Ji Chang Wook is great as always. I also really liked the father-daughter duo. Acting overall was good and the drama had quite a lot of memorable characters.
-Action is nice, not amazing but better than most K-drama action.
-Soundtrack was great
-Overall the production was good throughout.
Cons:
-Villain was too comically/cartoonishly evil for me. I like more grounded and realistic villains.
-Adding on to the last point, the whole story was too unrealistic and somewhat devolved into a generic and over-the-top action movie spectacle towards the end.
-Still adding on to the last two points, I feel like the story sidetracked too much from the actually interesting revenge plot. This was not as tightly or well written as one of my alltime favorite dramas "My Name" for example.
-The ending itself was rushed and didn't felt as satisfying it should have. This is just a common problem in revenge genre unfortunately. ALSO: I REALLY WISHED TAEJOONG JUST KILLED YOHAN, THAT VERY LAST SCENE FRUSTRATED ME A LOT AND I WISHED IT WASN'T THERE AT ALL. It can sometimes work in revenge media to let the villain/final boss live. Here though it didn't make a lot of sense to me.
Overall, quite generic and mediocre at the end really. Not bad but not very good either. "The Worst of Evil" and "A shop for killers" are significantly better action dramas in Disney+.
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