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Song of the Bandits korean drama review
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Song of the Bandits
2 people found this review helpful
by dvadout
Dec 2, 2023
9 of 9 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 1.0
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers
When I read the synopsis about this drama it didn't intrigue me at all. I don't care for period pieces or westerns but reviewers said this was action packed and I love Korean action dramas so I bit the bullet and decided to watch.

A few weeks later I finally made it to the last episode. When I say a few weeks later I mean that's how long it took me to watch this slow drawn out drama. I should've dropped this after episode 5. I can't understand the high marks people gave this!

Every episode was the same: fight for Korean freedom by getting from under the Japanese rule.

If this didn't have any fighting scenes I don't think this drama would've survived. The main ML have some serious martial art skills as well as his frenemy. That girl had some mad fighting skills too.

For the life of me I would love to learn the secret to Korean vitality because everybody in the main cast who got shot, stabbed, hit with arrows, beat to a bloody pulp managed to survive by the time that particular episode was done.

I was amazed at how the Korean early 1900's resembled that of the US. They had cars, trains, electricity...it was cool but each episode was drawn out, plus they had to throw in that sappy romance I've come to despise. It ruins the whole vibe for me.

This series could've ended at episode 8 but they had to drag that out too by having another episode. It was meaningless. It had no closure which makes me wonder if more episodes will follow. If it does I won't be watching it.
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