Too slow to be a thriller

Well, I tried. After watching several promising Korean action dramas and hit a drought I turned to this. This is where watching Korean dramas took a downward turn for me.

After watching the Memorist, I figured this would be something like that. It kind of was but the FL was nothing short of inspiring to watch. Even the second FL was annoying to watch.

The guy in the wheelchair was just there just to be there. The killer didn't leave nothing to make you want to find out who he was. Beside the fact that the FL was weak in everything she did, it made it easy for me to stop watching altogether. I'm pretty sure I didn't miss anything.

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First and foremost I'm not picky when it comes to binge watching action dramas or any other types of dramas.

I've been watching Korean dramas for close to a year and I guess trying to watch a different type of drama have me hitting my head against the wall.

Every episode that I stomached in this series was the same except it involved different suspects. The main male lead had a hangup about illegal opium smuggling and he was trying to track down who was behind the smuggling in every episode. Each time he found a mole they die and the episode gets recycled and then there's another mole who gets caught and die and then that gets recycled to another episode where there's another mole who gets caught and then they....yeah, you get the picture.

The first episode was all over the place for me. Besides the fact that I can't speak a lick of Chinese, the subtitles was so off it made the plot hard to follow. Plus there were times when the text appeared too fast and would jump to the next line of dialogue. I had to pause A LOT just to see what was said and by most of the translations being off I tried to translate myself what the correct English sentence should sound like.

I was also disturbed by the relationship the two main males had. In my opinion it wasn't a 'bromance'. It looked like they were falling in love with each other which is something that I'm truly not interested in seeing. Them touching each others hands and smiling at each other...yeah, that's not bromance.

The cinematography was amazing but the audio was truly weird. It sounded like it was dubbed over in a studio and they just attached the track to the actual episode. You could hear the movement of clothes, breathing-things that would get scrubbed out in audio editing.

I tried to sit through episode ten but as I mentioned earlier about moles getting caught, this was like the other 9 so I just went to find something else.

I think this was the second Chinese drama that I dropped. I have yet to find one that piques my interest. Sadly this one did not.

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While I'm all for different types of dramas and having a vampire one sort of piqued my interest-sort of. I'm no where near being a vampire fan. I never understood the hype and don't know why I tried to watch this.

After watching Vampire Detective I should've stopped at that. I only watched that because of the fighting.

This one, from what I saw had minimal fighting in it.

What turned me completely off was the fact that this dude can drink someone's blood and figure out what type of crime happened and where. Besides gagging, I thought this was highly ridiculous.

I liked the detective. If he wasn't in this I think these episodes would've tanked completely. He was the only one that brought 'life' to this series but I couldn't get past the second episode.

The worse part is that there's a second season. Now a lot of other dramas I've watched only have one season and I now know why. Sometimes a second season wouldn't be a good idea. If I wasn't so grossed out by this....yeah, I still wouldn't watch it.

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First thing's first...what's up with the Phantom Of The Opera's theme? It made no sense.

Second, I for one could barely look at the main character's face. My head is hurting from trying to avoid looking at him every time his face was on camera. He just had one annoying expression glued to his face and it was annoying to look at.

Third, I was thinking how on earth was the guy who played as the hacker who survived able to have the same face as the main character? When they said they wouldn't be able to get his face right I was thinking yes, I don't have to look at his one facial expression anymore. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. Also it didn't solve the fact that the guy who played as the hacker could look and sound like the main character. It was like a bad job of Face Off.

Fourth, the culprit behind the women's killings made no sense. He kills the people who spread the rumors about his friend for revenge but he doesn't go after the person who actually killed his best friend??

I made it through the 4th episode. I don't think I could make it through the next 16 because trying to avoid looking at someone got my head hurting. I'm just going to give up and find something else.

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I tried...Too much back and forth

I'm in the middle of watching this so my ratings are based off of the two episodes I've already seen.

I'm always trying to find some good Asian action dramas without the sappy romance and I keep coming up short. I love my Kdramas but I'm trying to venture out into trying to watch other types dramas just in case I hit a slump. I've been hitting a lot of slump Kdramas lately so here I am trying to watch a Japanese drama.

Right now this series is OK. It's not really grabbing me. When that happens it leads me to drop the series altogether.

Why isn't this drama grabbing me right now?? Is it because there's no character connection going on here? Is it because everybody's role is just...flat? I love police dramas because of how well the characters intertwine with each other and so far that's not happening here.

The main character has no emotion...he's blankly staring out into oblivion just running his lines. Other characters look like they regretted trying out for the roles they were given and it truly shows.

The one thing that I seriously hate about police dramas is how a civilian knows more than the actual police and the police becomes dumb at this point. They're relying on someone outside of the scope which makes them look utterly useless. Plus it seems like Japanese dramas have a tendency to look down on their female counterparts and decides to add that into the series.

I'm never a fan of the Japanese music because it seems like they play the wrong choice at the wrong time: The Nutcracker theme??? Really??

I may stick this out. The ratings may change...I would like to find something that would leave me to hitting the next episode. This one so far isn't it. I'm just wondering what those who gave this series a 10 saw that I'm missing.

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This is no where near like the first one

I tried as hard as I could to watch this. It's very slow and all over the place.

I'm all for action but all it was in the first two episodes was just guys fighting each other and killing some and for what reason??

I couldn't follow this mainly because they were dropping so many names I couldn't tell who they were talking about. Now I've already stated in several reviews that I suck at names. By this being foreign it makes it even worse for me so when they said some names I was like 'who the heck are they talking about?'

The cinematography in this was absolutely horrible! From dark backgrounds to extreme shaky fighting scenes, this made it even harder to follow.

This series was about political corruption. Then again what Korean drama isn't w/o it's political corruption. That's the only thing I could follow.

There was no chemistry in the cast because nobody cared about anybody. Everybody was just too angry about their own issues and that was it.

When I saw that there was a sequel to the first and I read the plot I told myself I wasn't going to watch this because it didn't reel me in. The only reason I went back on my word was b/c I've hit some Korean drama droughts and decided to give this a shot. I did and it's a drop for me.

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Slow burn

I tried to finish watching this drama but I can't bring myself to finish it. It's too slow and every episode that I've watched so far is repetitive. You have the main FL doing stupid things like answering encrypting messages that someone keeps leaving in her locker...You would think if you answer one cryptic message by showing up where there's no activity happening and get clocked in the head with a brick...don't answer anymore cryptic letters but she does. While on that subject-who survives by getting clocked on the head with a brick??? The girl got discharged the next day with no injuries to the brain!!! Be real guys!!

Then you have other male characters being their usual-bullies and the other female who looks like a bully herself bullying the main FL for no apparent reason. I can't go on about this drama because it seems like I covered everything because every episode IS THE SAME!!!
I usually give it to episode 5 but I just can't bring myself to finish. I don't understand the high ratings this drama received. Another Korean drama that I've dropped which is no surprise.

In the 4½ years that I've been watching Korean dramas I've dropped a lot within the past two years. I hate rom-coms and can't seem to find any good dramas without the sappy romance so what else is there to watch?

I was going to watch Fiery Priest 2 but everybody has the same comments and it's not good so I guess I'm just going to have to put my obsession of Korean dramas on the back burner until I can actually find something worthy to watch...without the cheesiness of comedies and sappy romances of course....It just seems like that's all these Korean dramas have to offer these days.

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Oh how I didn't know that Korea could do such a marvelous job when incorporating another culture into their drama shows!

I didn't expect the ML to be able to fluently speak Italian! I know I can't speak it but the way they portrayed the mafia made me respect the mafia a little bit more!

The first episode started off hardcore and ended the same way. I saw a few familiar faces in this series which I was glad to see. I'm not familiar with the main character. I haven't seen anything he's been in. But to save face it's because I'm a month shy of being an avid Korea drama fan watcher for a year. Anybody who has mad fighting skills I'm immediately drawn to.
As I say in my reviews I'm a action fanatic. I grew up watching old martial art movies they use to air on Saturday nights when I was a kid led me to this point. Thanks Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat!!!

OK, I put this may contain spoilers just in case I slip and accidentally say something but I assume A LOT of people have already watched this.

The chemistry this cast had made me want to truly want to be apart of. I loved every member good and bad. They were spot on with their roles. I really want to hug the casting agent and writer of this series! The only thing that had me gritting my teeth was the fact that about the 19th episode it was like the writers forgot who the main lead was because he became weak because of a girl....Oy, this is why I no longer care for series that have romance in it. Saving a girl putting yourself and others in danger always tank for me. It went well up unto that point. Thankfully the last episode made up for the lapse of judgement from the previous episode.

I cheered, nearly bawled, got angry, and laughed a lot! It was so awesome that I was even cheering for a pigeon!!!

I know I'm twisted but I loved the way justice was served. Some was quicker than the others but it worked for me. It took me back to the movie 'Taken' with Liam Neeson. He gives a speech about how well his skills are and the bad guy just laughs thinking it's a joke until....Vincenzo took on that route which is why I love this series!

I didn't want this season to end but it had to. Will I rewatch this? Maybe. I gave it a high rewatch review because it was just that good. I only rewatched one of my favorite Korean dramas because I hit a action drama drought. I tend to do that at times but I may rewatch this one as well.

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Really really dull

I love the BBC version of Sherlock and the US version of Sherlock. Each episode of these dramas had you completely stumped as to 'who did it'.

The Japanese have two versions-both the male version and this one and they're both the same: mediocre and dull.

There's no wow factor in any of these episodes. The plot in the very first episode was intriguing but the second episode lacked enthusiasm for me. I found myself yawing midway through and the episodes aren't long!

I liked the concept of taking a female approach but it just seemed like the main FL was just too pushy and extremely rude-even for Sherlock's demeanor's standpoint. They made the actual police force look dumb. I don't even know why they were involved! The second female lead was a waste. This is the second time Watson's character seemed utterly useless!! There was no spark in the second female lead. She put me to sleep faster than what the actual episodes did.

I realized after the second episode that I was done. I made a resolve that if I ever can't fall a sleep, just watch one of these episodes. It'll be the best tranquilizer I can get.

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Not for everybody

Well, I guess I'm the odd one out of the bunch when I say I agree it's not for everybody.

The first episode didn't grab me at all. It just seemed like people just watched this drama because of how the characters looked.
I learned real quick that it might have that Disney 'love at first sight' feel and it did but the female character was just twisted because of psychological issues she had with her own father.

I learned enough from the first episode that this isn't my cup of tea.

I also have to stop falling for reviews like this. The minute I see people talk about how good a person looks I just need to steer clear of that. Now don't get me wrong, I'm all for eye candy but come on, it doesn't give a good enough reason to watch.

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OMG!!! Superficial to the core!

So I ended up painfully making it through the first episode only to completely stop watching episode 2.

The one thing I can't stand is a show basing itself off of someone's looks!!! I felt this bashing all people who aren't up to the handsome or the drop dead gorgeous and beautiful look degrading. Even the synopsis is superficial.

As anyone who has maybe read any of my reviews know is that I immediately stray away from Korean rom-coms because of how superficial and arrogant a character is.

I've watched several Korean dramas with Ahn Se Ha-had to copy and paste cuz I suck at names-and he's a great actor. I felt so bad when I realized they made him out to be short and ugly. How cruel can the writer be?? I don't understand why he took on a role that bashes him cuz of his looks. The main male lead was NOTHING to look at. His mouth looked like botox gone wrong. I'm not saying that to be mean but this guy looked like he had work done on his face. He couldn't even cry right because he couldn't stretch his face to cry.

Here's why I dropped this drama altogether. The second episode picked up the seething factor I had when the first episode ended. The female who was the dead prosecutor who came back to life was angry because the dead guy who came back to life came back handsome and she came back looking like what she looked like. I don't judge females but she was pretty. I hated the attitude the original female prosecutor had. Men lining up just to be with her because of her looks....yeah...I was so done after that.
The story line was all over the place as well. From what I gathered people died and came back with different looks....I don't know the reason behind that but it was enough to make me drop the series.

It's sad because I have dropped around 5 dramas within a month and I have never done that since I've come to watch Korean dramas.

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I came to watch Goblin because of the blooper and funny moments that I saw on Youtube. I immediately fell in love with the Reaper and Goblin characters without even touching a episode first.
So after seeing those two videos on Youtube I went to watch the first episode.

The story of how Goblin came to be was intriguing and seeing how the Reaper worked had me as well so I became giddy thinking this was going to be an excellent watch.

Man how wrong was I??? The main FL became annoying pretty quick. I was hoping against hope that this wasn't going to be a dimwitted female who will fall in love quickly without having any relationship buildup and there it was....the dimwitted female who quickly falls in love with a guy without having a relationship buildup. It's why I became to hate Korean romance dramas in the first place.
The oozing sappy cliche romances always grate my nerves and I truly steer clear of them. I have, however, watched some Kdramas that had romance in it that was barely tolerable but this one...I felt it was just going to be the same throughout the whole series.

I tried going back to finish the first episode but I just kept pausing and haven't been back since. I can't say anything else about this drama because I barely finished the first episode. From reading other reviews that had the same feelings as me, I don't think I'm missing anything.

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