OK....where should I begin...

Since last September I have been in a Korean drama slump. I dropped so many dramas that I was starting to lose hope.

I came across this title by accident. When I read the synopsis and saw that two of the actors that I liked that was in Fiery Priest was in this I had to watch.

I also keep forgetting about the main character. I didn't like Carter but I absolutely loved Stealer Treasure Keeper. He looks different in everything that I've seen him in hence the reason I couldn't recognize who he was.

Deputy Go was a lot better in this drama than Uncanny Counter Two. Even though he was weak at times I pretty much enjoyed him in this drama.

The main female lead was annoying to no end!! I didn't like her character in Itaewon Class and I didn't like her in this one. She was that whiny female I have come to despise in Korean dramas. They had to add romance in this and they had to bring out the clingy naggy lovesick female. These two romance scenes were that of two kids falling in love with each other. It wasn't swoon worthy, it was childish. The main FL was so bad. Why do they make female actors act this way??
I did, however like her best friend. Even though she and Deputy Go's romance was hard it was more believable and likable than the main two main characters forced romance. The main two lead's romance scenes were the most awkward romance scenes ever. The main ML was like a robot when it came to showing his affections. It was like they had to whisper in his ear to tell him what to do but forgot to tell him how to act it out. The main FL was what I said earlier, clingy, whiny, and naggy.

I didn't like the wife's character either. The writers tried to make the viewers feel sympathy for a wife who married a cop that didn't factor in what his life would be like as a cop so they made her act like she was lonely so she could cheat. Her justifying her actions just because her husband was too busy catching bad guys didn't sit well with me. Cops, lawyers, doctors, judges...those are the type of people who shouldn't marry outside of their profession. The writers made it seem like the cheating wife was the victim but it was the husband who was the victim.

The first 6 or so episodes were awesome. The final picture taking was so gut wrenching that I caught the water works on those episodes but then it stopped. The 'visitors' just stopped coming. Because of that the series took a dive. Instead of focusing on making the ghosts final goodbyes a happy one they decide to switch it to romance mode. Once in that mode it just didn't go anywhere. Like I said, the ghost and the best friend's relationship was more enjoyable to watch than the main two characters.

Now for the end, it was so predictable. I wish it would've taken the other route but I guess the writers wanted a happy ending.

No one in the ML's family was able to break the curse but he was...because of a girl....Eye roll for sure.

The first episodes of visitors were the best. The last few episodes I wish I would've skipped but I thought it was going to stray away from the romance scenario but it didn't.

I doubt I will be able to find anymore decent Korean dramas without the romance and without me dropping it.

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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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I can't on good conscience give this a good review. It was so all over the place that I forgot what this drama was all about. There was too much stuff going on. I was so confused on the betrayals as well. If you betray someone, how could you be friends with them? At some point I just gave up. Too many names doing different things that made it even more confusing. Plus as I mentioned before I'm not good with names so that made it even worse for me. There were too many times when the enemies was for and against the main character. I'm thinking where was the writer going with this? It was like different ideas hit them and they just included every idea they could think of and put it in this drama.

My main question was this: why would you agree to go into a prison where you can't protect yourself? It seems like anybody can walk into a prison and stay there if you live in Korea.
Once the main character realized he couldn't get what he needed he should've left but it went on to another plot and then another, and then another. By the time the episodes progressed the main plot was forgotten until the 15th episode.

I was going to drop this but I don't have anything lined up. I caught up on all my regular shows which are in hiatus until the fall. There are several Kdrama sequels that will be coming out that I'm waiting for: Fiery Priest, Uncanny Counter, First Responders, to name a few. I've been looking for something to fill the void until then.
I already dropped two dramas but I stuck this one out.

I will give the revenge factor a 10 though. A lot of bad guys got what they deserved which made me happy. There was some unfinished business though. With the way each episode dragged you would think all the loopholes that happened within the 16 episodes would be covered but they weren't.

It look like a sequel will come out but I doubt it. If it does I know I won't be watching it.

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I'm like the few on here who wanted to see how this faired to the American version of Leverage.

That is one of the few TV shows that I have enjoyed so much that I've watched all 5 seasons probably about 4-5 times since it aired and went off the air. I will even watch it if there's a marathon on.

The Korean version in my opinion held up on it's own. They do have the same premise: mastermind, thief, grifter, hacker, and hitter. Although some of the episodes from the Korean version was taken from the US version, the Korean version lasted about a episode and a half where as the American version each episode lasted only 40-42 minutes depending on the length of commercials.

The American version introduced each character with a mini story background as to who they were and how they got started.

The Korean version didn't need to do this. Each individual was introduced without a need for introduction or backstory.

At first I wasn't too thrilled with some of the characters. The hacker for instance, we know can't fill the role of Hardison but he had his own quirky way which he was able to pull off. I also thought I wasn't going to like the hitter but he grew on me.
My favorite was actually the female grifter. You could tell she was having the time of her life playing this role. One of the episodes I actually spit everywhere. It wasn't my intention to do that but I did. She was just that hilarious. I don't remember laughing this hard with the American grifter version.
I also didn't know what bromance was or what it meant until I started watching Korean dramas and the bromance was there between the guys. There was bromance between the American version between Elliot & Hardison. Their chemistry was just awsesome.

As usual this left off as if it was going to continue. I don't know if it will or not. I will say I am truly excited that there will be a American revival of Leverage that will stream on IMBD. The only downside is that Timothy Hutton won't be in it. I hope Noah Wyle can pull this off.

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Now THIS is what I call a Korean action drama!!!

As others stated this is a 12 series mini short. Some episodes are just 13 minutes while some were a little over 7-9 minutes. Too short for my taste but I enjoyed every episode.

The one kid who became known to be the best fighter on the streets barely fought. I don't know if his martial arts skills aren't as strong as the others but the one time he did fight he laid out the leader which was hilarious and bad to the bone altogether.
The one time he did get hit was by his middle school's best friend. That guy was a total douche. His pride was so in the way that he literally got beat in every scene he fought. He did have some mad fighting skills but it went for nought a lot. Even his posse could fight better and none of them got beat after they were beat by the main two male characters.

Some of the 'bad guys' looked a little too old to be in high school too.

As one commenter mentioned females showing up and doing a stare down, I just knew they were going to have some fight scenes but no. It cut away to something else,

I whooped and clapped when I saw Ma Dong Seok doing his infamous slapping in one of the episodes. He's grown on me since Bad Guys.

I was upset about the ending. Korea loves to toy with martial arts fans by making episodes seem like they're going to continue only to not have any more shows.

Forgive the low rating for rewatch values. I haven't rewatched any Korean action dramas that I've already watched. Even though this is too short and wasn't continued there's no need to rewatch especially since I know how it ends.

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Yes!

This was the second Korean action drama that I watched after watching Rugal. Again as I say in all of my reviews I didn't know Korean dramas existed until watching Rugal last year. After seeing that I tried to find any and every Korean action drama that I could find and this was the second one.

I wasn't familiar with the style of Korean dramas but since then I have found myself steering away from the romance type of dramas. I didn't notice the style last year but now I do. I loved the main character, the second main character, and the main character's partner. These three had the chemistry that I loved. I especially loved the bromance between the 1 & 2nd male characters. There were scenes that had me laughing hard.

I tolerated the female lead up to a certain point. She started off likeable but became a whiny love sick puppy in the end that made me cringe. This was the reason I started migrating away from romance dramas.

The fighting scenes were awesome. I kept going back to those scenes. This had somewhat of a James Bond style to it.

I haven't rewatched any of the action Korean dramas I've seen but sometime in the near future if I'm still alive, I will most definitely rewatch this again.

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I almost dropped this

Since i decided to steer clear of anything Korean that has romance in it, I've found myself having a hard time trying to find something to binge on.

I'm a mystery, thriller, comedy, and mainly actions type of girl who went into this blindly. I didn't see any trailer on this but decided to give it a try.

The first few episodes seemed to drag 'in my opinion'. There were times when I looked to see how much time a episode had left and was bummed that I became extremely uninterested within the first thirty minutes of those first few episodes.

Then it got better. I, for one, welcomed different scenarios throughout the 12 episodes. There were different types of plots instead of having one plot draw out till the end. Some subjects carried over but it was solved.

I loved the fighting scenes-of course-and found it funny that whenever a fight ensued, a trio would just show up out of nowhere. It was funny because it didn't matter where a fight would happen, they were there. What was even funnier was the main male from the trio would come out tough but then would pull out his inhaler.

I never seen the ML in anything so I wasn't familiar with him but he was cast perfectly. I liked the whole team as a matter of fact. The chemistry wasn't as strong as some of the other dramas I've watched but for some odd reason everyone's relationship with each other worked. No cliche romance at all!!!!!

It went off as if another season will happen but I seriously doubt it.

Since getting hooked on action Kdramas since last July, I should know when they do one whole season of something, they're done which sucks. Us USA folks have been spoiled.

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Korea doesn't have too many female action fighters who's not stereotyped so when I saw the preview of this I decided to watch it.

I was thinking of a female version of John Wick and I read another review who thought the same, lol.

Aside from the slow action scenes this movie didn't have too much to go on. Yes we learn there's a company called MK but you don't know what's it about. You have men sitting at a table but you don't know who they are. There's no backstory about what this company is about. There were backstories of Bok Soon but what was the point of some of those back stories?

Then there's stuff that could've been left out such as the semi sex, lesbo, and small incest scenes. Didn't need to see any of that.

My main gripe has to do with the last part of the movie. It went down like a wimp.

This is why I don't care for Korean movies. It seems like they stuff a whole lot of fluff in a two hour movie but just completely rush the ending leaving questions to be answered. Definitely not the kind of movie I like to watch.

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I was going to drop this because several months ago I saw the first episode and it didn't grab me so I stopped watching it. Another member on here suggested I watch and I remembered this was the series I stopped watching. I was going to drop this after the third episode but I decided to give it a go.

It turned out to be a good watch. It had great fighting in some episodes. Every cast member was on their A game. The chemistry was awesome. It had some great bromance scenes but I couldn't get past the main character. I kept thinking Harry Potter for some odd reason which was irritating to say the least but he was good. The second character who played stoic the whole series got on my everlasting nerves!!! Oh my gosh they showed his face about 20-30 times each episode which was teeth gritting. I'm like please stop showing his face if he's not saying anything!!!!
The guy who played Shades or Mr. Black was my favorite. Sadly they didn't show enough of him.

Here's why I say if anyone reads this they may want to stop after this sentence.

This series stopped in January of this year and left off in a cliff hanger. I seriously hate watching a series that have more than 10-16 episodes only to have it dangling in the air. If I had known this I wouldn't have watched the series. Seeing that it won't continue while I was in the midst of the series was disappointing. Plus one episode (21) didn't have full English subtitles. I missed the majority of the last 20 minutes of that episode because I couldn't understand what was being said.

This was good to watch. Adventures in nearly every episode. Too bad we won't know how it will end.

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Disappointing

I don't know how this got high marks! Every episode was so slow and drawn out that I kept forgetting that I was on the same episode about thirty minutes prior.

I liked the cast but there wasn't hardly any chemistry among anybody. I most definitely hate the way Lee Sang Hee who played the villain talked. OMG her voice was so annoying. It was too quiet and dead. I was like why is she talking like that??

The plots and twists were shaken up by the 9th episode so if you thought you knew who was behind what you were sadly mistaken. It kept changing.
Of course they had to throw in some romance. It didn't even need to be added. Seo Eun Soo who played the personal assistant face was annoying. She looked like she was annoyed all the time and didn't want to play her role.
Plus the main ML who kept pretending he was this and that got old quick.
My favorite person was Mafi. I've seen this guy play in several dramas but he always play the bad guy. I guess if you look the part you'll play it.

The last episode was all over the place for me. I'm most of the time always dismayed at the last episode of the Korean dramas that I watch. There's usually no closure for me. If you watch this and you're looking for that, forget it. I don't understand how things could go unfinished when each episode dragged on and on!

Honestly if I had known this drama was going to be like it was I would've skipped it. If you watch the first episode and skip some you won't miss what happens in between. The first episode and the last two was all this drama needed for me. Thank goodness it was only 12 episodes. I think I would've stopped watching if it was more than that.

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Dropped this on episode 8

Well, the Korean drama slump for me continues.

The first episode was so confusing between the flashbacks and reality scenarios that I was unsure if I should finish or not. I saw in the synopsis that the main character had a supernatural ability to 'identify bad seeds' but the way each episode portrayed, the first incident was by mere accident but the others were just a random coincidence. Then it turned into a watered down vigilante justice drama. Then it went downhill from there.

Each episode barely capitalized why the other people met their demise when they thought they would get away with the crimes they committed. Some characters were just time fillers like the MML's family...What was the point of them being in some of the episodes?? They were utterly useless and had no point in the story line.

The male who played the cop really didn't do anything but chew gum and looked bored.

The guy who played Rho Bin wasn't utilized well at all. With all that technology and smarts they sure made him look dumb and weak. He didn't fit in.

The MML looked sick in every episode which made me wonder was he OK in real life? His whole mood and demeanor was very sombersome. I don't know if he smiled even once throughout the 8 episode series.

This drama was every bit of boring to me. It took me a while to get through each episode. I thought I had capped off a lot but today I was dismayed to see I was only on episode 5. I thought I had watched the majority of the episodes but I barely managed to finish the first 4 episodes and last 4 episodes. I really didn't even finish episode 8. It wasn't going the way I thought it would so I just saved myself the trouble and just stopped it. This drama really drained the life out of me. I really have to stop falling for the high marks from reviewers.

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When I saw a female lead with strong fighting skills I had to watch. There's not that many in Korea so when a female who can fight pops up I'm there.

I also noticed the two main leads were in Money Heist. So again, had to watch.

I gotta say this movie was a let down. Weak character plots all around had me irritated in the end. There's no back story of the main FL. Her best friend's back story was weak as all get up and the main ML who plays the villain was even worse.

The movie lightly touched up on females being videotaped and blackmailed. They make it seem like the police chief is in on this as well but again, every scenario that was deposited into this movie was lackluster and that's putting it nicely.

All we get is the main FL can fight. The pace was very slow. The bad bad guys got taken out in less than 10 minutes. The ending even less than that.

This is why I tend to stay away from Korean movies. They have no life to them. Stick to the Korean dramas. You'll be more satisfied than this movie.

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Since watching Korean dramas for close to a year now, I gotta say Koreans must have special genes and lives like a cat because realistically the things that happened in this series NO real human would be able to bounce back from.

In the last few years I've become a binger-not a word, I know-but this is what I've become. I no longer have the patience to wait out another week for a episode to air. Luckily I've been able to do so with some of my TV shows and now Korean shows.

I was close to not watching this. I kept running into it while trying to find dramas w/o the romance and it's a very few. I recognized the main male actor from the Partners For Justice series and immediately liked his character. But I avoided watching this but bit the bullet and went on ahead and watched it.

This show isn't for the faint of heart. It actually reminded me of that Canadian series 'Orphan Black'. This series wasn't as deep as that series but it had me interested.

It does run slow and I watched only two episodes a day. I felt a little robbed because there wasn't a lot of backstories about any of the characters. I'm so use to backstories now that when I don't get one or get a little info I get disappointed. They did show a little about what the 2nd & 3rd male lead went through when they were kids. But it wasn't enough for me.

I liked the main male character because as the series progressed this guy was like a surrogate father to the 2nd male lead and other people who got involved with the plot.
I really didn't like the female prosecutor though. I'm not surprised about not liking several females in this as it always happen throughout the Kdramas I've watched.

The revenge aspect was a little weak but it was maintained a bit throughout the series.

It was a OK watch. The score was going to be lower but I decided it wasn't that bad. I do know I won't watch this again though.

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I know that this is old and there are a lot of reviews for this and I highly doubt my review will get read but it all depends on if people want to see the most recent reviews or just the helpful ones but if the most recent reviews has been chosen you may want to skip mine because this will heavily contain some spoilers.

First: Korea....stop blurring out the knives! We know what it is! Why blur out a knife but show guns as clear as day???

I came to this drama because so many viewers reviewed this and gave it high marks. I'm assuming this got high marks from the eye candy, lol!
If anyone has ever read my reviews one will know I watch these dramas to see who's great at martial arts and the action that comes with it. I also watch for the chemistry and yes 'da bromance'!!!

Sadly enough I got one out of the three. The main character who played 'Doc's Son' was awesome. I remember this person from 'Life On Mars'. In my opinion his character was the only one that I liked.
The second male lead got on my ever lasting nerves! He was too bossy and pig headed for my taste. He could put together all other scenarios but he couldn't piece together the main goal he was trying to get to. I didn't feel he portrayed his character that well. He also didn't meld too well with the other characters. I don't know if that was the writer's choice or not.

The chick that played Soo Min really got on my nerves. Her facial expressions just bothered me. It was like she had too much work done on her lips and her pupils were just too big! They say a camera adds ten pounds but this poor girl's skeletal system showed a lot! But I must say she could definitely run in those platforms.
The females in this dressed as if they were-well-let's just say they dressed as if they were in the 'make it rain' profession that also made it hard for me to watch. She played that dim witted love sick puppy that I've come to loathe in Korean dramas. It's why I tend to stay away from dramas that involves romance.

The other female who played Jin Sook was OK. There were moments where I rolled my eyes but then she was a lot better.

I'm trying not to make this long winded but to me this series was all over the place. There were a lot of undercover agents in which one was introduced as an agent but was never explained why they were called an agent. It was just thrown in several episodes I'm guessing to save space. There was also a few episodes where the writers took a character in another direction. It was so out of the blue! I guess when you have to come up with 20 episodes you have to keep it going no matter what.

I kept watching this because I didn't have anything else lined up. The regular shows that I do watch will be coming to an end for the summer so I will go and watch those and come back to my Korean dramas. Hopefully I will find something better than this. I still don't know how this got high marks.

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I watched this series because I liked Choi Jin Hyuk, Kim Min Sang from Rugal and Jo Hee Bong who's been in several police dramas.

The first few episodes were kind of slow but I was surprised at myself for sticking it out. I'm glad I did because even though it was a slow paced 'who dunnit' spiel, it kept me interested through the very end.

I was also surprised that this went in a direction I wasn't expecting.

The chemistry between the male cops were hilarious and awesome at best. I like dramas like this for some odd reason. I would love to see a blooper reel from this series because I know there's a lot.

I didn't like the female lead too much. Her facial expression was annoying as all get up. I cringed every time she was on camera. To this day I won't look at anything she's in.

This was a laid back type of drama. There was no fancy gimmicks or anything that the writers done to force a person to watch.

I never rewatched any of the Korean dramas I gave high ratings to but there are a few that I would be willing to rewatch and this is one of them.

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