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Remember: War of the Son korean drama review
Dropped 20/20
Remember: War of the Son
10 people found this review helpful
by Gio
Aug 23, 2016
20 of 20 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 5.5
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
Remember is a typical drama with farfetched storylines and cringe worthy overly tragic acting. There is not a single moment where you could believe what is happening might be realistic, as the drama continuously resorts to all the possible cliches to develop both the characters ( the perfect and pure poor family, the evil Ceo, the righteous but naive heroine, ...) and the plot ( typical blackmailings, betrayals, last minute confessions, sudden repentances). All with the usual liter of tears. There is no need to say that the court setting is not treated as a specific field worth of investigation and capable of generating interest per se ( as should be in any good drama or movie dealing with a specific professional environment), but rests as the background for a revenge story that would have worked the same way in any other context. What you get in the end is a collection of stereotipical scenes drawn up only to have an emotional impact on the viewer based on very simple patterns, without any ambition to induce an intelluctual reflection. You could argue that this is what most dramas do, and in this respect Remember is not worse than many. The music is the icing on the cake of the aforementioned scenes, overly dramatic, repetitive and annoying. The only bright note is Nam Gung Min acting, wich I find quite compelling in his portrayal of the evil antagonist, similar to what has done Yoo Ah In in the movie Veteran. The general quality of the production is on par with what you can see on 2015 Korean television, so in the end if you are not particularly picky you can whatch this show without particular problems, but not if you are fed up with the ordinary and you are looking for something more.
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