Details

  • Last Online: 5 hours ago
  • Gender: Female
  • Location:
  • Contribution Points: 39 LV1
  • Birthday: April 29
  • Roles:
  • Join Date: May 22, 2019
Who Rules the World chinese drama review
Completed
Who Rules the World
1 people found this review helpful
by catherine
Oct 13, 2024
40 of 40 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 4.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 4.5
Rewatch Value 2.0

It's missing something

This one got really glowing reviews so I was quite looking forward to it, and while I still like the essence of the plot and the chemistry between the leads, it just feels like there's something missing. Maybe it was the writing or the editing, but I constantly felt like the show was missing scenes or having really important reveals happen off-screen. I was looking forward to a lot of identity reveals — each of the leads and the villain — but they all turned out very underwhelming, like the characters found out off screen and then the next scene was them just stating it.

The plot itself is interesting but it was also written in a weird way. I wasn't sure how the leads found out about the villain, and I wasn't completely sure about the antagonist's motivations either, compared to a drama like The Untamed drama where got to see exactly how the leads worked together and how things went wrong. There are characters who I thought would end up playing a bigger role considering how much screentime and importance they were given, but they turned out to just be a subplot and not at all tied to the final arc, which ultimately felt quite rushed.

Overall, I think there's a story here, but from someone who hasn't read the source material, the drama itself is not executed that well outside of the two leads.
Was this review helpful to you?