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The Last Empress korean drama review
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The Last Empress
1 people found this review helpful
by Lilly
Jan 20, 2022
52 of 52 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
Aside from the last 2-3 episodes, I had a blast watching this drama. The clever plot twists and the fact that there was always something unexpecting happening kept me on my toes and gave me 20+ hours of constant thrill. It was greatly satisfying to see the leads serve justice and outsmart the dirty corruption, lies and intrigue through honesty, integrity, good ethics and being upright in their actions.

The leads have great chemistry. Jang Na Ra's and Shin Sung Rok's acting was also noteworthy, and I also loved Choi Jin Hyuk even though his acting was no more than his usual stiffness of a wooden board (it does have its own charm, even despite this).

However, since the last 2-3 episodes were not initially planned and one of the male leads wasn't able to participate due to conflicting schedules, I was partially left disappointed after an otherwise exciting watch. These extra episodes were probably needed to wrap up the story lines (although they did have lots of fillers as well), but the absence of one of the 3 most important characters made it feel incomplete and I was left partially frustrated because some of the plot lines remained hanging. The way they chose to conclude the show for the rest of the characters also didn't give me the closure that I was expecting, to compensate for the unresolved story lines.
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