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if you're hesitating to watch this, let me tell you: don't hesitate. watch it with full force because it's an amazing drama that's wrapped up with the most hilarious scenes and toned down with absolutely heartbreaking scenes. it seems like this drama's goal is to truly keep one's attention because there was nOT a single boring moment. some of the investigation scenes are quite questionable if you're picky with crime dramas but then you're suddenly diverted to a scene of two goofs being goofs in a convenience store and some dude with a dog mask.
what i can say is that the way the characters are written here are close to being top notch. you'd think the villains are just pure evil but then we're given a glimpse that they themselves are having a hard time in choosing the right path. the character development is well done with jang ryong and i hope we get to see him with songsak in season 2. i'm super curious how cheol beom's character will be handled in the next season as it's seen that he felt guilt though he didn't show it.
i love that this drama is not entirely heavy as the comedy timing fits well and doesn't drag the scenes too long. what's great to see is the chemistry of the police gang, the church gang and pHeOniX seOn. all of the cast did an amazing job with their portrayal of their characters especially kim nam gil; the smug remarks, the emotional scenes and badass scenes moved me and now my priest kink shall live on for many years to come.
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The "Fiery Priest" is on Fire while in Action! (BGM music starts, haha) Mindless Fun Ride!!
(NOTE: Check out my Reviews for both the seasons, for similarities n differences between S1 n S2)Alert: Watch this only,
if U are a fan of Kim Nam Gil,
a fan of mindless silly comedy / Slapstick comedy dramas
Or
In a mood for a Light Drama without any expectation of an interesting or a gripping suspense, just to sit back, relax n watch one to pass the time! 🤷🏻♀️
Else
Some may find this, Boring.
I watched this Only for Namgil n even writing a review Only bcz of him😂
Just BE AWARE that this has Zero gripping /thought provoking plot, Zero to Little mystery but just a mediocre comedy, little exaggerated reactions and overacting for comedic purposes.
It's just the usual formula of 1 Hero, 1 Villain n a Fight between them. Hero saving good people with a touch of murder of his close ones n so on a Revenge & Justice seeking journey with the help of a team of comedy characters.
Can be watched for your favourite actors n to pass the time mindlessly without any toxic storylines. Just a Light Drama.
A mix of action + comedy + crime
Nam Gil Admirers will Love to watch him in Action! ☺️
Though the drama is mediocre, ABSOLUTELY LOVED Nam Gil's Sarcastic n Bold Character 👌🏻
The only little mystery here is about Who the exact killer is, of senior father from the bad guys team.
This suspense is maintained till the end👌🏻
***** ACTORS / CHARACTERS:
Love Nam Gil's character a lot - The Fiery, the Bold, the Sarcastic 😂 but Kind Hearted😊
But very short tempered and that generates the comedy😂
Nam Gil is so handsome with his sarcastic Smirks, haha
Nam Gil's role, truly a "Fiery" Priest!
His character is the ONLY Pillar to this story, the ONLY Attraction in this drama!! ✨
I love his evil sarcastic smirks given to bad guys.
If he gives one, it means that he is about kick someone and the music (that BGM) starts!😂👌🏻
Whenever there is any injustice around him, the Savage Angry Beast inside this NIS agent turned Priest, awakens n the comedy follows while he is punishing the bad or fighting for the justice.
His Fight sequences are VERY GOOD
Would love to watch the same character of Nam gil with the same personality n not being a Priest, with romance or bromance, in a Crime Action Comedy or a Crime Thriller ✨✨
(The thought itself is so interesting! 🤤)
**
Kim Sung Kyun's role is the funniest, his comedic facial expressions are pure fun to watch!
His Bickering with the Priest is the funniest 😂👌🏻
**
Lee Ha Nee's character is Good for a comedy genre but a bit exaggerated reactions and expressions, little hyper active 😂
Maybe, such a hyper active bold female character is demanded by the story in the team not only for some action but also for comedy 🤷🏻♀️
Since ML is a priest, shouldn't expect Romance 🤭
But ML n FL's bromance (😂) / friendship is good.
Their bickering initially is funny but as the story progresses, formed a close friendly bond to kick the bad guys as a team!
It's like Two devils in action! 😂
(No offense meant for devil / priest terms, meant Good kind hearted devils 😃👍🏻)
(Here in S1,
there are few moments of mild romance between ML n FL but then, they themselves take back their hidden flirty dialogues , since he is a priest😂
This generates the mindless comedy 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Also For comedy purposes, in 1-2 episodes:
U can find little Bromance of our priest with the small priest (Jeon Sung woo's role)👌🏻
Also U can see the police gal (Geum Sae Rok's role) fangirling over the priest 🤷🏻♀️
)
**
Go Jun is so handsome n did the bad guy role well.
**
The other characters, the helping team of the priest are good n funny.
The actors did their roles well
Sae Rok's role is a bold police officer n her fight scenes are good👌🏻
**
To be honest, LOVED Nam Gil's , Sung Kyun's (the funny piece with priest all the time😂) n Go Jun's roles, the Most.
ONLY THESE CHARACTERS ARE MORE INTERESTING out of all other characters.
*****
OST - that music suits well to the mood of the drama.
The instrumental bgm musics used for the Fiery Priest in Action or for FL, are cool 👌🏻
*****
At the first look, one might feel that
S1 is better than S2 since it's the same story formula but
S1 n S2 have their own charms, even though it's the same story formula.
Just for Nam Gil's role,
a true Fiery & Justice seeking one n
to watch more of Nam gil as a punisher,
Need a S2 👌🏻
(n not for the usual routine story🤷🏻♀️)
***** RATING:
8.5 / 10 for the joy ride
(7 for the story and the mediocre comedy.
8.5 only bcz of Nam Gil's Lovely Fiery character n impressive acting 😃
Enjoyed this show only bcz of his role n acting 👌🏻)
**** My Admiration for Nam Gil 😁:
I fell in love with his acting from Crime Thriller "Through the Darkness" 💖
n then watched Action Comedy "The Fiery Priest "
The variations in his roles in these two dramas are Amazing, SURPRISED ME alot.
There, as a Cold Introvert person, who never talks (dark vibes surrounding him n so brooding)
Here, as a fiery n yet funny n lively person, who never stops talking n smiling, punishing the bad guys and giving evil smirks to them, haha
There, I always wanted him to smile or speak out 😅
Here, am surprised to see him talking non-stop 😂
He just slayed both the roles though they are extremes in nature n in personality.
Anyways,
Introvert analysing criminals (Through the Darkness) to
A Fiery smiley (comedic in The Fiery Priest) to
An Emotional One side lover / stalker (in another drama),
U can clearly see the differences in each of his roles n in his acting.
He is a PROLIFIC actor! 🤍
And so the Saga of me, watching every drama of his, Started
If he is in a project, I'm in! 😂
Oh my Nam Gil Oppa! 💕
What have U done to my poor heart !! 🤭
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NOT YOUR TYPICAL PRIEST
I love love this drama. He's pretty straight forward and not a typical Priest that we all know. First, Fr Michael Kim will scold, bark, pouch, yell, impatient, giving so much attitude to his parishioners. Second, he is handsome and has dark secret past. Third, he is loyal, kind, intelligent, and capable. Besides he isn't going to put up with s**t, fight back in what he believes in, temperamental and will stick his gun for the people who dear to him. A lot of dramas/movies portrayed religious people as weaklings or type of people who will take in the (bad) fates which kind of tiring but not Fr Kim, he wants justice serve without prejudices. I like that...different from normal portrayals...Kim Hae-il / Michael Kim (Kim Nam-Gil) retired NIS agent became a priest after a heart-stopping accident on the job, on the pinnacle of his self destruction, he's rescued by Father Lee and became his father figure and mentor. He respect and love Fr. Lee but the cartels kill and name-smear him. He's in range, try to get help from the polices but got nothing. Until he wrote a letter to the Pope and beg for re-investigation, he got Goo Dae-young (Kim Sung-kyun) a reluctant police to help him with the investigation - the cop that so bad on the job and clumsy - the Police Chief set this to fail Fr. Kim's reinvestigation. The interaction between two men is hilarious, altercation, friendship, respect, butt head. Park Kyung-sun (Lee Ha-Nee) A corrupt prosecutor who covered up the crimes of Gudam's administrators including the police chief and head borough, she is one of the parishioner and love Fr. Lee but forbid to come to the mass because Fr. Kim believes she isn't good enough to enter the church with the way she practice the law and handling Fr. Lee's dead situation. They both bicker, argue, distrust each other.
No romance, no heart break, all straight to action & fun.
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must watch!
okay so I will admit that I wasn't into it for the first few episodes but once I got past that I absolutely loved it.Starting with the OST.
It was great. I usually don't care for it but it had me hyped especially during the fight scenes.
The Characters
I loved the characters dynamic too. It was so much fun seeing how they went from enemies to friends and how they had each others backs. Also eventually seeing two of their team members shocking past and how they put their talents to use. Seeing their interactions even with some of the bad guys had me cracking up I had to cover my mouth in the middle of the night to not wake anyone up because I couldn't stop.
Other:
I absolutely enjoyed the fight scenes and although I've only watched one other drama with Kim Nam Gil I'll definitely find myself watching more where he comes out. I loved the bromance and then eventually seeing how some of the characters repent and seeing their character development was something I enjoyed.
So if you want something hilarious with bromance, character development, and great teamwork/friend group. I say go for it and watch this one. It's definitely one I'll end up rewatching.
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One of my favourites and the funniest drama I ever watched
I don't know why I didn't watch this drama until now because it was a perfect drama.First of all, it isn't only a comedy drama: it's also a crime and mystery one. Even though at times I was really annoyed with the corruption and injustice, the plot is so good, you don't notice how fast time is passing. But this drama has the funniest moments; I don't remember another drama that funny, maybe Modern Farmer but there were some over-the-top scenes, this one hasn't any. It's the first time I ever laughed with tears in a drama (I'm talking about episode 17, or 33-34). The mood of the drama changed a bit in the 19th episode; Hae Il gave me John Wick vibes, awesome!
The acting was great: Kim Nam Gil as always stole the show but the other characters were great as well, except the villains of course. Great job to all the actors! The action scenes were so well executed!
Great OST!
I'm so glad the drama is uploaded on YouTube, I can rewatch it anytime! That being said, I can't wait for the second season!
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(I hope this drama gets some awards, too. Especially Kim Nam-Gil who really did great in this project)
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the série is amazing and is very well elaborated because it has a little of everything
this series is very good and well elaborated in my opinion because it has a little bit of everything from comedy, mystery, crime, drama and the actors were incredible they played their roles incredibly and the songs also fit very well, in my opinion I really think so this series is incredible from the cast , the story is very good and well done and I found it very interesting because it makes a person hook up until the end of the series at least with me it was like that for that reason the series and everyone who played it congratulations.Was this review helpful to you?
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This is gem…I think that’s all I could describe this drama. I took a break from watching Kdramas for like a year because I got tired of pretty boys with the same characteristics all over again in the screen. Like oh my god, where are all these gentlemen oppa for real?
Kdramas became overrated because I keep on seeing old faces. Fyi, I have been watching Kdramas when they are not yet main stream, I had probably watched 200 kdramas since I was 10 years old.
But, wow! Fiery Priest was splendid. I was doubtful at first but I am so glad I soldiered through.
On the first half of the drama everything is just so frustrating, it feels like the Priest is fighting alone I was confused by Lee Honey’s character as well as Detective Gu. I can’t tell if they are on the Priest’s side or the enemies’ side. But it was hyped when they joined hands.
The minor characters were interesting too. They are significant to the drama. And they literally have interesting past as well that you’ll feel woah!
I literally adore Jang Ryong, I couldn’t hate his guts at all! Hwang Cheol Bum too, he is not a hate able character, actually I was rooting for him to get all those money. He’s hot for a thug. (😆)
There are many hate able characters too, Chief Nam who looks pathetic however evil. Chief Prosecutor Kang looks exactly who would be a corrupt person. And Jung Dong Ja, I don’t get her character. She doesn’t have much impact except looking out for Cheol Bum. And that ex co colleague of Hae Il, who annoys me deeply. I hate his freaking face!
Lee Honey, omg. She is the awesome! She is full of charisma vibes. She is a really an amazing actress and this role proves that too. She’s refreshing character after all those cold, poker face, crying faces of actress I’ve seen for the past years I have been watching Kdramas. I mean, she’s brave, strong, capable, and yet they didn’t made her character all mysterious cold face woman like we always see.
And Kim Nam Gil, omg. He’s omg all over. I have never seen any of his drama or movie but omg what I have been watching all these times? Everything he does exude beauty, like seriously. How could he be so handsome like that? Hahahaha! He can act whatever kind of character and he gives his all. He has good chemistry to his co actors too.
Heard there will be a Season 2, but I am glad they wrapped up Season 1 in a good note unlike Signal. Looking forward!
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The best!!!! Perfect Drama!! A must Watch
This is literally the best drama i've ever watched. After watching over 50 chinese and korean dramas, this one is the absolute favorite. It made me laugh out loud . The story is so good. The twists are funny as well as breath taking. The actors were perfect. So many interesting, funny as well as serious characters. You will end up falling in love with the male lead, the fiery priest, Father Kim Hae Il. He really nailed the role.The very first episode made me sleepy, but from the second episode, i got completely hooked. I didn't know that a crime investigation drama can be so interesting and funny. There is no cheesy romance or useless love triangles but Only perfect chemistry between the main characters. The ending was literally the best!! So fantastic!! whoever is the mastermind behind this drama, hats off!
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Fiery and comedy!
I watched this while I was away on a business trip. Instead of going out and exploring the place I’ve been to, i’ve spent my time finishing this until I go back to Manila. It did not disappoint. A series combined with different genre. Depicting religion, principle, compassion, social responsibility, a feel good movie. I want to commend every cast, but special mention to Actor Go Jun. Although his role was realy evil, there was a charming side on him. Tried researching a bit and then saw some pic that he is light to look at, not that hard face he always have. Congratulations to everyone! Loved it!Was this review helpful to you?
Comedy + Action + Characters
This show is a good balance of comedy, action and characters. I had a good laugh while watching this drama and completely enjoyed watching all the action scenes. Also enjoyed how spirituality was integrated in general. Some of the characters and their friendships were adorable and reminded me of my own friends and our behaviors in spiritual gatherings :D. I wasn't happy with last 2 episodes which I think could be wrapped better and some of the character motivations could be explored more but overall a good watch. Had fun watching itWas this review helpful to you?
