Obsessed
It's been like a month since I watched seasons 1 & 2 and I'm still reeling from the high.Obviously every scenario was made convenient enough for our dream team to come in and steal the show, so you have to suspend reality a lot of times but I feel like that's what made the show special - making the impossible seem possible.
All of the acting was really good, the characters all had great synergy and each of the stories told in the episodes were super entertaining.
This definitely goes up in the hall of fame and I can't wait to rewatch it!
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Taxi Rainbow Team undecided....
in one place we have the Taxi Rainbow Team who every one of the squad have experience at first hand what its like to lose a love one in a very violent way. they know how the system does not help the victims and consequently the family of the victims. therefore they have to spend their days knowing they will never get justice. that the system was never there to help the victims but to protect the bad guys. with that they decide to take revenge in the name of those who can't, with their own methods, outside the law, their ways can even be said to be derived from morality;in the other hand we have Prosecutor Kang Ha Na who believes bad guys needs to get punish through law and the law only, any other method will make you as bad as them. she is the shining example of what "justice" is —rightfull, law abiding—. you see, she's the good cop, the one that follows the rules, can't get corrupted and works hards to get the villains in jail. she's different from the others —which can include even her sunbae— because she can see what is "right" and what is "wrong". therefore for her The Taxi Rainbow Team is in the wrong, The Taxi Rainbow Team broke the law so they deserve to be punish as well. in fact this particular 'case' of a Taxi Driver who kidnaps bad guys deserve her full attention. because for her if you don't follow the law —or rather, the system— then you need to be judged.
yet she watches over and over again how the system she so much believes in is unreliable, unable to actually help those who need it and rather benefits those who don't deserve it. but you see for her it's not the system, it's the people who utilizes the system in benefit of the bad guys. even when she's the one who requires the service of The Taxi Rainbow Team she's unwilling to accept that is the system that it doesn't work and has never worked. she even managed to give them a lecture about how wrong their methods are and gets to be the one who helps them to punish "rightfully" the bad guys at the end of the show.
the Taxi Rainbow Team finally decides —with a little bit of help of Prosecutor Kang Ha Na— that bad guys go to jail because apparently the prision reform is "helpful" and therefore they are respecting the law. that their ways have crossed the line so there was no need anymore for the company to continue with that project. that bad guys are to be left to the police because apparently they actually are "useful". and with this new "realization" they part their ways....
....but no longer after, they reopen the The Taxi Rainbow project?
does it means that they realize —once again— that the system truly will never be there for the people? that as long as they live in a capitalistic society the system would be there only to give profit to the powerful and therefore the non privileged are set to suffer? that at least the little support they offer help the victims in a way....?
....yet we find that now Prosecutor Kang Ha Na is part of the team. does it means then even though they will follow with the Taxi Rainbow activities they'll do it according to the law and therefore they are given their hopes on this flawed system?
the fact that Ahn Go Eun decides to become part of the police reinforces the idea that they have decided somehow to believe in the system, making then this just another cop propaganda show and therefore undermining how these cases both in here and real life are wrongly handled, which makes you wander then what's the point of this show?
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Blatantly overrated! A decent watch, occasionally entertaining, story meh
Entertaining premise with below average execution.Acting is decent but not perfect. Lee Jehoon as Kim Do-gi is the one with most screen time and also that might be why his acting flaws become obvious over the course of the drama. I do not think he can hold the main role with such script. Therefore, to mitigate that, the screenwriters should have pushed all members of the Rainbow Taxi team (Seong Cheol, Go Eun, Gyeong Gu, Jin Eon) to have equal screen time, and well polished background stories. The team members had quirks that would appeal to audience much more than blatant exposition of Kim Do-gi's as "hot and dangerous" over and over again. We get it, he is handsome but it becomes boring after exactly one episode and that cannot carry the whole 16 episodes...which seems what the screen writers intended. And again, it is not justified why Do-gi is the main character, as his story is not presented with particularly more depth, than any other.
Then as for episodes, well, all stories they have a pattern of being quite one layered. Killers/criminals are straight-up bad evil guys without any complexity. Do-gi beats them up, the team chips in marginally (but never can do anything on their own). Even the main characters have very weak development. I am generally disappointed by the script.
What is holding this drama up is the novelty of each episode having a new interesting premise (albeit I forget what I watched the minute I stop watching).
Brainless entertainment that you can enter with low expectation.
As the fan #1 of brainless entertainment, I will watch S2.
...But 8.8 for this drama? Someone must be tripping, and it ain't me.
Thanks for reading,
JPX
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I'm just going to sum up my review by keeping it short and simple. People who do others wrong with no remorse don't know or understand how it feels until it happens to them. That's what I truly loved about this series. Justice was served in every way one could imagine.
The only thing that I hated about this series is that it came to an end and I seriously doubt a sequel will be in the makings.
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Family. A new character who shakes the balance. A game of cat and mouse.Season two doesn’t fall short of the first — once again, it delivers stories of injustice that sting, and retribution that heals. The formula is familiar, but the energy feels different. The missions are bigger, riskier, and carry higher stakes. The criminal network built by the new villains is larger and more deeply rooted, making Do-ki’s infiltrations even bolder and more varied.
There’s nothing new to say about the Deluxe Taxi team — they remain a family, united to the end.
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I was suspicious of On Ha-joon from the start, so I wasn’t surprised he was planted in the team. But I didn’t expect to grow attached to him. In the end, when he whispers, “If I had met you first… would my life have been different?”, it broke my heart. He became what he is simply because he had the misfortune of meeting the wrong people — and believing them. But can you really blame him? After all, he was just a child.
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This season makes you reflect on how thin the line is between justice and crime, between victim and predator. And how the tilt of the scale often depends on who reaches out their hand — and when.
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This is really a great drama. I wonder if something like this exists out there world. It would be great if victims would get Justice from perpetrators that harm them or a loved one. I get so tired of people escaping Justice for the crimes they commit, especially those who work in government space. I loved martial arts, I love the place where the taxi driver kept his taxi.
Lee Je Hoon who played Kim Do Gi was perfect for this part. Another actor I love. He was so good! This drama also had a strong woman role played by actress Kang Ha Na the character name Esom. The actor Kim Eui Sung who played the owner of the business was great. Thank you to all the other actors/actresses, the team of this drama, the writers, and all of the visuals.
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exciting and based on real events
really good movie. enjoyed this and other series. well done. well executed. storyline tight and well constructed. Different from other Korean series.Well executed stunts, special effects.
A series about a traumatized ex soldier who begins to work for a taxi firm by day, by night the firm becomes a vigilante to catch the true criminals that unjustly treat people.
A team of five, taking on the rich and powerful, and occasional lowlife gangster.
Definitly worth looking at.
All subtitled.
I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself and you'll probably want to watch series 2 and eventually series 3 when it comes.
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"Live your life well, and don't let your revenge ruin your own life."
I love this kind of drama. Most people talk Taxi Driver is good and when I finish this drama it turns sooo good! Really love their chemistry, friendships, teamwork, how they solve the problem they faced, how they plan their revenge, the story of this drama, and their acting. Really good💯 one thing that make me turn off about this drama at first is the prosecutor girl, Kang Hana. She's so annoying, like what the f**k she do. She acted so recklessly, thinks that she's the righteous but prove nothing! Even though in the end she's turn to be the rainbow taxi teams sided, still I can't move on.Was this review helpful to you?
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"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."
Woah, I seriously have to say this but. I can't think of anyone better than JeHoon for the role of DoGi, because he is PERFECT!!This man pulls off any disguise role here no matter the situation, and he still manages to avenge those who request his services.
Every single element on his team is essential to the missions, and the way they carry their taxi services using retro game machine or even a karaoke bar on their clients is always amusing to watch, however what really makes this drama interesting is how it shows the scum of society that commits such filthy crimes while trying to get away with it. Praise DoGi! He is here to teaching them the value and the power of Justice by his own methods and well most of the time requiring his iron fist knuckles.
The amount of ACTION in this drama is worth the watch, and the most engaging is the way it is filmed like a one shot or in angles that allows us to be a part of the action, almost as if we're him or a character in a videogame and we're kicking those thugs who deserve it.
And let's not forget all the fast and furious scenes where taxi's truly shine bright.
Taxi Deluxe is on a whole other level of awesome, with changing licenses, several mechanical improvements, and even arsenal that can wreck any vehicle that comes in between of those trying to avenge victims of injustice, that can't be helped by the law.
Personally the prossecutor HaNa annoyed most part of the drama, although I can get her way of thinking and morals, sometimes her impulsive actions and non filter words, were out of context for me on how someone who seeks to use justice so much to punish criminals with the law, can be so thoughtless to disregard other's safety just to reach her goals.
The cliché happens when there's a loss. And it's thanks to that unfortunate accident that she gets into her senses hopefully until the end and do something worthy and rational for a change.
DoGi is my favorite along with GoEun (kickass hacker SFL who also drives a motorcycle), the family bond they share as if the are an older brother and younger sister without any blood bonds is trully remarkable, in a certain way they both created a small family with the rest of the team composed by SungChul (their boss and leader), KyungGoo and JinEon (the two mechanics). Each and everyone having a similar story of brutal loss and grief of family members, that connects them in a search for personal vengeance and justice hence why they started this deal in the first place, despite against the law itself.
EVERYTHING so far is awesome here, even with the plot twists of betrayal written by the change of screenwriters in the drama, they still managed to insert enough action and punishments of the traitors to get us around. I just hope the last two episodes won't be further from that reality and that everything will fall in place.
It's clear that this system of revenge although fun to watch and to cheer up too, isn't build to last, they are breaking laws and for the record also commit crimes to fight crime, although we can all agree that DoGi is amazing, he is a broken man whose mother was brutally killed making him the bitter soul he is when it comes to law and order, who failed him and many counterparts of victim's families.
Now that HaNa has opened her eyes, I hope she will be helpful enough to help him out on that.
THANK GOD for the no romance here.
At least 14 episodes seen so far and nothing leading there.
Good I started watching this for the theme, and JeHoon as DoGi.
Glad it's staying that way, at least is one drama that does not focus on romance or let's it ruin and take over the plot.
Here we gladly accept that the plot and characters individuality and their struggles and vengeances are more important.
EDIT: now that I've FINISHED this drama all I have to say is that it had a really satisfying ending :') a rarity for most.
What can we say of having justice served in the most unconventional ways, sure they took revenge by breaking the law and had to dissolve the organization of Rainbow Transport, it was like I said inevitable and bound to happen (or so we thought), but what truly differentiates him from the others, is that they didn't did use crime for personal benefit without considering the victims. They did it to appease them and help them when the Law couldn't extend to them in time. Also they all were willing to yield the punishments for their doings, even if they had a noble purpose behind the cause.
The final mission of revenge, was served cold and perhaps the most bittersweet, since it took so long and took all of them by surprise. But I am glad they could solve it and fix not only one revenge there but more linked to the same man that ruined countless of lives in there.
Seeing everyone take their time and following their careers and own paths showed the development of the characters that made Rainbow Deluxe Taxi from scratch, they were victims seeking for a purpose, and in the end they found in themselves the strenght and the union of a family. GoEun as a cop and driving a bike, amazing how she passed the civil exam. And to point out that I really loved her conection with DoGi, they acted like big brother and younger sister, it was always heartwarming to see them interact. HaNa also showed her own development throughout the drama, when she learned the value of a life, and how to enforce the law does not always imply follwing the rules, sometimes it's about breaking them to catch the bad guys.
To have her join the team and keep the team ready for action when duty calls, it was the cherry on top of the cake. They all have their own jobs, but at the end of the day when the beepers show RAINBOW, they are a team who avenge people and are able to find more criminals and wrongdoings that are turned on a blind eye when it comes to law enforcement.
THE OST!! Oh my god what to say about it other than it's EPIC most likely.
I mean no one can't get over SILENCE by YB in the fighting or most iconic scenes. It's an anthem and DoGi is the main star.
Am preparing myself for next week's FINALE, because following this drama has been too good and the right adrenaline rush to pump in my veins that I am not entirely ready to let it go.
JeHoon really got me engaged in his acting skills, that I want to see more of him and I do hope he gets more roles in the future.
He should win an award just for this one here. It's a role of many genres, and it fit him like a glove.
Seriously, WHAT THE HECK are you all doing, if not seeing this masterpiece???
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The best revenge kdrama I have watched until now
Lets start with the good things1) Everybody would love the story setup as the Revenge company employees are just much better than normal people.(skill wise i.e. nothing much bad happens as the revenge employees are kind of like overpowered)
2)Music, Ost where just hitting the spot, loved the theme music sooo much.
3)Story's inspired by real life cases or crime's.
4)Action was on par with movie quality.
5)Supporting cast( victims and assailants from all the different stories) where 10 /10.
Now the disappointing points
1)The main lead had nothing much acting to do as I felt they where always getting rushed to taking revenge.
2)Kang Ha Na(Esom) this character felt like it was not part of the drama until second half, I feel this drama could have done better without this character.
3)At the end of episodes there was small segment showing connections between all the characters in the story. But the problem was I had forgotten about few of those characters was this a failure of my memory or failure of the drama to make me remember their stories not sure(I watched it when it aired, may not face this problem when binging)
4)Kim Do Gi (Lee Je Hoon) was practically a superman, no military training can make someone that strong. Because of this Taxi Driver became from real life fiction to supernatural fiction vibe. I mean it didn't feel real.
Conclusion
Watch this show it would give you a warm feeling at the end and there is no bullshit about moral value , forgive your enemies etc.. This show is for all those who are sick and tired of watching over the top good characters who forgive everyone.
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Watch This, You Won't Regret.
I really enjoyed watching this drama, only took 3 days to finished when I usually need more than a week to finish K-dramas.Taxi Driver is a really good action K-drama, I like the conflicts and the ideas of this drama, but there are some illogical scenes (plotholes) to make the drama goes on smoothly (no variables, no unpredictable incidents). This drama is pretty straightforward. Still enjoyable even though I can't really feel the tense.
The characters are also likeable. Except Kim Do-Ki being too overpowered, other characters have fair portions. The chemistry between the characters is also good, I lowkey ship some of the characters despite there's no romance at all in this drama.
The best thing about this drama is the music. The OSTs match well with the scenes. The main OST with its rock genre really suits a lot of action scenes.
And the most underrated aspect from this drama is its comedy. The comedy aspect probably contributes most of the illogical scenes and plotholes in this drama, but I really love the jokes they put and laughed pretty often when I watched this.
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