Don’t know why it took me this long to watch!!
Let me give credit to YoHan(Hwa Woon), don’t know why they called his role a supporting role tho!!Story: Good story, I loved how they started the all plot without showing us he was the one doing the killing! I also love the story of the other casts too!!
cast members: Beautiful characters and they did their part beautifully well!!
Was sad that the Father died tho!! he didn’t deserve to die!!
JuHyun was a little bit annoying tho!!
It was beautiful written with a little flaw but still among the best of kdram thriller drama!!
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Impressive and surprising. It keeps you hooked from the first episode to the last
"Mouse" tells the story of a psychopath serial killer and two cops who are working together to find him.Ba Reum is a nice police officer, his life become entangled with Moo Chi, a criminal detective that has a past trauma, his entire family has killed by a serial killer and he lived his whole life thinking about revenge. There's also Hong Ju, a journalist who's covering the murders and Bong Yi, a nice girl who also has a sad past. Every single character is connected with each other, in the beginning you don't know that, but by watching the episodes, you get to see how everything fits.
I can't say I was shocked by the twist that Ba Reum is the serial killer, there are some moments that made me think that, specially after his "change" with the brain transplant... instead of becoming more cold and distant, Ba Reum became more bright.
The two special episodes after the episode 15 are really important to the story, because you get to see the real Ba Reum, not him faking like in the beginning or after the transplant, when he's really a different person, with Yo Han's sense of empathy. He's really evil, Ba Reum planned everything and was even using Bong Yi like his father did to his mother, only as a way to reproduce. It's amazing how Lee Seung Gi played this character, because it's like two different people, his eyes, the expressions...
The real culprit in all of this in my opinion is actually Ba Reum's mother. She basically ruined Ba Reum and Yo Han's life by switching the babies. She made Yo Han live his life as the son of a serial killer and even so, he became a good person, who sadly die and Ba Reum, who didn't have any fault for being born without empathy, live his life without any support and didn't know that what he was doing was wrong, he doesn't have a moral compass, so he needed someone to guide him, to help him in the right path. How he's supposed to be good, if he doesn't know what that is?
In the end, the brain transplant was a blessing, because made Ba Reum able to understand emotions for the first time and realize everything he has done and repent. His death is sad, but it's something that was meant to happen.
The drama is really big, besides having 20 episodes and 3 special, some episodes have more than 1 hour, but the amazing thing is that is not exhausting to watch, I didn't get tired in any moment, actually I wanted to keep watching!
It's one of the best crime/thriller dramas that I have ever watched.
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spectacular !! mind blowing !!
It’s been a while since a show has left me speechless.If you like puzzles, thriller and mistery this is for you.
It keeps you hooked from the very first moment to the last, the amount of plot twist and the acting is out of this world.
Some may say it’s too messy but imo that’s the charm, you’ll keep wondering what will happen next and it leaves you with endless questions throughout every chapter.
It’s the type of show you will need to watch with an open mind and pay attention to the course of events or you will end up getting lost.
Nothing will ever come close to the way i felt when i was watching this series. It’s a masterpiece and 100% recomended.
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I randomly decided watching not knowing it will become my favorite kdrama of all time
It's so good i wanted to give it an 11 rating but that's not possible so i give it a 10....i rarely write reviews so i don't know how to meet that 300 character criteria, but i just want to say that i watched mouse last year and i haven't been that hooked to a plot in a long time every episode was filled with anticipation i finished it in 5 days, and i couldn't watch anything afterwards for weeks cause it felt bland. I love the plot, the plottwist, the acting and and the event pacing. I nearly missed out on the extra two "the predator's pov" episodes, but i'm so glad i did more digging into the drama and found them, they're as good and worth watching too.
.. this wasn't intended to be a professional review i just wanted to express this one bit of feeling.
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Masterpiece
I just finished this and when I tell you this Drama is a masterpiece, I mean it.The beginning was rather normal, for this show, at least. We thought we knew what was happening.
In the middle, I got confused as to why there were filler-like cases and was disappointed. Slowly, though, everything started to make sense. Everything was connected.
What we thought we understood in the beginning started having twists, things that weren't told showed up. It was as if they wabted to tell us the plot twist we thought we knew wasn't the main point of the show.
Literally EVERYTHING was connected, from the beginning to the end. And I think only geniuses can do this. Only geniuses can create such a masterpiece.
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The only thing that felt slightly frustrating, was how the show was made not just to lead you on the wrong track, but make it virtually impossible to put the pieces together at times. You're meant to be confused. This is not a drama to skip through or watch with half your attention, unless you want to end up quite lost. I personally really enjoy trying to figure things out, and you could most probably have watched this one with a notepad if you wanted to. I could see how the things to keep track of could have been a little overwhelming at times. I honestly expected to be let down by plot holes since the story was so intricate, but everything was neatly tied up and the ending did not disappoint.
*Note : Because of some aspects like the psychopath predator genes, and some medical content, it should be seen as something of a Sci-Fi
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Overall Satisying-Just don't go for a season 2
My friends recommended this drama, and I jumped to it right after Beyond Evil, which might have affected my judgment. I would say it started off strongly then it dropped when we had so many unexplored plot lines and the OZ organization was like a balloon that promised to pop only to wither away quietly.I want more crime/thriller Korean dramas Mouse was good but they had many weaknesses that would be better fixed for the next drama.
So, what I liked were the acting Lee Seung Gi and the supporting cast all did a great job, Ko Mo Chi would do nicely in comedy and I love his short-fused reactions. The child actor would be a great actor in the future, overall it was a good watch, I recommend it.
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One of the best suspense thriller drama!
Superb acting Lee Seung Gi!!! Mouse played with my brain so much! Like you wouldn't think it was him all along. They pointed everything on one guy, hinted in some scenes that he was actually the real psychopath then, they showed another scene that made you think again it wasn't him LOL. All I can say is that I loved the suspense and how everything played out.I know everyone won't agree with me but O Bong I was so annoying and acted without thinking.....
Overall, I enjoyed each episode and how the story unfolded!!!!!.
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The best.
God, when i finished watching this drama i was like "the best drama i've ever watched".And i think everybody has to watch it, and if you haven't watch it you're a LOSER. The story, the actors, music and every thing is just perfect in this drama and it's been a week and i can not stop thinking about it, cause it was awesome. Lee seung-gi's acting>>>>>>
And you can't guess what would happen even in 1 min later.
And no More words to say, just watch it and you would realize that how amazing it is.
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This is the best thriller K-drama .
I'm still looking for a thriller as good as this one! The story and the plot twist are simply insane. The producers showed us scenes that made us think, "Okay, we know who the culprit is, now all that's left is for the protagonists to catch him," but then the final plot twist...This is a somewhat heavier drama from the very first episode, but it's really worth watching. The entire dynamic, acting, and plot twist are perfect! But in the last few episodes, I cried a little because in the end both Jung Bareum and Yo Han were just laboratory experiments.
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Catching the Mouse
Likes1. One hell of a ride! It took the basic question of 'nature vs nurture' and put a lot of interesting things along the way. Just when you think you know who the killer is and why, the writer comes up with a sudden twist that makes you rethink what you know. I appreciated that the writer was able to explain a lot of the small clues and questions we have (although most of the ideas were unbelievable).
2. Loved Bareum and Moochi. I wish they were more scenes of them working together. I really like Moochi but sometimes it feels like he is always too late. He is always drunk or away whenever something major happens or cant be reached.
3. I liked Bongyi at the start even though she was a brat. But in the latter episodes her character was just there when convenient. And the romance between her and Bareum was weird.
4. Never liked Hongju. She was a mystery. How can she not call her parents after all this time? Because of guilt? And i find it hard to believe that the father never recognized who she was when she is a famous tv personality.
5. The whole govt conspiracy was interesting but the big reveal wasnt too impactful.
6. I feel bad for Sung Yohan. And Shin Sang. And Bareum. The ending was sad but it was the most appropriate ending.
Dislikes
1. Too long, the middle where Bareum became a vigilante was boring.
2. The final twist in the last 2 episodes was overkill but it answered a lot of my questions.
Rating: 8.5/10
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It's shocking how the drama didn't need ANY crutches to be brilliant. No scene was for nothing, guys.
Even with 20 episodes, ALL the scenes were explained and rescued with the coherence of the plot, delivering a cohesive, quality work with a lot of maturity to address so many heavy themes and so many different traumas.
The fact that the plot didn't need to explore romance to hold the audience was also very pleasing to me. Long episodes without a minute wasted. Lee Seung Gi as Jung Ba Reum is brilliant. This role certainly marked not only his career but also an entire generation of actors who will dream and strive to seek this level of excellence.
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