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Superb nice kdrama shows! This show is more like the 100 package deal.. its has comedy, drama, triller, love and action! This show is some how every episode is must watch talaga! Song jong ki Deserved the role!👍😉 And i hope and praying they will be SEASON 2! Hhuhu A MUST WATCH KOREAN DRAMA LIST! Im so proud and happy for this kdrama show! The writer, director and the casts is 👏! I hope more song jong ki shows pa... he deserved also all the awards
it is a beautiful show. everything is amazing. i got an account just to write this. may not be everyone's cup of tea but you have to try this! Promise you gonna love this shows and all the casts!
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Pleasantly Surprised
After getting hooked with Song Joong-ki's filmography, only recently I didn't know what to expect with this drama series. After watching the trailer, I thought it would be the typical hard-core mafia themed series. The comedy variation in the plot was a pleasant surprise. The comedic scene and dialogue are pulled-off unintentionally (it seemed), giving it a nice twist. I personally like court scenes and this drama gave me a different appeal with the unconventional approach in presenting the case and procedure. Song Joong-ki's character, appearance, versatility (italian language) -- makes him more appealing in this drama...as he is already after watching most of his drama and movies. I like how he does his 'fight' scenes and yet comes out still looking daper. The casting for the leading lady of Joong-ki is a good choice, they complement each other. I really look forward each week for the new episodes. One of the best season finale I have seen. Air time for each roles (including secondary) were sufficient and did not seem rushed. Although the death of the antagonist was gruesome, it was presented well. The best scenes for me are: the proposal at the museum and the italian exhibition (stairs) -- before they said goodbye.Was this review helpful to you?
JUST WOW. Cannot get over this show and it's characters and mature romance!!!!
Acting 10/10: This is only the second Song Joong Ki drama I've seen. But Song Joong Ki's character is so beautifully still in this show, he never fidgets, never gets startled, never loses control of his body movements, and it's a very strong character mentally as well. It's an absolute delight to watch all the episodes again and notice minute changes in his expression to the events around him, and he really manages to exude a natural intelligence and air of authority. His character gradually learns to love, and also accept that he is worthy of receiving love, and his actions show that clearly towards the end. In the beginning he is arrogant and distant without being mean in any way, and towards the end he is loving and caring without being suffocating in every way. The perfect character development. Also his deep voice is so hypnotic at many points of time, I'm convinced that's the main reason I unexpectedly loved his character from start to finish. I have become a fan of Song Joong Ki's acting after this show.Jeon Yeo Been, MY QUEEN, is the BEST female character ever written, ever performed, ever shown on screen. She is fiery, sassy, bright, sexy, logical, brave, quick-witted, savage, sharp tongued, and beautiful beyond compare. She matches wit with everyone around her, is funny as all hell, her voice is SO hot. She never hesitates to express what she's feeling, and loves her dad despite what happened in her past. She is protective of those around her, and willing to go to any length to achieve her goals. I am IN LOVE with Hong Cha Young and Jeon Yeo Been and this is the main reason I gave the show a 10/10.
Their relationship is EXACTLY what I want in my life. They are best friends, so honest with each other, soft around each other, support each other, communicate so damn well, they TRUST each other, believe in each other, take care of each other without it being toxic in any way, and there is NO malice, NO games, NO hidden agendas anywhere between them. They also tease each other, and never fail to bicker endlessly.
In the simplest sense, it's the PINNACLE of romance, because every single glance and touch and dialogue leaves you to BEG for more. It's pining but also SO satisfying because I cherish every smile, every action that tells everyone around them that they are a unit, a team, a couple. It's realistic because they are both logical and understanding of their circumstances, and you can clearly see the struggle they both have with their feelings, one wants to love but is afraid that the other person has to leave, the other wants to love but is afraid he will have to leave.
The ending was quite satisfactory according to me.
Other factors I want to note:
Cinematography 10/10 Just WOW. The fashion, the shots, the bars/cafes they meet in, all beautiful.
OST 10/10 I have been listening to the ost on repeat even while working, just IN LOVE with it.
Story 9/10 The zig-zag storyline was great to watch, but could've been slightly better if less background character involvement was there.
Cast 10/10 Each and every single actor did their best, and their chemistry was off the charts, insanely good.
Background characters 10/10 Most of the side-characters are interesting and fun to watch. Villains did an awesome job.
Neo-Noir vibe was on POINT. Loved the ode to black and white gangster films, I think SJK nailed that part too.
OVERALL 10/10. I have already seen this show two times.
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It's a "no" from me, dawg.
My lover had said to me that this drama is too good, he said he liked it so much that I have to watch it with him cus he said he would rewatch it all over again.I found this very hard to watch.
In the beginning, I thought I was gonna watch a super serious Korean Drama due to reading the synopsis, later to find out I was watching a drama extremely filled with comedy.
There were sooo many scenarios where I felt things were a little too impossible to be approached or overcome. Not a fan of extremely fictional scripts that were too unrealistic.
Actors & actresses were actually really good when it comes to them acting seriously like: genuinely sad, genuinely scared, annoying or even scary.
I just couldn't really take the comedy parts so well, cus it felt like it was trying too hard to be funny.
My lover was saddened I didn't enjoy the drama, but this is just my honest opinion.
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This is so disappointing
I am a fan of Song Joong Ki and had really high hopes for this. The only thing that made me suspicious was the Comedy tag and Crime tag combined. I have seen amazing Italian Tv shows about the mafia and they are never funny because there isn't anything funny about it. Anyways I decided to give a chance to this. The start was promising. Song was playing his part very well and showed good Italian speaking ( even though he was speaking slowly to focus on pronunciation) I really liked how he handled the foreign language. Could not expect anything less from him :) Now let's focus on the part he went back to Korea and bammm the crime and dark scenario is ruined by some morons in a building and annoying FL. What was this all about? Grown-up people act as primary school students and that FL...no words to describe how I seriously hoped the scenario will get better and see something worthy ( apart from the amazing Song Joong Ki) in this drama. Unfortunately, it is that bad and I don't see any hope for this. I Dropped the drama and let's hope Song will act in a better project next time!Ok here I am again with a second review for the drama- while I dropped the drama at ep 4 I decided to come back and watch another 3 episodes and since I noticed something positive in the drama i have to point it out to be fair in my judgment. First of all, I am going to start with the negative:
-- This drama is really bad. The court scenes are preposterous and not realistic at all
-- The FL again - horrible as ever
-- The plot is very predictable so far
Now the positive:
-- SOng Ki is great in his role but the one that shines more than him is the villain. I have not seen this actor before but he is great at portraying such psychopaths. His role is more difficult than the one of Vincenzo and he is truly giving us a great performance. I decided to watch the drama to the end ( mainly his scenes) because he is so good and his character is also very interesting. So far ep 7 was the most interesting and I hope they give more screen time to the villain. There is so much we don't know about him. Somehow i have a strange feeling that he has some kind of fondness for the FL. What are your thoughts about it?
PS: I forgot to mention that the villain has very good English pronunciation. Love his English phrases :P
Edit: I stay behind my words but I have to mention that since I watched the whole drama after all ( apart from the major problems of the Mafia representation) I have to give some positive feedback about the final 2 episodes because I think they were simply the best. I have to post the quote from the magnificent ending ( and yes, I did like the final episode and how was executed) and I definitely liked Vincenzo final words in the drama:
“Two days ago, I used three Luciano family members as manure for the vineyard and took over the olive plantations in Malta. I’m still a villain and couldn’t care less about justice. Justice is weak and empty. One cannot win against any villains with justice alone. If merciless justice exists, I am willing to yield to it. Even villains long to live in a peaceful world. However, since that’s impossible, I’ve taken up a new hobby. Getting rid of garbage. If I don’t do that, people will die buried underneath the garbage.
There’s one last thing I’d like to say from a villain’s perspective. Evil is prevalent and vehement”.
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1The idea of the story was actually good. A mafia lawyer who come to Korea to take out the hidden gold but it ended up just like all other K-dramas talking about the corruption of the system. The creative ideas writer came up with each episode and those TOP TIER CLIFFHANGERS *Chef's kiss*. It is actually a unpredictable drama but but but Vincenzo was portrayed as so smart guy that he can't be beaten by anyone which I have never seen a drama where hero wins most of the time and this made the villain cheap indeed. And also made the drama way too boring *SIGH*
Song Joong ki did quite well in this. He got a lot better in Vincenzo I actually didn't like his acting much in DOTS but there were some scenes were I didn't actually felt his emotions .
Jang Han Seok the "SUPPOSED VILLAIN" was too relied on others that I never actually got to see his own potential. The female prosecutor is much more like a " ACTUAL VILLAIN".
The FL was annoying and her acting felt exaggerated a bit in the first 2 episodes a lot but later she got better too but yaa she definitely loud like that through out. She isn't a own strong independent FL but she listens to ML's plan and works according.
I didn't feel much bond between the tenants. The tenants were also selfish but they have a good character development in later episodes. And the BEST BOY Han Seo (Kwak Dong Yeon) That guy has so much potential but sadly he was just playing a support role :( After this drama he better get ML role.
The writer honestly wasted the potential of many characters(specifically villains) in the drama. The writer really did injustice to villains in this drama, they all were underestimated by writer.
The music is top notch to be honest. It really matches the vibe of the scene. It's catchy I really liked the music of this drama.
If you are looking for romance in this drama there isn't any actually much. The way they look at each other and them flirting AHH. You'll ship them so hard seeing those small things they do for each other. They developed a friendship while achieving there goals. It's actually a question if they had romantic feelings for each other. ROMANCE AIN'T THE MAIN FOCUS.
The duration of the drama was the biggest flaw here. This drama would have been good. If it was 20 Episodes with 1 hours duration or 16 Episodes with 1. 25 hours duration. Because a lot of scenes were filler indeed ( Mostly in Ep 18 & 19). But despite of those flaws it was a good watch for me!
If one day I suffer from amnesia I will watch this LOL just kidding. There were some moments and scenes definitely worth re watching .
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Mixing genres did not work for this drama.
This could have been so much better if they didn't try so hard to be funny.The comedy elements of the show don't work 80% of the time. I think this show would have been much better if they just focused on the serious elements. I found myself about halfway through skipping through the 'funny' parts. I just wanted to get to the action and the scenes that drove the story forward because these were so well done. Chang-young is not funny at all. Like not at all. Not even a little bit. The jokey torture scenes by the tenants don't work, the funny intelligence agent obsessed with Vincenzo doesn't work because it makes him come off as incompetent. And whenever they went for a blockbuster finish with slow motion and over-the-top music it came off as way too cheesy.
My favorite scene is the first time Myung hee gets threatened in the laundromat it's so real and so effective. Great directing, acting, and great momentum is built. Whenever they switched to the jokes they lost momentum built in these serious powerful scenes so I would be at the edge of my seat one moment and rolling my eyes hitting fast forward the next which made for unbalanced viewing. This drama had such high potential but it was ruined by an attempt to also be a comedy, it should have just been a drama about the gangster life of different members of society.
Song Joong-ki/ Vincenzo is the only reason I watched until the end. He is the only lead whose acting feels natural but he is backed into a corner by the terrible writing and story progression. Han Seo and Seung-hyuk were the only other believable characters in this mess.
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Reasons why this show disappointed me in a way:
The first episode of the show was confusing because there were too many characters mentioned and you can't tell instantly what the plot is. Later on, as the episodes progressed, it created a big impact on me. I thought that this show was worth looking forward to because of how Vincenzo executes all of his plans. Adding to the fact that the main villain hasn't been revealed yet, the suspense really stayed in me. The people in Geumga plaza had too much screen time and their humor is really not up to my liking. Each episode should not be 1 hour and 20 minutes long, they kept adding scenes to the people in the plaza which really did not contribute much to the plot.When the main villain was revealed, I really had this expectation that he would act for himself. But that only happened in episode 20. He kept clinging to Wusang, he makes them do the dirty work for him and what's even funnier is that he kept sending bad men to pursue Vincenzo and all of them were easily beaten because it took them a while to fire their gun or attack him instantly? There were a lot of plot armor which do not seem realistic. He was also overly praised for being a consigliere. They created this suspense at the beginning and it vanished when they started adding some random scenes from side characters. Vincenzo also admitted that he could have taken down Hanseok at the beginning but didn't because he wanted to prolong their struggle.I'm giving it a score of 6.5 because Song Joong Ki and Jeon Yeobeen are great actors and their chemistry is great. The plot is so-so.Was this review helpful to you?
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Okay first off SPOILERS AHEAD Taecyeon - HOLY SHIT.
I mean I've never seen him like this, I just love me a hot psychopath and this guy is a total snack obviously soooo honestly I can't rate lower.
But let me tell you why I was frustrated despite enjoying it too.
It's basically the kind of show where serious stuff happens but then they make a joke so it ends up becoming an entertaining one which is what it should have been because the finale was absolutely one of the worst I've seen for such a drama.
It was all over the place, Taecyeon killed his brother and I felt sad but the way it was shot even, if you shoot two people and make Vincenzo try to save them, it was just cringe the way that and the preceding 'torture' was executed.
It was supposed to be edgy and dark, and it ends up being cringe or pretentious.
Now, I'm not the type to hate operas, Chinese or Italian, or whatever I love all that stuff so I had no problem with those parts. The problem was the way they handled the darkness. He's Psychometric has a way better story that keeps you guessing and the two brothers actually love each other so the eventual unlocking of the mystery makes you cry for them both. Even though Psychometric didn't handle the end with the brothers to my liking at least you see them struggling with their demons and loving each other. Psychometric despite it's faults actually has some good writing.
This is why I find Devil Judge so amazing because its not just solid direction but a fantastic script that has nuance.
That's what Sam and Dean do, you get so emotionally invested. The Lost Tomb has enough Bromance that becomes your favorite even if one person is a abusive.
The thing is either make it Stockholm syndrome or do something that makes them being brothers have a point - But there was nothing in this story. They could have been strangers and nothing would change.
The script was so basic. Another problem because just trying to look edgy is fine if you have solid writing. This one aaah it's all just a bunch of random, convenient stuff happening. Case in point - once Vincenzo was saved by .. wait for it ... A BUNCH OF FREAKING BIRDS. that's how random and convenient the stuff that happened was bro xd
But nothing disappointed me more than that brothers story because they didn't act like siblings and for 20 eps there was barely any explanation for them, barely a past established, you had no idea why either of them was behaving the way they did.
So honest I didn't hate or dislike the characters as much as I found them nothing special. Because like so much convenient stuff was going on, like a guy as RUTHLESS AND CUNNING as Taecyeon and all the prosecutors and officials, just how did they SO EASILY get duped AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN by taking place of their security detail and doing Carrie style blood throwing on the villain - Taecyeon lol
Seriously it started to get hilarious XD
But despite that Taecyeon every time he was on screen I was basically swooooning a hot badass villain ffs for this and for giving me a new ship I'll be grateful ;)
Ohh and also Kim Yeo Jin her character had depth mostly because of how she played it, Choi Myung hee being so loyal to Taecyeon right down to the end made me feel a little better at least, especially when he was dancing with her that was just so WHOLESOME
Song Joongki was Fine. Jeon Yeo Been was fine. Kwak Dong Yeon was fine, Jo Han Chul played a character I've seen him play several times so it was just fine too. But like I said apart from the first episode, the 'clever' ideas just became too strange and unrealistic. The torture scene in the finale was the most disappointing! Taecyeon supposedly had no humanity and so his attitude with his brother would make sense, he's killed people for less, but then CLEARLY forms a motherly bond with Choi Myung hee and stays loyal and faithful, those things are the exact opposite of each other. But like I said the script is so basic, there's no research, nothing. That's why that last torture scene doesn't make sense either because Taecyeon showed no emotions other than excitement and malice even when Vincenzo was holding a gun to his head, meaning his emotions must be off right, but then in the end he was all crying and begging HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. If instead of Googling a listicle with cool European ancient torture techniques (we've all done it lol) they should have worried about keeping the character of AT LEAST the main villain consistent like the first season of Voice with Kim Jaewook and Janghyuk, it would have been a much more promising story.
But okay, credit where its due - that finale scene where Song Joongki leaves Taecyeon to rot like I said the execution of the torture could have been done better but the scene where the crow comes to sit on Taecyeon and there's a sun flare - that got to me.
But you can't really make an impact with a scene like this if people are just going to go back to acting like they're in a Mafia rom com.
The action isn't bad either, its entertaining like I said just don't expect much and some bits get draggy and repetitive.
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Started really good, but disappointing final quarter and a one dimensional male lead
I literally created this account just to put my thoughts about this drama, because it is really frustrating. First, imma start with good things about this drama(first half and third quarter)and what disappoints me about it. One are the villains, the villains of this drama are really unpredictable and intimidating, but as the story progress and reaches the final quarter, they become p**sier towards the male lead, especially Jun Woo. I really liked Jun Woo from first half of the story, he is so intimidating, but on the final quarter they made him so terrified towards the male lead and if you compare that to where his character started, he became really off character, I expected him to become Vincenzo's moral code breaker (more on that later, because that's the most disappointing part of this story). Two, the side characters and the female lead, the side characters(I'm talking about the Geumga plaza residents and that ISIA guy btw) they also started really good comedic aspects of the story. As for the female lead I really liked her, I think she is the only one who has a good character development, because at first she is really annoying and whiney(i don't hate her because of that btw) but as the story progress she became more likable. They all have a huge flaw, they all supports Vincenzo's killing, nobody even give a crap if he kills let alone they have government official on their side, and that leads to the most disappointing part of the story, Vincenzo himself. Vincenzo was a really likable guy I really loved how he was so unpredictable, but at the final quarter he became so frustrating, his character is so inconsistent, like you don't know who tf he is anymore. I really thought and expected that they will make his arc similar to Kenshin's character(Rurouni Kenshin anime), I thought they have the same premise because that made me wanna watch this drama, I expected it to be a story about an ex hitman who wants to change because murdering people is not actually what they wanted and it actually torments him by doing it, but wtf happened? Wtf is the point of Vincenzo's haunting nightmares about his past killing if he will going to kill a bunch of people at the final quarter of the story? On top of that the Geumga plaza residents and the female lead even praise him for killng, especially they literally have a f-ing high rank government official on their side and he doesn't give a damn if Vincenzo, a mafia murders people. I really really expected that Vincenzo's moral code(not killing anymore) will be the story's final conflict(and not that stupid and overused romance bs). We all know that Vincenzo is untouchable and unkillable they should've made Vincenzo's weakness is his moral code, and Jun Woo will be the one breaking it by making himself get killed by Vincenzo(like The dark knight's conflict). And also for the final note about Vincenzo's disappointing character he is one dimensional, he literally didn't change a bit, he started a murderer he ended up a murderer, he didn't clean or do anything good other than pleasing himself by killing people, and he even lied about changing after that final scene featuring that unnecessary kiss.There's still some really good things that didn't disappoints me, but that is not enough to save this drama for me this. 5.5 out of 10 could be lower but whatever.
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If I could give it a 0 star rating I would!
The worst drama I have ever watched. Everything about it is just bad. The lead actress is really annoying and the villain felt like trying too hard. The lead actor is far from badass. If any Italian mafia saw this drama they would commit suicide. The comedy is so bad I felt like gauging my eyes out. The genre mixing just made it worse. One scene being a thriller and the next scene being a comedy doesn't make it a Dark Comedy. Dark comdey is a completely different genre. I don't know how in the world does this have a 9.0 ratings. That's just disrespect to other dramas. I specifically opened this account to give it a 1 star ratings. I can't even express in words how bad this drama was. This drama gave me such a bad experience that I have decided not to watch any dramas with these actors in the lead.Was this review helpful to you?
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Extremely overhyped
I was ready to drop this drama at ep 9 but the only reason why I finished it is because I wanted to know the reason why it was so hyped up. Even after finishing the drama, I do not understand the hype. The story is not as great as people are making it out to be. It is literally like a typical romcom with action and the only unique thing about this drama are its villains. There are numerous occasions where overacting is done by the people from Geumga plaza and other actors as well. Taecyeon and the actress who played Myunghee acted very well though so I'll give them that. Joongki's acting was good but there's many other actors who could've done a better job portraying Vincenzo and I also expected Joongki's acting to be way better than it actually was. Yes, that's an unpopular opinion but it's the truth. I personally think that Ji Changwook, Kim Soohyun, or Park Seojoon would've done a way better job playing the role of Vincenzo because it would suit them more. Joongki looked too innocent to seem like a mafia member. I could not take this drama seriously because the writers failed very miserably at mixing the comedy and dark theme of the drama. There were many good jokes in this drama but a good amount of the jokes weren't even funny and many comedy scenes seemed unnecessary. The fact that everyone claims that this drama is perfect is very funny to me because I can list multiple plot holes and dumb plot mistakes, which everyone seems to have just ignored simply because they were too focused on the eye candy that this show provided them with. I really wanted to like this drama and I was extremely excited to watch it but it was a big let down. Another thing I disliked was that, although the character is unique, Hanseok's character did not have depth at all. The writers simply labeled him as a "psychopath" and never bothered to give his character more depth. I wanted to know more about the character because he was an interesting character but they didn't do justice to him. Also, Hanseo didn't get justice because he didn't receive a funeral and no one seemed to care much about him after his death. Vincenzo was more worried about Chayoung the entire time and they literally just let Hanseo sacrifice himself without helping him in any way whatsoever. How big of a dumbass does Vincenzo have to be to show up to meet Hanseok without anything to defend himself with? Like he was very well aware of the fact that Hanseok wouldn't hesitate killing someone so he should've thought of something but NOPEEEEE.At many occasions the story gets repetitive because it's just "oh ok the villains set a trap which Vincenzo is going escape from within two seconds". The episode endings didn't excite me because no matter what trap the villains set for Vincenzo he was out of it within minutes so thats just a way to waste time and mislead people. Also, if Vincenzo is sooooooo smart then why didn't he just set up a hearing device in Wusang because that definitely would've allowed him to figure out Hanseok's identity way earlier. Don't give excuses like "it's not that easy setting up a device in the law firm cuz there's security" because that man and woman from Geumga literally went into the Wusang CEO's office and wrote the letter C using pigs blood. I can go on and on about stuff like that but I would rather not waste my energy. The episodes should have been shorter and the show should've been 16 episodes long rather than 20. One last note, this show romanticized the mafia way too much.
This drama is average in all aspects. I wonder how much everyone would have loved this drama if the cast wasn't good looking.
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