It's not an easy watch!
Okayy I saw people rating the story kind of low and I really don't understand it?! Of course if you want something easy and fluffy you won't like this and shouldn't choose to watch it in the first place.Personally, this was one of the best storylines this year (if not the best). The acting was great, action scenes were pure cinema, only aspect you can miss is pure romance, because it's simply not about it. We have to understand that romance in this show wasn't supposed to be happy, cute with rainbows and flowers, the plot is not about it. Romance in this show was raw and frustrating and that's what makes the whole show even better!
If you want something simple I won't recommend you to watch this show, but if you're fan of action and you don't need way too many nc scenes and overpowering romance, this show is just for you!
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Brilliant do not skip this bl
Lets start by saying i nearly skipped this due to seeing scores on reviews, so glad i ignored, this is not your typical BL all lovely dovey so maybe thats why , this one has some substance to it , story was amazing aswell as all the actors no silly little noise bing bongs like normal thai series do, this was gripping from start to finish and wow what a finish cant wait for season 2, there is a BL theme running through with 2 ML and wow the painting scene was top draw...all in all i loved it well done guysWas this review helpful to you?
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Genuinely really loved this series, I loved the mixture of the Thai and Korean culture threw out the entire series, the ending felt like it was solved but at the same felt it like there was a hole left in your heart and it had so many other things that we needed clarity with. Especially with that cliffhanger man, I can’t believe Kong is alive?!? That ending was definitely a sign of a possible season 2, I have so many questions?!?! Who was Kong working with? How did he survive? and, where has he been the entire series??!! But anyway , I ABSOLUTELY loved peace and sun’s relationship. The troubles they went through to end up together and just their slow burn love to getting together and even after all they went through and the troubles they faced, they still loved each other and faced it together. I need a season 2 ASAP, I wanna see how they deal with Jihoon and Aim and I wanna see how Peace and Sun’s relationship grows and strengthens with the troubles they might face in the future!! Was this review helpful to you?
Very Unique Story
I really enjoyed this BL. Many didn’t like that it lacked romance but I’d say the opposite. SunPeace’s love was shown throughout the BL and you don’t go rescue someone and risk your life for someone you don’t love. With everything airing right now if folks want a complete romance it’s out there for them. The plot really stuck with me and I liked how it went over things such as drugs, violence, gangs, and even the GL plot was executed really well. What made this great is that it focused on the plot. On the lives of all of the characters and the decisions they had to make to survive poverty. Trying to add too much romance to it wouldn’t make this as believable to me. I really like how things were set up for season 2 and we know Kong is alive but I want to know how that will affect SunPeace since that’s who I stand with. I really hope this doesn’t get shelved. They can take their time on this as long as we get quality like with this season. The cast did so well and the action really had me on the edge of my seat. We don’t really see this in BL executed well and that is one thing I really appreciated about this BL. I recommend folks to watch it with an open mind because to me this is the BL of the year and I pray we get a season 2 equally as good. Also Aim being alive shocked me. The actor Aon is so talented. Lastly one weakness of the show was I’d say the Korean and Thai speaking. I understand it from Si Hyeon but I think they should’ve just made him full Korean and his dad should’ve been Korean. It was weird at times hearing the dad speak and also Si Hyeon speak in Korean and a character reply in Thai when we know realistically that isn’t possible. Maybe English should’ve been used or a better alternative for everyone.Was this review helpful to you?
Plot twist until the end, a love to be treasured in a dark place underground world
Advantages:+ fast plot, not long-winded, if you watch without missing any details, you will see the plot is as tight as Korean movies
+ extremely good chemistry, very little dialogue but every scene is good, the director did not intentionally zoom in on the face, on the contrary, he also knew how to choose the angle to remove the slightly cringe details to save the actors 😂😂😂
+ good acting, very few scenes that make you frown because of the cringe acting
+ fight scenes are very real, because the actors have actually thrown fists at each other's faces some times, not intentionally slow down, know which scenes to emphasize, not trying to act cool
+ lots of deeply embedded details (South Korean ideology, Chinese restaurant, Peace's painting for Sun 😂😂😂)
Disadvantages:
+the movie color is too headache 😂😂😂
+lots of sudden cut scenes, there are important details of the two main characters that cannot push the audience's emotions up but are left stunned (episode 6, episode 8, episode 11)
+dubbing episode 1 is too cringe 😂😂😂
+the love line of the side couples is too vague
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A solid action-packed series
The storyline delivers on its promises: action, twists, and enemies betraying each other left and right. There's never a dull moment!The acting isn't amazing, but since the plot is engaging enough, it doesn't really matter.
The final episode is full of twist after twist, making for a great conclusion. Season two coming soon?
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Not bad- just not my style
i watched just to cross it off my list- i had head good comments about it so i was excited. Most episodes were skipped, personally id like it to be less fight oriented and more between the two males, and yes i love similar storylines but this was just not it. The actors were good, as seen in thai and chinese bl's some side characters may be missing the 100/100 acting skills but it was good nonetheless.Was this review helpful to you?
A Dark and Violent BL, but Striking
The Bangkok Boy is truly a dark and violent BL. It’s very different from anything I’ve seen so far. There was really good character development for Peace and Sun, both in their relationship and in their personal growth.The series mainly focuses on their individual journeys – how losing loved ones can break you forever, or how blindly following a parent without ever saying no can completely ruin your life.
For me, this isn’t a love story; the romantic aspect is really secondary in the plot, at least from how I saw it while watching.
It really annoyed me that the villains I hated the most managed to get away with everything.
Still, I do recommend this series.
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Action-filled BL, lame ending
If I were to write the series, I would definitely want to see them turn against each other. The ending is such a cliff-hanger, yes, however, it is unnecessary. Peace and Sun should not end up together, especially that Sun still has a fixation with Kong. I know, that in the ending, Sun did go to Kong's, saying that he already let go of the guilt and such, but it wasn't really portrayed in the story. It still seems that he saw Peace as a replacement for Kong's absence. LOL. Then the twist at the last part that Kong is still alive, Sun was stunned, Peace is nowehere in that scene, WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN. I say, RUN PEACE.Nevertheless, the series is great. Has a lot of potential, and actually is really admirable. Acting was so good as well as the cinematography.
If you are looking for action-packed BL series, this might be for you.
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Nearly Perfect~
triggerwarning: Abuse, violence, an instance of gore, SA.As the headline says, it was nearly perfect, i loved the concept, the camera work, the plot, and the actors (more towards the end, but ill get there later).
I'd say the drama is very much so more a typical crime/action drama with a gay couple rather than a traditional bl, which personally i loved. We need more wish fufillment, perfect happy endings depicting gay people and we will for a long time to come, but we also need dramas that are more grounded and protray these kinds of characters in a similar way to straight folks as well.
The twists were also glorious, They started off kind of obvious but as the story progressed, they just kept getting juicer and juicer, especially when you consider all the foreshadowing that is laced through the show (Jihoon, the icon you are).
The chemistry was chemistrying though the main couple needed more time together.
The story managed to keep me fully engaged all the way through and the characters made me feel something (love for some and immense hate for others)
My only real gripes are character agency and clarity.
The show does an interesting job at giving everyone a decently fleshed out personality but has an issue with agency. The characters with the most agency are very much so Sun, Joe and Jihoon while everyone else feels like a passenger at times which isn't a good look when you consider Peace is also a main character alongside Sun. Speaking of Peace, he's a big example of this you see elements of a well made character there, a smart, capable, artistic person with alot of emotional intelligence and charisma but who barely gets to show it because his trauma causes him to shut down and become stoic, passively allowing others to control his life despite how much he hates what his family is doing and resents himself for being apart of it.
Theres so much flavour there but it feels unsatisfying as his relevance is cut down by the fact the writers makes him feel like a damsel in distress at times even though he's a capable. He gets put through the wringer due to his father's abusive antics and he has unresolved issues with his mother but he never once stands up to his father or makes a connection with his mother and once everything is over and done with, we don't see his reaction to what has happened to his family.
It also struggles with clarity at times, the biggest example of this being Madame Yao and her motivations. On one hand, you have a woman who loved and is grateful towards a man and thus wants to protect his kids yet she pulls a gun on one and potentially allowed the other to be kidnapped and SAed by her righthand man and others. This also goes for Peace to an extent as i only clocked his emotionlessness was coping mechanism by episode 11 of 12, until then it felt more like inconsisent character writing, which is sad considering how good is actor is.
Overrall, a great drama, i can't wait for season 2 and i hope it goes further beyond that as it has the potential to be a very good long running drama.
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Am I the only one
I hated this series. I forced myself to watch up to ep. 8, but saw no value (to me) in this series. Every episode seemed to be mostly filled with gang fights and that was about it. I don’t appreciate the drug lord storyline, I don’t enjoy all the fighting, and there was no BL in the episodes I watched (that I can recall).On the other hand, I really LOVED Weak Hero Class 1, which had bullying, fighting, and NO BL elements. There is a big difference in the well-written, tight story, the comraderie, the acting, and the emotions, tied together, in WHC1 as opposed to whatever was happening in Bangkok Boy.
It doesn’t mean much that there’s going to be a Bangkok Boy 2, because they also made a Tide of Love 2!
I was NOT impressed.
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Oh my!! I need season two right now!!!!
This was fantastic!!I started this as a BL but wow!! This is much much more than just simply a BL.
Tbh almost all the thai BLs tend to be simple, cute, fluffy, ridiculous with many plot holes stories... but this!! Ooohhhh this!!!!! it feels like a banal abbreviated description to just call it a BL.
Story was good, consistent but with some unrealistic twists, like I understand that you want to surprise the viewer but bringing dead people to live is just too tacky... Nonetheless it was perfectly executed, I couldn't find any plotholes, everything was well explained too, except maybe for the sometimes too good to be true situations.
Cast .... Spectacular!! Splendidly remarkable chemistry between the two leads and oh my baby Si Hyeon!! With his lovely melancholic gazes that hold so much pain and sadness!! And Tape was ... Wow!! Just wow! They guy basically pulled a one man show in this, because despite having a full cast of talents, he shines like the brightest sun!!!
Also, how come this guy is older than me 😂 sorry but he is now what 32-33??? FFS!! 😂😂 He doesn't look a day older than 25 !!!!
The cliffhanger end was sliggghhhhhtly weird, I don't understand the situation and why would "someone" reappear,.. I bet the only one who wasn't raised from the dead is the father lol speaking of fathers! How come half of the cast is missing here! I know none of them so I wish someone would update the cast because I gotta know the name of Mr.Joe, the King of the show!! This guy ATE and left no crumbs!!
I don't know what else to say, it's captivating, the pace is great, the sex scenes were HOT!!!! Like a plate of hot lava with extra spicy jalapeno sauce on it!! And the chemistry and friendship also worthy.
If you -like me- want to watch a BL, start this and you are in for a treat, bear in mind it's not a light fluff drama, it's heavy with a lot of triggers so be cautious, and also if you want to watch a drama that is deep with a story and good fights, give this a try!!! You definitely won't regret it at all ~~
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