Best drama of the year.
From the beginning until to end, there is no scene getting bored. All the casts appearance and acting so great. Especially Kim Ji Yong portrayed by Nam Joo Hyuk perfectly act by him. Nam Joo Hyuk is Kim Ji Yong himself. His acting has give me goosebumps in some of the scenes. His eyes gazed give me chill. His acting in this drama top notch 💪💪💪💪. No one can act as Kim Ji Yong except Nam Joo Hyuk. His best role so far for his 10th year career. We are looking forward to see him in other roles after he discharge from military service. Once again, Nam Joo Hyuk You are the great and best actor i have seen so far. Looking forward to hear you will receive many awards for Vigilante 🎊🎊🔥🔥🥵🥵Was this review helpful to you?
You need to be evil to kill evil
Loved it! Loved it ! Loved it!Story is about how the law system is twisted. It only favors people who are in power or have money. I think not only one country's law is corrupt, but the whole world law system has corruption in it, more or less.
Our hero, Kim Ji Yong has turned into evil himself to kill evil. Became a fan of Nam Joo Hyuk. Loved his acting. The way he played a psychic character who is after criminals. The way he smirked, his facial expression was mindblowing.
Cho Heon is an honest cop but looks like he is corrupted. Yoo Ji Tae is fully changed here. I last saw him in Healer. He is a big macho man with bodybuilding & everything. Did he change his physique only for this role??
At first, I thought Choi Mi Ryeo was doing all this only for fame & name or for her channel rating. As the story progressed, it turned out that she was doing it for justice, which she never received.
Honestly, I didn't like Cho Kang Ok. He did everything for fun. But in the end it turned out to be something else.
Felt bad for Kim Ji Yong friend.
Will there be S2?? The ending did imply S2, but I read that it got cancelled.
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morally ambiguous yet justifiable actions portrayed in one of the most exciting ways possible!
Story - 10/10
Vigilante aka Kim Ji-Yong, a student at the police university is simultaneously a criminal that's taking the country by storm. Ji-Yong's character from its core is contradictory. A police officer who is the epitome of law enforcement and a vigilante who breaks the law, being the same person is always very interesting. Ji-Yong defies what is expected of him and does purely what he believes is right. He's a dark hero, an evil fighting greater evil.
Vigilantism is a topic that often causes debate. Are acts of vigilantism right or wrong? In Ji-Yong's case, he is a serial killer, murder is murder no what the reason is. On the other hand, death penalty and self-defence exist, they are known as justifiable. The question is where do we draw the line between what is justifiable and what is not? I felt that this drama really moral ambiguities of the characters.
No character was truly "good" in my opinion. Cho Heon although he punished criminals through law, his process of catching criminals wasn't always lawful. He confronted Ji-Yong, telling him that what he was doing was criminal. But failed to see that many of his own actions can be labelled "criminal". Choi Mi-Ryeo, a reporter that doesn't hide the truth and brings justice through he raw reports, her ways of pushing the truth even if it could be harmful or her ways of attaining that truth can also be labelled "criminal". The people who watch the vigilante take action through murder but voice their support for his actions can also be labelled as "criminal". In the end, it was just about who had the capacity to wholeheartedly stand by what they believe in.
The drama was paced very well. There was no scene that felt like a filler. Every moment felt crucial and complimentary to the story. The action scenes were very satisfying to watch. The suspense was never lacking. The story was clear, easy to understand but also entertaining and mysterious in certain ways.
The ending felt complete but it also gave much room for a second season. The battle isn't over. So, I hope we get a season 2.
Personally, I love seeing morally grey characters. They are often more interesting than characters who are defined good or evil. A story about a dark hero who becomes a monster to fight off greater monsters, is never not thrilling.
Acting & Cast - 10/10
Nam Joo-Hyuk, is not really an actor I love. He has always felt rather stiff and quite limited in my opinion. But Joo-Hyuk really proved himself through this drama. I think this is his best role yet. I could feel so much improvement in his acting. This character felt like it was made especially for him. Action and thriller genres really suit him. I hope he takes on more roles in these genres rather than always sticking to romance. Not only Joo-Hyeok but the entire cast did a phenomenal job. Kim So-Jin was the other person that really impressed me in this drama. Her acting was equally amazing. I could clearly see her obsession increasing and taking over her. She did a great job at portraying her character in entertaining way, I could see how much of a workaholic, obsessed, and righteous her character was in a unique way.
Music & Sound - 9.5/10
I was too focused during the drama to notice the music and sound. But the ending OST was very catchy and appropriate. The BGM didn't steal away the focus from acting and did well in enhancing every scene.
Rewatch Value - 8/10
The rewatch value being low isn't always a bad thing. The drama was very memorable to me. I don't think I need to rewatch to be able to recall the drama. I was so engrossed in it that when I close my eyes I can watch the whole drama in my head. Still, I'd be tempted to rewatch for just the sake of rewatching, just to remind myself that this masterpiece is a masterpiece.
Overall - 10/10
Overall, this drama was one of the best action-thriller dramas ever. I throughly enjoyed it.
Thanks for reading so far hehe <3
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WOW WOWOWOOWOWO
The acting is top top notch. Story is perfection. Everything is PERFECT. Reminds me of Arrow except it's better. Don't miss out and watch it.💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯Was this review helpful to you?
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What i think about this?
The Acting was pretty good but although i think maybe with stabbing scenes the acting was a bit low. It might be because they didn't wanna involve much on the violence. However i have only watched 1 episode and I'm glad to say i will definitely watch it when all the episode are out. I really love the acting of the male lead but i would of liked a little bit more psycho acting. But overall i do think these acting have definitely mastered the show its very interesting. I really love plot on the first episode but however i think is it bit rushed. But i do suggest to wath it. The music was okay but i didn't take much notice the music.Was this review helpful to you?
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Justice à deux visages… Quand la loi dort, il se réveille !
Mais quelle claque 😮💨 Franchement, "Vigilante", j’ai grave kiffé 🤩. Dès le premier épisode, je suis entrais dans un truc sombre, nerveux, sans détour. Le genre de drama qui te met les nerfs en pelote mais te garde les yeux grands ouverts 🥵🔥Le spitch et simple, on suit un élève modèle de l’école de police 👮♂️ qui, une fois la nuit tombée, devient justicier. Il punit les criminels que la loi laisse filer… et il le fait proprement... Ou pas 😈😜 C’est brutal, c’est sans filtre, et surtout, c’est ultra bien rythmé. Il n'y a pas de longueurs inutiles, chaque épisode est une mini décharge d’adrénaline 👍🏻💪🏻
Nam Joo Hyuk... Mais Wahoo 🫠 quel rôle pour lui 😳 Il a une intensité dans le regard qui m’a clairement fait oublier tous ses anciens persos un peu trop lisses... Là il est habité, froid, déterminé… mais on sent également toute sa faille intérieure, le trauma, les doutes. Il porte le drama de A à Z, et j’ai vraiment été surprise par la maturité de son jeu 👏🏻✨👌🏻
L’ambiance générale est archi tendue. Visuellement, c’est ultra stylé, avec une lumière froide, des scènes de combat bien chorégraphiées, et une BO qui claque au bon moment 🎧💥 J’étais limite en apnée sur certaines séquences 😅
J’adore quand un drama te met face à des dilemmes moraux comme ça. Est-ce que le héros est un sauveur ou un monstre ? Est-ce qu’on peut vraiment faire justice soi-même ? Et jusqu’où ça va ? 😵💫🤭
Et puis Yoo Ji Tae, pardon mais QUEL PRÉSENCE 😤🔥 ! Il incarne l’antagoniste avec une telle intensité que t’as l’impression que l’air devient plus lourd dès qu’il entre dans une pièce. Il est froid, droit, intransigeant… c’est pas juste un flic 👮♂️, c’est une machine de contrôle. Son face-à-face avec Nam Joo Hyuk, c’est du combat de titans, j’étais littéralement accrochée à mon canap 😮💨💥 Le genre de duel où tu respires plus et tu sais même plus qui tu soutiens...😵💫
Maintenant, pourquoi pas 10⭐️ ? Bah... je trouve qu'il manque un p’tit truc pour que ça devienne culte... Peut-être un peu plus de profondeur sur certains persos, ou une conclusion plus marquante émotionnellement 🤷🏼♀️. Mais franchement, ça reste un 8 bien solide et mérité 💣😉
Si vous aimez les anti-héros sombres, les scènes qui tapent fort, les réflexions sur la justice… FONCEZ ! vous ne serez pas déçu 🖤✌🏻
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Trasposizione di un WEBTOON
che narra della lotta di un epico eroe contro i mali della società e la corruzione della legge e della giustizia.E' una storia d'intrattenimento puro, senza particolari messaggi, alla fine è come scorrere un fumettone, in cui i personaggi sono tratteggiati in modo da rimanere impressi, le situazioni sono grottesche/irreali: che un omicida scontri 3 anni e mezzo di pena per aver ucciso l'ennesima persona indifesa è poco credibile, che torni a fare danni senza che la giustizia coreana lo rimetta al suo posto, anche ... ma serve per far emergere l'eroe senza macchia e paura che mette a posto tutto, coinvolgendo altri nella sua lotta.
Piacevole visione.
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História boa ô glória
AMO kdramas policiaisdoi nota 9 pq achei que poderiam ter desenvolvido melhor alguns personagens.
a história em si é boa fechada no versinho, mas essa questão do ko hoe ter o sentido aranha me incomodou. não gosto de personagens que simplesmente sabem. "ah pq ele é fodão e ótimo policial" SIM só que plmd tbm limites. e também entendo que é série, não tirei pontos por isso!
a atuação de todos ótima, que maravilha obrigada atores coreanos vocês arrasam!! até os terciários mano! falando em terciários e a menina que salvou ele de ser pego antes da hora, ficou perseguido ele e do nada PA desapareceu da história kkkkkkkk fiquei ???
a reporter ter colocado o melhor amigo como o vigilante me deixou uauuu que bom kkkkkk não fudeu o cara que custou pra ficar vivo. mas se tivessem matado ele e o hao seria legal também! e ele (o policial carrancudo gigante) ter se tornado o novo vigilante, que foi o que o original queria, foi sensacional! gostei que manteram isso.
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Ottimo ritratto dell'antieroe stratega
Desideravo vedere questa serie da parecchio tempo...Non disegno i classici eroi, ma gli antieroi mi piacciono di più. Il fascino di un personaggio che ha principi, morale e regole tutte sue, e che non sempre collimano col "buono" che va a braccetto con la giustizia e la correttezza che - talvolta con piena ipocrisia - il resto del mondo sembra inseguire. L'armatura scintillante - senza macchia! e senza paura - del principe azzurro si opacizza all'istante, al confronto!Fin dalle prime scene ho potuto apprezzare la qualità della serie, le riprese, i dialoghi, il ritmo. Partiamo dall'unica pecca: la totale assenza di romance. Per me è un elemento un po' indispensabile, ma devo dire che ci sono state alcune - poche a dire il vero - serie talmente belle che ho un po' perdonato la mancanza. Con questo non voglio dire che pretendevo una love story che facesse da pilastro portante (come in "Healer", che ha davvero molto in comune con questa serie, dall'azione, al ritmo, al classico Badass Male Lead, solo i toni differiscono, qui nettamente più cupi e violenti), mi sarei accontentata anche di un semplice accenno di romance (come in "Vincenzo", altra serie simile con un fantastico personaggio che per sconfiggere i cattivi deve diventare piu cattivo dei cattivi). Vigilante mi ricorda molto queste due serie, tra le mie preferite. Non solo, la trama per certi versi è anche più complessa e imprevedibile: si da allo spettatore l'illusione di aver colto degli indizi, di aver capito tutto, per poi farlo cadere in pieno nel tranello. Davvero, ho cambiato idea e fatto ipotesi così tante volte durante gli episodi, con personaggi che passavano dal lato buono a quello cattivo, poi forse ancora al lato buono, per poi farmi venire nuovamente il dubbio... Ciò che serve per mantenere alta l'attenzione e la curiosità. Dicevo, la trama è complessa e il nostro Vigilante è un buon stratega (e qui non posso esimermi dal paragone con "Doctor Prisoner", dove il protagonista interpretato da Namgoong Min è un Machiavelli per eccellenza). L'attore protagonista non ha lasciato a dire il vero il segno, l'ho apprezzato ma ho avuto la sensazione sia rimasto un po' nell'indefinito, non so se è un limite dell'attore o l'esigenza di mantenere un protagonista con un basso profilo. C'è poi quello che ho soprannominato "il pazzoide", alias il suo fan numero uno, fuori come un balcone e che fino a oltre metà della serie ancora non ero riuscita a inquadrare correttamente; buona la prova della giornalista, non un concentrato di simpatia a pelle e nemmeno di empatia, ma complessivamente credibile come personaggio; infine c'è lui, Cho Heon, interpretato da un Yoo Ji Tae che non rivedevo dai tempi di Healer e che nel frattempo, oltre ai segni evidenti del decennio trascorso, si presenta decisamente irrobustito e pronto a sfoggiare una forza da Incredibile Hulk. Con i suoi due neo-acquisiti scagnozzi - due impiastri di furfanti mezzi incapaci che mi ricordano Pena e Panico, tirapiedi di Ade nel classico della Disney - direi che avremmo una squadra al completo per affrontare una seconda stagione e - chissà - infilarci dentro finalmente il tanto atteso romance. Le premesse per un sequel, scene finali comprese - ci sarebbero tutte, ma temo non sia la volontà di chi ha realizzato questa trasposizione (è un adattamento di un webtoon). Comunque sia, sequel o meno, resta davvero un gran bel drama. Consigliatissimo!
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Ótima produção
Quero saber porque as pessoas não estão falando o suficiente de Vigilante?A série é um murro na cara de tão boa, o enredo é envolvente apesar de conter cenas fortes em algumas partes e a Coreia é boa naquilo que ela fornece, não vivo lá, não sei sobre as notícias mas certeza absoluta que tem muita da corrupção e eles conseguem fazer dramas sobre o assunto muito bem!
Quero falar da dinâmica dos atores em cena, tanto o jiyong, o cara que eu chamei de maluco que ajudou muito o jiyong e se não fosse por ele, acho que muita coisa teria dado errado, o jo heon e a miryeo, esses 4 foram fantásticos.
O meu favorito foram as cenas do jiyong e o do jo heon, a química dele, os olhares, foi incrível essa dinâmica, a confiança que o jo heon tinha no jiyong de fazer a coisa certa e do jiyong de saber que ele ia entender.
E preciso falar sobre ele ser o Hulk da série, o ji tae mudou muito desde que fez money heist Korea, tá um monstro, as cenas deles lutando foram o máximo, Hulk, capitão América e todos os heróis da Marvel junto, tava com uma cara de bandido terrível mas amei, atuação incrível também
Mas falando do meu amor Joo Hyuk, tô orgulhosa demais dele, o talento dele, entregou demais nesse personagem deu pra ver, espero que ele esteja feliz com o ótimo trabalho que fez.
Fiquei triste com a morte do amigo dele, sabia que isso iria acontecer mas ele morreu acreditando que o amigo estava fazendo algo que valia a pena mas é aquele coisa, você pode limpar o mal por baixo mas vai ter sempre alguém de cima...
Enfim, foi um drama ótimo, esse final deu brecha pra mais uma temporada que eu amaria.
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Fascinante
Vi que este drama fue muy bien recibido durante su emisión,pero yo no pude verlo en ese momento y pues si confirmo que es un gran drama.Una historia donde nos cuentan la vida de un chico huérfano, ya que su madre fue asesinada por sicarios que luego fueron absueltos por las leyes asquerosas que tienen en corea. Entonces vemos a este chico crecer y tomar venganza por su madre y todas aquellas víctimas que no tuvieron justicia y los asesinos/ sicarios siguen su vida como si nada.
Estos asesinatos causan un gran revuelo en Corea y un medio que se encarga de emitir programas de este tipo le da seguimiento, haciendo que las personas se interesen aún mas, en medio de todo eso sale un admirador de el vigilante como lo han apodado complicando un poco las cosas pero lo mas sorprendente es quien es el verdadero vigilante, una persona que se encuentra dentro de las filas de la policía.
Personalmente me gustan mucho los dramas de este tipo, en algunas ocasiones me decepcionan pero con este ha sido lo contrario me ha encantado. Cada uno de los personajes los desarrollaron bien y los actores hicieron un excelente trabajo, lograron atraparme desde el 1er capítulo hasta terminarlo,esperando con ansias la 2da temporada.
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ERRR DIABLO
Lo vi por el actor principal y quedé fascinada. La actuación todo que ver, los personasjes increibles, la trama me mantuvo entretenida hasta el final (no le pusé en x2 para terminarla eso dice mucho de la serie jjjaa)¿La veria de nuevo? muy pocas veces veo de nuevo las series que veo asi sea buena o mala, pero en lo personal recomendaria a mil que la vieran.
Está en mi lista de de favs.
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