Bargain

gave me video game vibes

I was just looking for something new to watch when I stumbled upon this series. I got curious because the plot literally made me say 'what' because it is confusing.

The story was actually nice. It may make you question things especially how fast the progress is and the camera setting. The actors are really good and my favorite is Chang Ryul. His character might come out crazy but he is just desperate to save his father and to get the kidney lol.

They made the ending looked like there is a possibility of season 2 so I am looking out for that. Overall a nice series to watch. 6 eps of about 35 mins each

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Story of Highs and Lows

This is a tough one to grade. There are many things I like about this: morally dark characters, violence, one-take camera shots, no simple solutions—just a progression of things getting worse, and mysterious happenings that the characters or audience are unaware of. What holds me back from a full recommendation is the characterization. The characters are left ambiguous, with most of what they tell each other being lies, so there's no real sense of character, making it hard to get emotionally attached. The writing is also not the best; most of the dialogue feels stilted and not how people would naturally talk to each other—it's just a bunch of yelling and swearing over each other with no proper conversations ever being had. The plot armor for certain characters became laughable, as multiple characters should have died over and over and still made it to the end. At the end of the day, the highs were able to outweigh the lows, and I would watch the second season that has been announced, but it's not something I'm eagerly anticipating

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Gruesome, confusing, and funny

I hadn't heard much about this short gory series, but I'm glad I checked this out. It was entertaining to say the least. Gruesome, but funny too.

Likes:
1) The Acting. Jin Seon Kyu was soo believable and good as the seedy cop. He was able to be despicable, but yet you don't hate him for it. He also was able to deliver the comedy so subtly that I kept having a delayed reaction in laughing, but once it hit me, I thought it was so funny. Jeon Jong Seo was also fantastic as usual. She just has this edgy provocative side that you don't see much of in Korea. I always believe she's her character.
2) The story was a refreshing change from predictability. I didn't know where the story would go so I enjoyed the journey even if it was confusing, though I blame that more on the bad subs.
3) The Bidder #5 storyline with Jin Seon Kyu's character. This is what made me laugh
4) It's short. At only 6 episodes, it's an easy binge watch which I appreciate

Dislikes:
1) Confusing - again some of this is contributed to bad subs, but there's no real explanation for a lot of things so you're left wondering what happened
2) The character development - I was kind of confused why everyone turned crazy. I would have liked some more backstory into some of the characters
3) Sometimes it felt a tad repetitive

Overall, I would recommend this series to people who don't mind dark comedy, violence or gore.

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a fight for survival behind closed doors

the very positive aspects of the series are around the evolution between the two main characters between betrayals and alliances, the place where the series unfolds is very claustrophobic and oppressive which puts us well in the atmosphere of a fight for life but the more negative sides are the incomprehension at times (maybe due to the subtitles of the site on which I watched it which were hard to follow at times but I think not) for example if the policeman was really in infiltration or not, the main story which is weird in certain aspects such as the fact that there is a landslide but that the "coup d'état" happens as easily as if nothing had happened and finally the third main character, the son who is there for a kidney for his father didn't really convince me.

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"Bargain" is a drama unlike anything I've ever watched, because we have no hero or heroine, it's a survival story with people who don't trust anyone and will do everything to survive. Basically it is a more realistic version of what it would be like if an apocalypse really happened, without any embellishment, the human being in its crude version possible: each for itself.

Hyung Soo is the perfect example of this, someone who can survive any situation. He hired a call girl, literally a virgin girl, but was eventually sold in an organ auction, which was interrupted by an earthquake and to complete, we find that he is a police officer. More disgusting and corrupt than that ... Impossible, even though he tries to deceive Joo Young saying that he is in a secret police investigation, but of course this is a lie. He took any opportunity possible and he allied with anyone who was going to help him escape.

Joo Young is a very interesting character, but I liked Keuk Ryul the most. I was impressed with his ability to survive. It happened everything with this boy and he was alive in the end. HAHA'

The open ending is a pity, because I don't think there will be a sequel to the history, it only ends up showing that the earthquake was not isolated for the building, but a large disaster.

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It goes downhill very fast after the great start

Based on a short, it's obvious after 15 minutes that this lacked the staying power to ever be a feature - let alone a +3 hours mini-series!

The opening shot of this was great. The acting was good as a man turns up at a hotel room to buy the virginity of an 18 year old girl... only, it soon becomes clear that she's a liar and massively over-pricing her services. Renegotiating, my interest began to wane, the girl then leaves the room while the man showers to reveal some kind of massive con operation, and when she re-enters the hotel suite, the man is tied to a gurney, with people standing around bidding for his organs.
This is likely where the short ended - it's also where my interest in this went out the window, as bad acting and dull dialogue crept in. Another 10 minutes of waiting for something to happen, there's the earthquake and the first episode ends.

The second episode features two retards, a constant flickering light and a boat-load of tedium. If the retards weren't annoying enough, the blinking lights caused a headache and all the dumb waiting around to maintain the "one shot" began trying my patience.
20 minutes into the episode, I considered turning it off; when it ended, I had no intention of clicking on the third part.

DROPPED. High production values can't gloss over a crappy script! This really should've stayed a short.

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Un hombre se vuelve víctima de una red de tráfico de órganos al citarse en un hotel con una estudiante, pero eso es lo menos importante cuando el edificio se derrumba e inicia la lucha para sobrevivir.

La trama no es lo único peculiar de «Bargain», los planos secuencia y la elaborada escenografía lo hacen sentir más como una película dividida en episodios. Por tal motivo, es mejor experiencia ver uno tras otro, lo cual no es difícil porque son cortos y cargados de incertidumbre.

No hay personaje que sea buena persona o inocente, sin embargo, eso no evita sentir cierto apego a los principales y mucho menos querer ver más de ellos después de la escena final.

Con escenas de acción constantes, pequeños tintes de comedia y giros que no dejan de mover el rumbo de la historia, a este drama no le falta entretenimiento.

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Estava a procura de algo para ver e decidi testar este drama e foi uma grata surpresa. Realmente não sabia nada sobre o enredo, cheguei sem expectativas e gostei. É um drama bem doido, mas que acaba prendendo a atenção e por serem episódios curtos você acaba vendo tudo de uma vez só.

O primeiro episódio é incrivelmente viciante porque é um encadeamento de eventos inesperados que te prendem do inicio ao fim. O jogo de câmeras faz parecer que você está acompanhando os personagens de perto e é muito imersivo.

Apesar do tema pesado que o drama aborda, é também muito cômico. Eu dei muitas risadas porque não tinha como levar a sério o "policial" Hyung Soo com aquela cuequinha vermelha e botas laranjas e sem nenhum pingo de instinto de sobrevivência. Só de lembrar já começo a rir. Sem contar o Geuk Ryul, obcecado em conseguir o rim do Hyung Soo, e sua condição "imortal" porque não é possível que o cara tenha sobrevivido a tantos maus-tratos, mas sempre reaparecendo do "nada" de volta a ação. E, claro, temos a Joo Young , a garota que não dá pra confiar, mas leva todo mundo no papo. Muito boa a atuação da Jeon Jong Seo. Amei ela neste papel.

Um drama de sobrevivência muito louco e muito cômico. Realmente não se leva a sério e isso é ótimo também. Espero realmente que façam a segundo temporada. Quero saber o que aguarda esses três malucos nesse mundo apocalítico que eles encontraram depois de sair do prédio.

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