A bold and daring plot that is more profound than initially perceived.
It's a slow burner that starts off strong, gets a little confusing in the middle, and then ramps up toward the end. Very twisty in unexpected ways that admittedly might lose some viewers. But if you stick with it, it does wrap up neatly.I found the series to be very insightful on the issue of sex crimes and the intersection of law, society, politics, and media. I think it handled it pretty well and I worry some of the most significant takeaways might be missed by those who haven't spent enough time learning and empathizing with victims and/or those who dismiss them altogether. Those are the people who need to pay the most attention!
This is the first series in a very long time where I found myself wanting to rewatch it to further dissect it and have a discussion with somebody on it. Very thought-provoking drama that I'd recommend to those who like the topics mentioned but also like dramas that require your attention to uncover the messages in between the lines.
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Truth And Consequences
The trolley dilemma, where truth is elusive and contingent on perspective. Trolley is a slow burner which peels backs the many layers of truth and alters our own perception of it in the process. Chung Su-Bin gives an absolutely mesmerizing, magical performance as a young woman caught in the eye of a storm. A thoughtful, intelligent drama where nothing is quite what it appears to be on the surface . An unflinching and often devastating look at the consequences of the choices we make for the "greater good" .Was this review helpful to you?
Not Good Enough
Korean Drama " Trolley " is a political- family melodrama. It centers around a woman who appears to be the perfect wife and mother, but she hides secrets that are about to come out.The drama starts out quite intensely, and keeps things that way for some episodes. However, it starts deteriorating soon after, with the rest of the drama being boring and full of tropes. The twists were predictable and the plot kept dragging for no reason. In the end, everything was too messy to be set right smoothly.
At least the performances were enjoyable, especially by the leading lady.
So, overall, three out of ten.
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This review may contain spoilers
The show started off interesting with a valid plot. The end just made no sense at all. It felt like the writer changed his mind last minute with where the story was heading. This made those plot twists make zero sense and really disappointing to watch. Really disliked all characters by the end....except Woo-Jae. He was pretty consistent throughout the series and I enjoyed that he ended out to be the fixer and adviser he started out to be until the very end. Also, writer must've forgot they wrote Joon to live away from home but he kept appearing in the house toward the end seeing multiple interactions. Just made no sense. Was this review helpful to you?
Awful plot twists
Really i have never been so disappointed with a tv show, ever. This k drama starts with a serious and powerful argument, promising greatness becauae of very good casting and again, arguments. But NO... at episode 12 or so, everything started to crumble in a very confusing way. All the arguments at the beginning seemed to fade away for no reason, main characters started to be unrecognizable and actually i dont even know what was the final objective. Just awful. If you watch it prepare for very lazy writing...Was this review helpful to you?
Trainwreck
The solution to trolley problem, according to this drama, is a trainwreck.Don't chose between few and many, just pile them up on top of each other and sabotage the wheels too so the trolley falls over too after running over everyone else.
And true to that notion, the final episodes are absolute trash.
Not that the first 3/4 or so were so great, either. It was an extremely slow melodrama, with awfully dumb and naive FL who was not at all sympathetic even tho the story did everything to paint her as such. Truly the slowest story progression I've ever seen. And if only the plot reveals were worth it! But no, it jumped from one lackluster reveal to another, in between constant flashbacks to shit we've already seen and prolonged scenes like FL taking a whole minute to decide to answer a phone call or not EACH AND EVERY TIME.
But the absolute garbage the story turned in the end is second to none.
The morals are very sus too ,"sympathize with rapist if he committed suicide" and "tell on your own family if they broke the law" aren't things I can agree with.
Not even superb acting from almost everyone involved, especially Park Hee Soon and Kim Mu Yeol, could save this one. The camera work, scenery and soundtrack were wasted too (not that the ost is that strong anyway, it had like one memorable melody it kept overusing). Don't let anyone fool you by saying this is a mature drama for mature people, it's trash. It's also not makjang, it's not a thriller, nor is it similar to some other titles MDL recommends below, it's no Misty.
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Segredos do passado nos trilhos da vida pública, como frear o impacto?
Nam Joong Do é um respeitado deputado com uma missão nobre, mas sua esposa, Kim Hye Joo, preferiu uma vida reservada, longe dos holofotes. Só que o passado, como todo bonde desgovernado, sempre chega. E chega fazendo barulho.Um acontecimento trágico puxa o fio de segredos escondidos por décadas, e Hye Joo é forçada a sair das sombras para encarar os julgamentos da mídia, da política e de si mesma.
É drama social, é crise moral, é dilema, é o tipo de série que faz a gente se perguntar: até onde vai a lealdade? O amor? A verdade?
Quando o bonde está nos trilhos, e eles tremem, é porque a verdade está finalmente passando. E ela não espera ninguém.
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