Night Has Come

Boa História e péssima execução

O drama começa muito bem com uma história e enredos envolventes, mas tudo começa a desandar do meio pro fim, fica tudo mt arrastado e óbvio, a máfia começa a ser muito óbvia e ter decisões burras. O final não fecha as diversas pontas deixadas durante a série, ser tudo parte de um jogo virtual é uma decisão preguiçosa de roteiro, além de que o que os pais fazem também não faz sentido, tudo bem querer vingança contra os bullys, mas punir os dois únicos amigos da menina não faz sentido. No final, uma série com bom potencial acabou virando uma série mediana que temos que engolir esse final.

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A Rollercoaster of Emotions, An Intense Drama with a Twisty plot and a Surprising Ending!!

Mind-Blowing, Breathtaking, Jaw-Dropping and stunning .. those are the only words that I can use to describe the drama, Ngl.. everything was more than perfect .. the thriller, excitement and suspicion on the mafia game, nobody even could recognize who was the Mafia, Police officer, Doctor or Citizen correctly.

I loved the acting, photography and for the actors they all were new faces to me .. but they worked hard & hard (tbh there were some annoying characters that upset me to death)

Everything sound’s perfect right ?? ‘til episode 12 comes .. what is that?? What happened? Honestly, the ending was very disappointing for me and ruined the entire drama !! Okay, I would accept that they weren’t playing the game in real life and it all made by Eun soo’s parents .. but letting them playing the game again and again limitless?? What a revenge !

Anyways, In overall a Must-Watch drama for sure .. If I had the time then and it was possible I would watch all episodes in one day .

Great work actors and actresses,, and all who worked hard for the drama.. for the writer , he needs to learn and improve how to keep the plot perfect and not to ruin everything for the ending :|

Bye Night Has Come .. Unforgettable drama <3

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Old Concept with An Interesting Twist

This wasn’t perfect, but did its job in being suspenseful and entertaining.

Right off students on a school trip are forced into a game akin to the Hunger Games. Kill or die. Thinking it was truly just a game the students played until they came to the realization that their vote meant death to a fellow classmate.

I knew this was some type of virtual reality game when the adults disappeared and were never seen again. This was confirmed when the students tried to find a way to escape but found the outside world presented the illusion of an escape when there was none.

Things that annoyed me about the show, the bullies, specifically Kyung Jun and his crew. These guys were utter assholes who despite the situation didn’t even attempt to make nice to save their own lives. In fact they were worse than ever. Thus, in reality they should’ve been the first ones voted out the building but somehow they managed to survive for most of the series. Most of the students not questioning what was going on and why. Once they realized they had to kill to survive they did it without question with only Yeon Su questioning the why behind what was happening and investigating to find the truth.

Other questions, how long had these kids been tortured in this virtual game? Was no one looking for them? Where were their families? How did they even get to the game room to be put into this virtual reality? How long did Se Eun’s parents plan to continue their revenge?

I could understand them wanting to take revenge on those who drove their daughter to suicide. However, their method was too much. Moreover, they also blamed those who weren’t aware of their daughter’s pain and punished them too, but failed to extend that punishment to themselves. They did not take into account their own ignorance about her struggle which was hypocrisy at its worst considering how they were punishing those who were just as ignorant as them about what was going on.

Though concept is not new , Thw writers did a good job keeping it entertaining and suspenseful and the acting was strong. This is not the type of series I’d rewatch, but despite its issues it was good and worth the watch.

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English and Portuguese Review

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"Night Has Come" starts with a very promising concept: students trapped during a school retreat have to face a mysterious and deadly game that mixes psychological suspense with supernatural elements. Right from the beginning, the series grabs your attention with several questions: what's happening? Who's behind it? Is there any way out?

The drama does a great job of creating a tense atmosphere, with dark cinematography and a mood that makes you constantly suspicious of every character. It also brings up questions about trust, friendship, and how far someone can go to survive.

On the other hand, as the story moves forward, the series loses a bit of the initial impact. Characters who make the story interesting end up meeting sad fates, and that makes the plot feel less engaging than it seemed at the beginning. The ending also wasn’t the best for me — it felt like there were so many interesting directions it could’ve taken, but it ended up going for something way too predictable.

Overall, "Night Has Come" is a drama that grabs you a lot in the beginning and delivers good amounts of mystery and suspense, but maybe doesn’t fulfill all the potential it promised. Still, it’s a good option for anyone who enjoys stories full of psychological tension and survival games.

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"Night Has Come" começa com um conceito muito promissor: estudantes presos em um retiro escolar precisam enfrentar um jogo misterioso e mortal, que mistura suspense psicológico e elementos sobrenaturais. Logo de início, a série prende a atenção com várias perguntas: o que está acontecendo? Quem está por trás disso? Existe uma saída?

O dorama acerta em criar uma atmosfera de tensão, com fotografia sombria e um clima que deixa o espectador sempre desconfiado de cada personagem. Além disso, levanta questões sobre confiança, amizade e até onde alguém pode ir para sobreviver.

Por outro lado, conforme a história avança, a série vai perdendo um pouco do impacto inicial. Personagens que fazem a história ficar interessante acabam tendo destinos tristes, e isso deixa a trama menos envolvente do que parecia no começo. O final também não foi dos melhores pra mim, parecia que tinha tantos caminhos interessantes a seguir, mas acabou caindo em algo previsível demais.

No geral, "Night Has Come" é um dorama que prende bastante no início e garante boas doses de mistério e suspense, mas talvez não entregue todo o potencial que prometia. Ainda assim, é uma boa opção para quem gosta de histórias cheias de tensão psicológica e jogos de sobrevivência.

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A thriller of Culpability

The story kicks off with a mystery of all the teens being forced to play Mafia and is propelled with fear of death and bullying at every point. The deaths themselves become spectacles. All of the head hits are impactful, as are the ones where they throw themselves over the railing. The self strangulation one was too silly, they should have rethought that one. Selfish bullies push people to the edge just as much as the assigned Mafia do. Everyone is forced to be complicit participants in someone's death by voting. Friends turn against one another. Kids blame themselves. The selfish flourish until their time is up. Intrepid asthmatic Yeon Seo analyzes the crime scenes and tries to find clues out of this giant, murderous Mafia themed escape room. Aside from her observational skills, she's also special in that there is a force who wants her to see beyond the code.

Jung Won turns out to be this force, a character designed to win the game and causing discord and murder in the wake of it, decided to lose it to save the two players who became her friends instead. She's the virtual stand-in, the virtual ghost of Se Eun who took her only life from bullying. The intense loneliness being targeted everyone around you is truly suffocating and it may be hard to understand by those who have not experienced it themselves. It doesn't matter what type of reason was used to bully her, it mattered that it was the people's attitude and actions or inactions towards her. Her parents took it upon themselves to kidnap her entire class and use them to mentally and physically hurt each other. There is no legal recourse that would give them justice for the daughter they lost. Yeon Seo gets to see the set up she's trapped in so the parents could find out what made Jung Won go against her programming to help. They are unwilling to see that Jung Won/Se Eun has found the feeling of friendship and loyalty that she didn't have before. Jung Won found a catharsis in the game that the parents are not willing to embrace yet outside of it even though they have engineered the repeated suffering of the key perpetrators and bystanders. Jung Won is reset along with the rest and she was not able to free Yeon Seo by letting the citizens win as Yeon Seo is only able to awaken when the parents allow her to. The kids aren't there to learn a lesson, they are just to suffer indefinitely. I wonder if aside from Jung Won, the other roles are randomized? If Yeon Seo is put into the mafia role, what would she do? Ultimately her morality doesn't matter to her jailers. Even Se Eun is trapped in this virtual hell until her parents can find their way out of their grief.

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really entertaining imo

i used to be obsessed with roblox games like flicker and i still love those types of layouts so i absolutely lovedd this show. i enjoyed guessing who the murderers were, who would die next, and how as well as how creative and morbid the game controlled eliminations were. i was frustrated with the characters pretty often but honestly i didnt mind because it made it way more engaging and most of their behavior was somewhat understandable. the confrontations interested me because its such a complicated situation since killing people is obviously wrong but they dont exactly have a choice yet i can understand why their classmates are angry. im not usually into shows enough to get so frustrated so i had fun.

i liked the main character and her personal relationships with her friends. wish we got more of her and se eun though (which brings me to my next point). unfortunately the ending was really rushed. i think the show wouldve benefited from an extra episode featuring the class before the games, leading up to the first one.

im not really good at rating acting so thats kinda randomized but i found it good. ive personally rewatched this show a couple times. i find it entertaining to study the characters the second time around, knowing who is and isnt citizen. its also a lot to take in the first time so rewatching it gives me the chance to appreciate the smaller characters and relationships. its short so it doesnt take much time to rewatch.

im surprised this is the only show like this that i could find considering it seems like a pretty basic concept but i was disappointed to learn that all the other “similar recommendations” dont have the aspects that made this show so entertaining so its pretty unique.

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This show has so much potential but lowkey fell off a bit

I remember watching this show, and I was so excited because I usually love these types of murder mystery shows and all that but as the show progressed, you could definitely see the plot holes, like when Kyungjun stayed up awake when all the civilians were asleep and how oblivious everyone was. It was honestly surprising that it took the characters 9 EPISODES to finally try to make a proper plan to catch the mafias.
And also, how did everyone not vote out somi in the first place? She keeps voting for the civilians and was just generally a bitchy character in general. Like when Somi pushed off Donghyun and Eunha told everyone, how did people believe that? Somi's character is extremely flawed, and the characters were very stupid for believing anything she says.
Don't even get me started on the ending; I genuinely thought that there was a season 2 already out for this to explain whatever we watched during episode 12. If they extended the ending to Ep. 15 or something, maybe we would have answers. the 'big reveal' is vauge as hell, and I'm honestly more confused with the ending.
This show would blow up if the directors decided to make a season 2. the acting in this show is SOOO GOOD and i would hate for a show with such potential to go to waste

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a decent watch

pretty good story and gore

i love watching this type of series where people had to do something or they will die
it will show you how human react when they're in danger

pretty good story and acting
some of the deaths are unpredictable and some things also really predictable, it's a balance between good and bad

what i don't like the most is that there is no strong character development, it was plain and flat but the gore part and their acting saves everything

and the ending really underwhelming, i don't know why they decided to end it like that
could be better but overall a decent watch

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AMOGUS

High school students play the mafia game. Cool, we all played the game in high school. Except people really do get killed. The mafias killing them are among them and they have to vote out these mafias, who would ALSO actually die. Basically among us in real life - minus the tasks.
Now this is a plot which is bound to attract viewers. Fresh storyline, fresh actors, keeps people on the edge of their seat - it's pretty much set up to become a hit. The only problem that can possibly arise is poor execution. And that is exactly what happened here.

*ACTORS*:
The actors were mostly those I had never seen before (except the one who played Oh Jung Won, who I believe is that one girl from Penthouse). Assuming that it was one of their initial projects, they did a pretty good job. That bully guy tho - he did a really good job pissing me off. Great acting skills fr.

*STORY*:
Boy when I tell you that this drama is a huuuge missed opportunity. It had MASSIVE potential -it started out strong and would have easily become a huge success had it not crumbled in the latter half. It was as if the writer got a really great idea and started writing excitedly, then ran out of ideas on how to further develop the premise of the whys and hows and just.... finished it off. A few things I would like to point out, MAJOR SPOILERS ahead so continue reading only if you have seen the drama in its entirety:

1. The children got used to the game too quickly for my liking. I guess that was required to condense everything in 12 episodes, but they should have dwelled on their confusion, despair and thought processes, which they didn't. They could have made use of that main bully's acting skills when they showed him crying in one of the initial episodes, so that viewers could better understand the shock and distress everyone was going through.

2. What was the point of ML's backstory? To add a little conviction to his very anticlimactic "death"? If yes, then it unfortunately didn't serve the purpose very well.

3. The entire Se-eun situation - The last ep was pretty much dedicated to this and I believe it was supposed to act as an explanation as to whatever happened but it seems pretty half baked and only leaves us with further questions. For instance, how did Se-eun's parents manage to gather those children in the first place? Was it that game notification everyone received? What about those children's parents then? What on earth are they doing? Why are Se-eun's parents also targeting those who weren't even aware about the whole Se-eun scandal? How blinded by revenge were they that they dragged in innocent children to suffer their wrath too? I'm sorry but the whole 'those-who-do-nothing-while-others-are-bullied-and-stay-silent' argument isn't very convincing tbh. What kind of an investigation took place that they could not track down who made that scandalous video? If Se-eun's parents have enough money and resources (so much so that they got into every one of their daughter's classmate's brain to make them suffer), how did they allow it to be swept under the rugs?

4. "Make the bullies suffer as she did" was the whole premise and yet it wasn't carried out satisfactorily. Not once do the bullies connect their wrongdoings to their circumstances, not once do they feel bad about their actions, not once do they regret doing what they did. Instead, innocent children got PTSD from witnessing their friends die, as if having one friend suicide wasn't enough.

All in all, it was a good watch but the ending was SO unsatisfying that it became yet another average drama.

P.S: What's with all those Kyung Jun and Yoon-Seo edits on youtube lmaoo?! Where on earth do people even get such ideas +_+

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I think it has a good plot, and it’s similar to the Japanese Wolf Game. The beginning is confusing and the trailer makes it look thrilling. But as the episodes go on, especially near the end, the thriller feeling is lost. From the first episode, I could already guess who the main mafia was. And when the third mafia died, I could easily figure out the last one too.

The ending ruined it for me. The reveal that it was actually a game created by Se-eun’s parents felt disappointing. Even if there is a second season, we already know they won’t actually die, so it won’t have the same intensity. It won’t become a masterpiece that way.

Also, compared to the Japanese Wolf Game, this one is less thrilling. The Japanese version has a more tightly constructed plot. I still liked this drama and watched it all in one go. But near the end, everything felt messy, and the last episode was especially bad. Something just felt off. I can’t exactly explain it. At first I enjoyed it a lot, but as the episodes continued, my feelings became mixed. You can watch it without getting bored, but afterwards you’re left thinking: What was the point? What did I just watch?

The acting was good, but I feel like the main actors weren’t strong enough. The villain characters were more impactful. Whenever the main two actors tried to do something, it always went wrong.

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Highly mediocre but who is Kim Woo Seok?

The idea was good but they messed up in executions. There were so many plot holes and the characters were frustrating but not in good way. Frustrating because they were not well written and portrayed. But still it was fine. If you are thinking about watching this then you definitely should because it is enjoyable.

But who the hell is Kim Woo Seok?????!!!

I'm a huge Kdrama fan as well as Kpop stan. I first watched Kim Woo Seok in The Forbidden Marriage and i really liked him. Then i saw him in X1 and i was like wow great he sings and dances. But now that i watched Night Has Come apparently they are not the same!?? My whole life has been lie..

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A Short Gripping Bingeworthy Thriller

Night has come was a suspenseful and entertaining Korean drama that may leaves you with questions.

Story:
The story was not the most original thing in the world, but that doesn't really matter if you execute it well. Which is what Night has come initially did. Every moment was gripping even if it was predictable of who the mafia is. Honestly, my biggest issue over this drama was the ending. I understand the parent's anguish over their daughter's death, but it's honestly doesn't make sense of why Yoon -Seo and Jun-hee were punished. Like they didn't know. Like I saw a comment under this title saying that if Yoon-seo and Jun-hee get punished, the parents should too because how did they not know their daughter was suffering. Any excuse they came up with and be applied to Yoon-seo and Junhee as well. However, perhaps the parents are so filled with misery and anguish by the ir beloved daughter's death, that they cannot not see things clearly. I think adding how Se euns life at home with her parent's perspective would have been a better touch to see how their judgements are clouded.

There were also some unanswered questions about how the kids even got there lol. But, I'm just going to think some stories are better left unanswered, as answering them could drag out the story.

Acting:
In my opinion, for the actors who can be considered "unknown," they really did a good job. I really want to applaud the female lead. Her cries of emotion were so gripping and she really tuned into her character. Maybe because she's older now but her acting was so good I didn't even recognize she was from racket boys. It was also nice seeing the actress who played jung-won and comparing it to her stellar performance in penthouse as the famous Eun-byeol.

Music:

The music was fitting, nothing memorable.


Overall, I'd maybe re watch to see any missed clues, but this is a nice bingeable thriller.

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