Connection (2024)

When Friendship Lasts Forever.

The story might be slow and goes little by little, however everything was executed right and nothing left unsolved. The slow-burn yet proper pacing reminds me of Flower of Evil and Beyond Evil. This kdrama definitely belongs up there with them.

Props to the writer for the amazing story. Like the title "Connection", everything that happened in this series are all connected. From the start all the way to the end. Everything is tied to the past of their friendship, connected again in present time.

I can't stop get amazed by Ji Sung's acting thorough the series. His acting is always excellent and overly done in a perfect manner. I recommend watching him in The Devil Judge, it has similar story (Thriller - Mystery - Revenge) to this kdrama - only faster and wilder.

Not only Ji Sung's, everyone's acting were also great and has their own distinct appearance. Especially the ones who casually appears from episode to episode, no generic or bland acting from them, everyone serves their characters right.

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Great series

Ji Sung can do no wrong in my eyes. Everything he touches turns to gold. First class crime actor. I loved him in The Devil Judge and Kill me heal me. My all time favourites and this is just as good. He doesnt look his age.. He still looks early thirtys. Plenty of eye candy..
The story was well written so a shout out to the directors scriptwriters and production staff for giving us, the viewers a story worth watching. The cast actors and actresses who went above and beyond and bought the story to life. A great binge watch. Thankyou for this little gem.. ❤️ x

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it’s nice with suspense but could be more triller

Korean drama titles - intro are interesting and this one you will understand after watching few episodes which is actually amazing. you will be able to guess a top layer story. if you are good guessing person.
coming to story amazing start and it will make you continue but after few episodes I can’t say it’s slow but same thrilling experience will become a bit low. you will get involved with characters and that’s nice. worth watching mainly because of the main characters. if you are a person who is into thriller suspense, then you will enjoy it. main lead character acting is really amazing, and of course, you will not be disappointed with his acting for sure.

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Migth be good idea to watch if you like the actors

The mistery and how we don't understand most of what is happening in all the episodes cativates me. The romantic triangle was unnecessary and very very lame. Won Jong Soo despite being rich and anyone can't stand him, he also don't have any trace of personality, typical support role character wich isn't better desenvolved.

The narrative sometimes is very predictible and cliché, especially in the moments at the end of the history. The mistery and the investigation on episode 10 and after was very tedious to me. I expect so much more and was so frustating receive anything. The plot of the lead characters and how it ends for them was so annoying.

I like to watch mostly part. I swear. I love Ji Sung acting and the journalist and their friend and how they make a good dinamic. The investigation when comes from the Jae Gyeong is interesting and easily exciting, but the script really don't make the work for the carismatic actors easy to make all the drama worthy.


Considering the historical of the characters Ji Sung do, i will just say that the way Jang Jae Gyeong look to his partner detective is kinda gay hehe

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Amigos para siempre means you always will be my friend

No se cual es mejor concepto de amistad , unos que supuestamente son amigos pero en verdad se clavan puñales por la espalda u otros que después de un incidente ajeno a ellos causa el traslado de uno de ellos y así dejan de hablarse. Vamos arriba la amistad así te digo.Jun Seo quería volver a los viejos días y salvar a su hija y lo que obtuvo es ser camello , ver morir a su hija, como su mujer le engañaba y morir él, eso sí con un funeral lleno de "amigos".

Kwon Yul puedes dejar de hacer papeles de fiscales, es que ¿acaso eres Woo Seok y su amor por coger personajes que se mueren?.Por cierto me gusta como llevan el personaje y me imaginaba que iba a morir, lo habían dejado todo tan complicado describiéndolo como alguien tan meticuloso (aunque la periodista consigue varias veces grabarle ) que no tenía sentido que encontrasen algo para incriminarlo. Eso no quita que me hubiera gustado verle pudrirse en la cárcel.
Tanto Sang Wi como Yoon Ho me recuerdan a dos adolescentes desesperados por entrar en el grupo de los guais que hacen lo que sea sobretodo el último , cuando nunca les han importado y donde sinceramente hubiese sido mejor que no se hubieran metido.
La esposa no me gusta que la traten ponerla de buena al final. Por cierto no entiendo cómo acepta hacer la autopsia si tenía un lío con Tae Jin.
Jong Soo y Chi Hyeon no se que tienen un bromance muy raro, este último se nota que es gay y que haría cualquier cosa por el primero y se deja querer porque sabe que va a conseguir lo que sea gracias a él.
Me hubiera gustado que se hubiesen centrado más en lo de las drogas y la CEO Yoon (me gustaba ese personaje) que lo que pasó hace 20 años , por cierto no entiendo porque van a matar al otro sinceramente (Me refiero al chaval que mató el Jong Soo).
No se cree nadie que en una unidad de narcóticos de la policía, nadie se pispe que el capitán es un drogadicto.
Como jurista , no puedo omitir como toda la serie y como todo el caso se ha construido en base de pruebas ilegales propias de la doctrina del árbol de los frutos envenenados. Escuchas ilegales, un capitán bajo la influencia de sustancias .... Flipo a su vez con la carta blanca que le dejaban al fiscal.

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Tbh I would’ve rated it a bit higher but idk the ending got a bit overdone

Acting: 100/10
Process: 6/10
Makjang: 8/10
Past stuff: 2/10

The drama was good, the first two eps and then 10-14 were really great
But that middle 7eps were ;/ and that’s what stopped me from rating it higher

The side murders, the side drug stuff, the long chase of whodunit for them to so easily confess like a chitchat ruined the mood


The ending with the dad being the mastermind was ;/

Like all those adult dudes did such a mess, just for the dad to come in and say he was the one cuz those “kids” were ruining his plans


I was glad and worried they’d say insurance guy was the real killer :D
And it’s so sad, dr, his 3 good friends, and the villains who used him, he was a tool that was punch around and left alone, even by his wife

So it kinda didn’t make sense for me, too makjang….

Sure jisung didn’t wanna hear him out, but he was only kicked out of school, again growing pains, but that dude, became a drug dealer to heal his daughter, after rich villain ruining his kids insurance, then inferiority complex dude goes and make him a drug dealer and his “closest friend who was jealous of this dude choosing 3 other friends and not included him”, makes those drugs and blames the 3 for not being around

Like why didn’t insurance guy help more? He didn’t have a problem making a life insurance that benefits others, but couldn’t help the daughter?
And the dude couldn’t reach out, not to apologize but to say how hard his life was? That’s sad….
And the password… that was cruel.. T_T but for them to be happy over the money was also sad… like that’s the money that the dude sold his soul for, couldn’t get the second half of the password, which was his wife’s bday, and the second being his friendship day with those 3 that abandoned him T_T

He really just wanted to heal his kid, like T_T

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BOM DRAMA, MAS COM FALHA DE CONTINUIDADE…

Nota: O profissional de continuidade, também conhecido como supervisor de script, tem a função de garantir que os detalhes visuais e narrativos permaneçam consistentes ao longo das filmagens de um drama ou filme.

O drama teve uma boa escalação de elenco e um bom dinamismo em seus quatorze episódios. Temos que elogiar a escalação do elenco adolescente, que tem fisionomias muito parecidas com seus correspondentes adultos. A morte do garoto espancado e queimado foi o “efeito borboleta” de todos os envolvidos, direta e indiretamente.

Sobre a falha de continuidade mencionada no título da resenha: em um dos últimos episódios, o presidente confronta Tae Jin e diz que sabia que ele traficava drogas. Tae Jin ficou em choque ao saber que o presidente estava ciente. Contudo, nas cenas finais do episódio final, fica evidente que o presidente sabia que o promotor era um traficante e o promotor sabia que o presidente sabia há muito tempo antes, tanto que confabularam para matar Jun Seo.

Outra coisa que me deixou perplexo foi eles comemorarem a descoberta da senha verdadeira e do dinheiro que ganharam, mas o dinheiro em questão não era proveniente do tráfico de drogas que Tae Jin e Jun Seo iniciaram?

Enfim, não vou detalhar mais. Bom drama e seguimos para o próximo.

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Solid Cop Drama Elevated by Exceptional Acting

The title really says it all.

The story was good. Not terribly new or original. As someone who was in high school when 24 was originally airing, this made me remember the season when Jack Bauer accidentally got addicted when he was undercover in a cartel, although this was better.

That aside, some aspects of the drug world and drug addiction felt very off to me. Like something between an overwrought after school special and a simple lack of factual information. It sounds strange to say that I felt like the drama was sometimes forgoing story for an attempt at educating civilians on the damaging nature of drug addiction. But it seemed to miss the mark a little because some aspects of drug addiction and the world of drug dealers felt a little inaccurate.

That said, most of the time I could dismiss all that with a "this is a fictional drug, mostly, and thus they can make it do whatever they want" and that's fine, too.

The real highlight here was Ji Sung, who is incapable of underperforming, it seems. Watching him in The Devil Judge finally made me understand what they mean when they talk about having "presence." That's not a large man, but he fills the entire room.

His depiction of a forcibly drug addicted cop was, frankly, incredible. In this regard, the drama was spot on. His constant, intense struggle was very true to the nature of addiction. The expression on his face when he was held down and given a hit said it all; combined panic, anger, relief, sorrow, guilt, and finally pleasure.

This is somewhat hard for me to rate. The story was good, but not incredible. The premise sometimes felt a little "educational" and thus its drama and impact were kind of diminished. But the characters and the actors were really, really great. I'd rewatch this just for the characters. In truth, I'd rewatch this just for Ji Sung's performance.

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To long

Drama was okay. Some actors could improve their expression but generally speaking it's not bad but storyline was to long. It could be done in like 8 episodes but they kept dragging it for so long.
I kinda regret sitting through it all. I don't understand why they are making k-dramas so long if it's not necessary. Is it really that profitable to make actors shoot for so long. Spend so much money on locations and so much energy? Wouldn't it be more time and cost efficient if they made like 8 episodes that are fully entertaining packed with content?
It would also make more people rewatch the show. Although it was okay I won't rewatch it because it wasn't that special. If you have a lot of time to spend go ahead but it isn't one of those groundbreaking shows that you won't forget. Also announcing the final culprits and their motives wasn't really that enjoyable. The reasons why they did it and the final episodes were underwhelming.

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Masterpiece

Connection is the story of Jae Kyung. He is an ace detective who is hell-bent on his job and does not allow even the slightest emotion to come between his work. The wall of his room has been burdened with his past which is a clue to the secret the man has been carrying within him. His strong conviction takes a pitfall when his twenty-year connections with friends and foes question him about his own choices.
Being a huge fan of Ji Sung, this story has been my must-watch ever since its announcement. He brings nuances into his psychologically strained character making them intriguing. As the story keeps on going past while tackling issues of the present, suspense builds around what happened twenty years ago. Helmed by the man behind "Lovers of the Red Sky", a connection has severe darkness etched throughout. The character Yoon Jin portrayed by Mi Do is another mystery to be read along. Her Yoon Jin also bears a big baggage like Jae Kyung. The upright and assertive she is gets clouded by an unfair dismissal.
The task of a writer involves giving space and breakages to every character which builds a story. The way past and present clashes help in intensifying the connection between leads throughout. The use of black and white color outfits works as the element to exhibit what those cloth wearers are feeling inside. There is no color left in their lives. The drinking scene at the beginning where Jae Kyung mostly stays silent and only pours a drink to everyone describes his social ineptness.

The biggest element of a crime thriller is to maintain the pace. Director Moon Kyo did a terrific job of keeping the motion strong while bringing unprecedented twists with each scene. The gap between the present and past is what this connection is about.

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