Bell curve
Why are drama writers not in favour of writing strong female charcters without any romantic attachments??Kang Bitna becomes the Nth Strong FL who is bogged down by forced romance and fumbled character development.
Park Shin hye was clearly having the time of her life with Kang Bitna (Please write such witty sassy characters for her, dont pidgenhole her into moppy romantic FLs.). While Kim Jae Young literally plays the damsel in distress. Why did the writers think its a good idea to ruin the ML's character with poor writing. The shift from a confident no nonsense cop to one to the damsel in distress was awful to watch(grave injustice to KJY). They wasted the drama's potential by not exploring a platonic relationship between them. Moreover the runaway devil subplot was way more interesting than the serial killer one. And I am not even touching the choices made for Bitna's character by the writers.
the uneveness made me feel like I was watching 2 different dramas. The first 8 episodes were a solid 9/10 while the 2nd half felt like 6/10.
But even with all its flaws I loved that PSH took up such a role and hope to see her in similar roles like this.
This not a bad drama, but if your willing to overlook its short comings, do give it a try.
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Park Shin Hye needs to play more feisty roles!
Honestly this exceeded my expecting. I didn’t go in expecting much but I ended up loving every second of it.I admit the supernatural element had a lot of plot holes but the actors were so good that it didn’t make the experience unbearable. I’m actually genuinely surprised at how much I really liked this.
Also, might I add that this might be Park Shin Hye’s best work yet. She needs to play more feisty roles.
We saw a little bit of that in the first episode of ‘The Doctors’…..But this was fantastic! The feistiness was there from start to finish, it didn’t fizzle out. I love seeing kdrama female leads kick ass.
Loved every minute!
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Fantasy ,, Good story ,, Great acting (from Shin Hye)
Story plot:The story is good and kinda new. the fantasy was exciting but they should have elaborated on the demonic powers and limitations. Some parts could have been written better as they don't add up like they should.
Some scenes would have been more exciting and events should have been thought through to make more sense.
I didn't feel bored most of the show but it could be cut down to 12 or smth. The best part was Shin Hye's acting.
Acting:
Park Shine Hye's acting is 10/10 but that male lead is not as strong and not meticulously crafted I'll give him 6/10 since he did his part. If the lead actors had had more chemistry it would have been much better. I liked all the other characters they were written just right.
Takeaways:
- They weren't much chemistry between the lead actors, the romance could have been elevated a lot, it was a bit disappointing.
- It was nice overall and I would say it's worth watching.
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Premise sets high expectations, they all fall to hell by the second half...
I liked the first 6 eps, rest all dipped imo. Shin-hye's best performance easily. But, i just hated the later half and couldn't bring myself to finish this. Such a bummer it went to the route of rom, but it is made an essential with the prophecy being either of them dies, calling for an intertwined relationship which is forbidden much and burdening and scaling their lives against one another.I couldn't feel a tinge of chemistry and it felt forced, like how did you catch feelings and go that far? You can't define distinguish if it's out of bloodlust to murder the sk(serial killer/the satan) or out of pursuits and protection of her and their love.
Just boring and the valato wtever she was had good expressions that I'd poke a fork but she gets discarded and sided off, she was at least a bit interesting. Bael is like another character i have a no say to, he is just a plot device idk the ending so god knows what goes there(gods of hell prolly- isn't that him...nvm) her assistant/servant forgot his name was a funny and the cleaning service men too
Also the whole det team adds no value later, it was good to see dynamics and fun banter before. Even with dan-oh and bitna we had a few worthy interactions where they had just different stances in opinions and moral working.
Few things that are worth the mention is how we get a perspective into the Victim's families and affected parties outlook on their grief, suffering and trauma; remarkable acting by the 6th/5th ep killer dude who faked DID, her outfits mwah!!
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Every episode is heart stopping!
Hands down Park Shin Hye acting is stellar but can i just say that Kim Jae Young, acting is at par as well.. that emotion in the last episodes ending was the best so far.. the emotions from both actors - omg.This show is giving me weekly heart burn.
Every episode i love. Cant wait for next week again.
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Unlike any other drama~
It was a new type of drama that sometime give off Vincenzo feeling; you know how he said at the end that "𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐲. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲. 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞."That's what we also see on this drama where a devil herself judges the evils,, this drama was so good at beginning but got ruined in the middle. Guess they just make it child's fantasy where the leads just lives happily ever after. But you know some story don't just get happy ending all the time, there are some couple who just don't end up together.
I would have loved it more if this fantasy drama was a bit more realistic.
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there were also some unanswered question like what in the world happened to real Kang Bitna (as she really didn't did anything sinfull to end up in a fake hell) also why Justita was given more time to spend on earth?
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Other than this two the drama is supub! It so intriguing & the chemistry between the leads are just find as wine~
A must watch for those who loves romance with thriller"
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started off so strong !
i thought this was gonna be so good until the end because the beginning was so strong and the premise was SO GOOD !!!!! i loved both the FL’s and ML’s acting and what i loved the MOST was the satire like !!!!! no words !!!!!! the writer was so good when it came to subtle nuances about criticising the church so well done !! but they also showed how good it is to have faith and how, sometimes, it’s the only thing that keeps people going wtv that faith may be !the ending lost me a bit ngl and i was bored watching certain scenes but still the fantasy elements made up for it tbh !!
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JUST A SCI- FI THRILLER KINDA DRAMA !
At first, I started watching this for just some time. I guess it was worth my time. This drama had a different storyline from other cliche dramas. It started off with a good storyline. As a sci-fi drama, I can say it was good, but it could be much better. I didn't like the ending. There wasn't that much romance, but they added it still a bit. I liked the ML there. I saw him for the first time here in this drama; his acting was good. Park Shin Hye acted good too. loved to see her in a quircky character other than an obedient, crying poor girl. I enjoyed every story though; those cases were amusing to watch. If you love thrillers and sci-fi, you guys can give it a go.Was this review helpful to you?
A courtroom drama with a side of fiery sass! 8/10, it's okay!
"Judge from Hell: 8/10 – This drama burst in like a dramatic K-drama hero—10/10 energy, fresh AF, and I was ready to stan. Then the plot took a nap in the middle, and the ending? Longer than a K-drama villain’s monologue. The acting? Let’s just say some cast members delivered emotions like a drowsy sloth reading a grocery list.BUT! The soundtrack? Chef’s kiss. I’d listen to it while dramatically judging my life choices. And the CGI? Well… it tried. Some moments were slick, others looked like a PowerPoint transition from 2005.
Watch for the killer start, endure the saggy middle, and fast-forward to the bops. Just… maybe keep snacks handy for the eternal finale. (BTW i like it, somehow hahaha)"
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About Their Acting And storyline of the drama
this Show Is getting better and better.characters are so good. storyline is perfect.
Park Shin Hye is really a versatile actress, she has been with all types of genre and I like her the most if it is action like in Sisyphus (Kdrama) and Alive (Film), she can really pull off being so badass. She has been such an amazing actress that is hard to beat. She is one of my favorite female leads and I am so happy that even she is now married and a mom, she still looks so young and healthy!
characterization of some characters was not good, and we could not sympathize with the victims of the serial killers that Qazi killed because The characterization and design of the angels and demons was weak and had few story details
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must watch 10/10 kdrama
ITS BEEN A WHILE SINCE IVE BEEN THIS OBSESSED WITH A KDRAMA, when i watch other kdramas i love, i never rewatch it unless when its been a while or when im bored, BUT WDYM I REWATCHED IT RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED THE SHOW!? IS THAT GOOD, I GIVE THIS A 10/10, I LOVE IT SO MUCH, my current fav hasnt been changed since the penthouse war in life but NOW I GOT A NEW FAVORITE, SAUR GOOD.Was this review helpful to you?
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gory, veangeful, addicting drama
Unexpectedly, I loved this show so much. I am an avid fan of fantasy. I didn’t expect that much fantasy aspect in this, but it was the perfect combination of fantasy and real world.Kang Bitna is an absolute badass. I love her sm. Throughout the show, she never lose her fire. Even when she fell in love, she was still cruel in her punishments as they deserve. She never lost her fire, which I thought made this show really special.
Han Do something I forgot in sorry. He’s such a pure character honestly. Even when he turned to the dark side, he still found himself. Cutie Patootie.
Arong probably had the most interesting character arc. Good for her.
Mando is there for comedic effect bless his soul.
Gabriel and their beef is so funny.
Bael. He’s such a hot bastard. I don’t really understand him. In another drama, he would’ve been the male lead.
The ending left a lot of unanswered questions, so I’m curious if I’ll ever get the answers. If not, I’ll be satisfied
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