the best car-race based modern cdrama I’ve watched in a longgggg time
the cinematography, acting, visuals and chemistry of main actors 💯💯💯EstherYu killed her role💯❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥 she has gotten so much better and that is why I’m happy I Stan her. her growth in this industry is just amazing and beautiful to watch
HeYu did so amazing well, a great actor. they both have such sizzling chemistry omg🫣🤭❤️🤭🤭🤭😂🫣😳🫣😳
first time I’m enjoying a car race based modern cdrama
just what I needed right now. my December is booked for SpeedAndLove
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Finally completed it ... Worth watching♥️♥️♥️♥️
Happy mumu and Zhao Zhao... Characters which will etch in my heart forever... Loved the drama to the core... And the performances are top notch.... The best one I've watched after the best thing... Such a comforting drama... Just go for it ♥️♥️♥️♥️💕💕💕💕💕 i truly miss them... We need season 2🥳Was this review helpful to you?
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Speed and Love is a refreshing drama that perfectly blends romance, ambition, and personal growth. The story follows characters who chase their dreams at high speed while slowly learning the true meaning of love and trust. What makes this drama special is how it balances exciting moments with emotional depth.The chemistry between the main characters feels natural and heartfelt, making their relationship easy to root for. Their struggles both in love and in achieving their goals are portrayed realistically, which helps the audience connect with them on a deeper level. The pacing of the drama is engaging, keeping viewers interested without feeling rushed.
In addition, the cinematography and soundtrack add strong emotional impact to key scenes, making the story even more memorable. Overall, Speed and Love is an inspiring and enjoyable drama that shows how love can grow even in the middle of competition and pressure. It is highly recommended for viewers who enjoy romantic dramas with meaningful life lessons.
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chemistry is chemistrying
it's been so long since i watched a great drama like this! The romance is top tier, the actors express so well the characters' emotions and you can really empathize with them. The two story time frames are well structured too, you can tell the shift from a young love to a more mature and aware one, both very thrilling and addictive. Kiss scenes are fire, breathtaking tension. It's the first time I like all the songs they used, so the OST is great too!You should definitely give it a try!!
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Iconic Drama with no place for disappointment. Just perfect from head to toe. ✨️
If you like something that has everything from car racing to a sizzling chemistry with a mist of sudden heartbreak, along with strong FL who knows what she wants paired up with our good boy gone bad ML. Then this one its for you. 😩🤌🏻✨️You will never be disappointed watching them on screen with their slow burn tension. Intense staring with a sizzle of jealousy. Both leads get jelly jelly easily. There love is undeniable. She waited for him all the years. No one dared to generate spark on her heart the way our ML did. He was the only one manage to successfully race her heart. Similarly, she has own place inside his heart. She was already there. They are inseparable. Fate might be cruel to them but thats the test universe bound to take, in order to make them realize their real feelings. That they are incomplete without each other and separation is only breaking them apart mentally and physically.
It was a beautiful drama. It had everything I was looking for.
If this doesn't work with your taste, its totally fine to skip it. There is no compulsion on entertainment sources that you have to watch them.
That's it for review, its my first time giving a review to a drama, and pardon my English, its my third language, I bound to make mistakes when I don't use it that often. 🤧
And I don't write too much so I can only offer this much of my views. Thank you for reading it, and hope you have a nice drama watching journey. 🤗🤗
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THE STORY IS SPICY, AND THE DELIVERY IS DAMN HOT!
This drama is LIT. But don't be fooled by the hype, this isn't a one size fits all crowd-pleaser. It's a love-it-or-hate-it.You will have a bad time with this drama if:
*You're uncomfortable with pseudo-incest dramas
*You can't stand FL's babydoll brand of coquettishness
*You go in with high expectations that this is going to be some kind of Lighter & Princess or Amidst A Snowstorm Of Love
You will have a good time with this if:
*You go into it knowing that you're watching basically a pimped out on steroids version of a short-length c-drama scorcher.
* Your standards are "I hope it's at least as good as Embrace In The Dark Night"
* You like it when your dramas play up the "dark ML/ light FL" dynamic
If this sounds like your scene, then this is what you will get:
DARK FIRE DONE RIGHT. This is the most clutch point you need to know about this drama.... it has a kinky side. If you can't handle taboo/dark/forbidden/morally gray stuff, you gonna dislike this show. ML and FL are not blood related. But he fed her her first bottle when she was a baby, they show a flashback scene of it. Mkay. And that's the basic foundational dynamic. He played an outsized role in raising her for the first half of her life. Now that the two of them are of-age, they are semi-cohabitating alone together, and their father is ambivalent about it. He probably wanted to see them get together from the time she was born. There's a scene where ML goes to her parent-day at school. It's like that.
Now add another layer: They take it to the next level with the innocent/badboy dynamics here. They dress her up in barettes and little girl dresses and corsets and frills with porcelain perfect skin and she does the babydoll thing. They put him in black hoodies, old ripped up metallica tees, leather, black raver pants, and he almost never cracks a smile or loses his cool.
Not only that, but seen through a green-flag lens, he's allowing his attraction to her to drag her down into a life full of risks and crime and danger, throw away her future education and career prospects, and tie her down without any real way of supporting her. And he's practically her brother.
If all of that bothers you, this is not your drama. For some of us, this dynamic is completely lit. And we don't get enough of our kind of romance stories. You green flaggers have so many dramas to choose from, we don't. Our romance stories always have to do so much extra to make it past censors and find a good script and get funding. Well this one's for us, not for you! We like it DARK!
Now that the green-flaggers have been scared off, let me just say to everyone still interested even after all that: Waaaahhhhhh they nailed it!!!
Yes, FL is doing babydoll. But the way she does it here is ***justified by the script***, and feels genuine compared to many other FL's who try to do babydoll and fail. Her EQ is high. She is often quiet, shy, or demure. But she is very clever, and often her silence is her shield. She uses it to stop and think things out carefully on her own before she acts. She also has a precocious, brave, independent side. She is unafraid in many situations: She unflinchingly navigates during car chases and she takes it upon herself to learn to drive racecars, she jumps in to melees and kicks bad guys' asses, she can stand alone in the center of a crowd of intimidating people in an unfamiliar situation and keep her cool no problem. Without asking anyone's permission, she enrolls herself in school, and she insists on getting her way when something is important to her. She is actually a strong personality. That's why she can *afford* to act so soft and sweet and innocent. She is NOT a doormat, and she is NOT infantile or helpless.
ML is stoic, protective, secretive, and is tortured by a constant low-grade guilt that comes from knowing that having a thing for the girl you fed bottles to as an infant is basically deviant. Yet that guilt is always wrestling in his mind with another part of him that is fierce and unapologetic in his desire for her. And he is a total shitkicker. He's always banged up, bruised up, covered in dirt, sweat or blood.
It goes so much harder and darker than Hidden Love, and with NO groomy aftertaste.
EXCELLENT FASHION. The hair. The clothes. The shoes. The makeup. The sets. The way they portray Thailand. The color palatte. The dialogue. The extras. The cars. The people involved in creating the aesthetics for this show really had their shit together. Coture + thrift store = HOT. There is always a contrast and a seamless melding between rich and poor, having everything and having nothing. It feels authentic. Everything has it's own beauty. Extras and side characters are treated right by stylists, and full justice is done for the script.
CARS! I love how the topic of the drama is not treated as just a pretext for romance and fight scenes. It's treated like it's an important part of the story. This makes cars sexy and interesting, and gets you so involved with the racing scenes in a way that reminds me of Days of Thunder, F&F, or Rush. And yet it is still a *romance*. It doesn't look like some male person's testosterone and car fanaticism muscled out the softer and more romantic side of the story. It's a completely seamless blend of both.
This drama kicks the sh*t out of Fast and Furious, Need for Speed, and Mia Culpa. It also kicks the sh*t out of almost every other badboy ML romance out there, and in this sense, just as far as 'ultimate badboy' characters go, ranks among some of the best with stories like SOPK, WDBTD, EITDN, LOTEOD, MLM, and TTEOTM.
Now there is just one true caveat: This is one of those dramas that peters out at the 2/3 mark and ends in a whimper and not a bang. Is there a time-skip, are there montage scenes, does it drag, does the chemistry fade, do ML and FL stop getting screentime together, are there misunderstandings, do the clothes start to look stupid, do they juuust miss eachother 15 times before they reunite... yes. All the things. So expect to spend the first 2/3 of the drama enthralled, and the last third yelling at the characters and just generally being bummed that it stopped being awesome. But honestly. WORTH IT for the first 2/3 alone, the tradeoff is that you just have to tolerate the last eps to finish it. And it's not thaaat bad, but it's not what we signed up for when we started is all.
Started off as a 10, one point off for not recognizing that the last section of the drama needed a total creative overhaul because they wanted to give me angst, but all I got was eyeroll and exasperated sigh.
9/10
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Speed, Love, and a Pair That Matches Each Other’s Energy.
Speed and Love said “no promo, no escort,” and then proceeded to win viewers over the old-fashioned way, with characters that actually click.At the center is Jiang Mu, played by Yu Shuxin, who brings a refreshingly sharp, emotional, and human female lead to the screen. She’s not written to be universally agreeable, and that’s exactly why she works. Yu Shuxin gives her layers, vulnerability without fragility, strength without stiffness, and you feel every emotional beat because it never feels fake.
What really elevates the drama, though, is that the male lead doesn’t fade into the background. He Yu plays his role with restraint and presence, giving Jiang Mu space to shine while still holding his own. Their dynamic feels balanced: no overpowering, no babysitting, just two characters meeting each other at eye level. The chemistry is calm but convincing, the kind that grows naturally rather than shouting for attention.
The pacing keeps things moving, the emotional moments land, and the drama never feels like it’s trying too hard to “prove” itself. It trusts the audience, and more importantly, it trusts its leads.
Is it perfect? No drama is. But it’s confident, engaging, and powered by two performances that actually complement each other, which is rarer than it should be in modern romances.
Final verdict:
If you’re tired of one-note characters and uneven pairings, Speed and Love is a pleasant surprise. It’s a drama that works because both leads show up, and that makes all the difference.
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Satisfied with my viewing experience
Not many dramas have manage to make me get up at 4am to watch the episodes as soon as they release but this one did and I don’t not regret a single moment 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳Could production have done a better job in the last episodes? Yes, but the story and characters kept me engaged until the last second and personally that’s all I ask for so for me this is a 10/10 viewing experience and a drama that I will be rewatching.
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THIS DRAMA VERY INTERESTING ~
So far, I've really enjoyed the acting of the cast, especially the female lead. Wow, she portrayals her character in another level~ really good actress! so fitting and enjoyable to watch. The storyline is quite engaging. The emotions are conveyed to the audience and are easy to understand. The cinematography is also very beautiful. The scene transitions are very enjoyable and deserve my attention. You should also try watching this!!! :')Was this review helpful to you?
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High-Speed Romance, Unstoppable Chemistry!!
Get ready for laughter and giggles if you're planning to watch this! 🤭I honestly haven’t enjoyed a Chinese drama this much in a very long time. Speed and Love completely stole my heart.
Character:
Jiang Mu’s love for Jin Zhao is unconditional. When it comes to the safety of the man she loves, she would do absolutely anything. She might seem immature on the outside, but her actions speak louder than words.
Jin Zhou, on the other hand, appears cold and restrained, but if you pay attention to the details: his small smiles, his gentle reactions, the way he softens around Jiang Mu, you can see just how deeply he cares. Even after years of separation, he never loved anyone else. From beginning to end, it was always Jiang Mu. And for her, it was always him. Their chemistry is intense without being loud. It gives you butterflies!!
Story: I really like the story overall, but I can’t get past the fact that Jin Zhou let MuMu search for him for six years. I tried my best to ignore it, but I couldn’t. If you truly love someone, you don’t ghost them for six years. I understand that he believed he was doing what was best for her, but he should have at least given her the choice on whether to end things or hold on. Men like this do exist, and that’s realistic. That's why I give the story a 9.5 because the result was MuMu’s deep sadness, which made it hard for me to fully accept his actions.
Visuals:
This drama made He Yu look unbelievably attractive. Honestly, he’s more handsome here than in any clips I’ve seen of him before, even though this was my first time watching one of his dramas. Speed and Love introduced me to him, and I truly hope to see him in more roles as a cool, composed male lead.
This drama also introduced me to Esther Yu, and I genuinely don’t care about the criticism surrounding her. She portrayed Jiang Mu perfectly. Her styling was beautiful, every outfit suited her character, and she herself is absolutely gorgeous.
Comedy:
While the drama leans more toward sweetness than comedy, I found myself laughing surprisingly often. Jin Zhou and Jiang Mu’s interactions are unintentionally funny, and supporting characters, especially San Lai, add so much charm and lightness to the story.
Culture:
Don’t let the beginning of episode 1 confuse you. It may trick viewers into thinking the leads are siblings or step-siblings, but they are not related at all. For those familiar with Asian culture, Jiang Mu's calling Jin Zhou “older brother” makes perfect sense. It’s a respectful term used for older men you’re close to: friends, cousins, or someone you admire. While many people misunderstand this, culturally it’s completely normal and even endearing.
Music:
My favorite OSTs from this drama are “Outside the Orbit” and “I’m Determined.” Outside the Orbit fits perfectly during Jin Zhou’s racing scenes, amplifying the intensity and adrenaline. I’m Determined carries a quiet sadness that perfectly reflects Jiang Mu’s yearning after she meets him again. Both songs elevate the emotional impact of the story beautifully.
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When Speed left the chat, love is what left to pump the gear
The story is simple AF. It's about two homosapiens who are not a blood-related brother-sister duo but were raised like one. But as the dramaland suggests, "no way male and female can be friends." This also applies to "not blood-related, so brother, who? Sister who?" this followed the same path as you can imagine it should.The FL is your typical grown ass woman acting like a child 24/7 and the ML who's as same age as the actress plays a older brother role who miraculously look same aged to me but the screenwriters refused to think otherwise. FL can't do shit, not a single thing (oh she can talk back and trick people haha) but ML is her knight in shinning armor. He can cook, race, wrestle, take care of children and doesn't complain a thing! What a wonderful pushover material for FL. The way he pampers her, fr it makes me jealous lol.
Basically, you know what's going to happen from the beginning, but you still watch it for the fluttering interactions, thrilling lovefest and pretty cinematography. But if you ask me, honestly, it was such a snooze fest, full of clichés and no depth. Other than the two big Cs, i.e. Cinematography and Chemistry, it's basically an empty expensive water bottle. Most of the storyline is filler, the rest of the story could have finished within 10–12 episodes, but no, they dragged it to 29 damn episodes. Not worth the hassle. And last but not the least, people might find it charming, but I find MLs who act tough, hiding all the pain, ghost the FL and says "it's better for you this way" REALLY ANNOYING! So the whole nonsensical crap was just testing my patience, but thanks to their chemistry and He Yu, I made it to the end.
Acting wise, He Yu's acting was good, very convincing and professional. Esther Yu was...not bad but not good either. Personally, I find her baby voice, cute acting very annoying. But when she "acts" like an adult it feels natural, which means she can. So there's something definitely wrong with the cutesy act. Hope she realizes and changes it soon.
Overall, surely give it a try. If you love stunning cinematography, fluff and mainly grumpy ML x sunshine FL type of dramas, then this could be your favorite thing. Also if you like He Yu a little too much like me, hehe! ><
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Literally the best drama of 2025!
If you love action and lots of conflict in dramas this is for you. It was fun and interesting and the long wait was definitely worth it. I loved every part of this drama. Esther and He yu's chemistry is insane like it was literally the best. the plot and the story behind this drama is amazing I love it and its a 10/10 I recommend!Was this review helpful to you?
