Climax (2026)

How Would You Rate Me Out Of 10?

The Actors:
Ha Ji Won's tears: 10/10
Ju Ji Hoon's angry eyes: 9/10
Nana's beauty: 10/10
Nana's underacting: 3/10
Cha Joo Young's beauty: 20/10
Cha Joo Young's overacting: -5/10

The Plot:
ML not having a military backstory (unexpected): 6/10
Using revenge porn not once, but twice as a plot point (without legal consequences ever brought up): -99/10
Killing off through murder the three (I'm counting the movie) WLW relationships (is this some kind of subliminal): -100/10
Pretending sexual assault emotionally only affects women (because apparently men are fine being subject to it if it can advance their career): -50/10
Not ever uttering the word gay or lesbian as if that wasn't a whole dimension of the drama and pretending a full on lesbian movie featuring one of the most prominent actresses as lead in a NSFW sex scene would even see the light of day in SK: 7/10 (added points for the positive wishful thinking)
Encouraging sympathy for the ML when he: sexually assaulted his wife, created and used revenge porn for personal gain, manipulated a poor woman into doing his dirty work and knowgingly let TWO innocent men go to prison: 1/10 (male mediocrity forgiveness in kdrama is getting tiring)

The Music:
Playing the OST everytime anything dramatic ever happens (every 10 minutes): 3/10

The Re-Watch Value:
I'm not even sure there is a watch value there: 0/10


TLDR; If the endless twists and turns of human evil scheming, the unprobable lack of legal consequences for public criminal activity and the tears of pretty women are for you, then watch any thriller kdrama. No, you are not special, Climax.

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Highly Underrated- no sugercoating....the real story

I really don't understand the low rating because this drama is so good.

I love the acting – everyone did a great job. Joo Young was the star of the drama for me – she totally nailed the character. Also, Ji Hoon shines in every scene.

I completely get why Tae and Sang started chasing power. They want to become people that others can't touch, use, or throw away. To the rich, regular people are just pawns. I love that Tae and Sang know what they want and will do anything to get it – even putting up with each other's shady methods. It's not an easy journey, as you can see from the ending, which was just perfect.

The storytelling worked for me. Corruption, abuse of power, sex trafficking – nothing new, and sadly, it will never go away. Money and power run everything. What I love most is that this drama doesn't sugarcoat anything. It shows the real world exactly as it is – people doing awful things to get rich, famous, or powerful.

I was hooked from the beginning and excited to watch every next episode. I don't get the low rating, but I'm not surprised – this kind of drama isn't really appreciated on this site.

Overall, I really enjoyed it. I loved watching Tae – life kept knocking him down, but he never stayed down. He always fought back.

Verdict: A powerful, underrated drama that deserves more love.

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