Back from the Brink

Disappointing Despite a Promising Premise

Back From the Brink had the potential to be an engaging fantasy romance, but it ultimately falls short in several key areas. The storyline starts with an intriguing setup, yet the pacing quickly becomes uneven—slow in places where it should be tense and rushed when emotional depth is needed.

The characters lack meaningful development, making it hard to connect with their relationships or motivations. The chemistry between the leads feels inconsistent, and several emotional scenes that should have been impactful end up feeling flat.

Production-wise, the drama struggles as well. While the world-building is visually appealing at times, the CGI quality is uneven and occasionally distracting. Certain plot arcs feel repetitive and drawn out, causing the middle episodes to drag.

Overall, Back From the Brink is a drama with good ideas but poor execution. If you’re looking for a compelling xianxia or a romance with strong character growth, this one may leave you disappointed.

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Après la trahison d'un amant, l'ancien dragon Tian Yao s'est retrouvé grièvement blessé et le cœur brisé. La femme qu'il aimait l'a trahi en le démembrant et en le dépouillant de ses écailles de dragon, puis en scellant les parties de son corps à cinq endroits. Ce n'est que par chance que son âme s'est échappée. Aujourd'hui né de nouveau, il rencontre Yan Hui, qui jure de le protéger pendant qu'il récupère ses os manquants. En découvrant un phoque dans un lac, Tian Yao voit son opportunité. Après avoir rencontré Yan Hui, Tian Yao a repris espoir, sachant qu'elle possédait son échelle de protection cardiaque qui pourrait briser ce sceau. Tian Yao utilise Yan Hui pour récupérer les parties de son corps volées. Yan Hui planifie alors son évasion mais échoue. Étonnamment, elle constate que leur relation s’approfondit avec le temps. Tian Yao admire les efforts répétés de Yan Hui pour le sauver, tandis que Yan Hui apprécie le lien fort qu'ils ont créé. Les mystères abonderont à mesure que Yan Hui apprendra sa véritable origine. (Source : ChineseDrama.info ; édité par kisskh) ~~ Adapté du roman « Hu Xin » (护心) de Jiu Lu Fei Xiang (九鹭非香). M

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If all encounters are reunions long overdue, i must have waited 1000 years to reunite with you

Different dramas hit differently to different people ... As for me "back from the brink" is the one that is going to stay at the top in my heart forever ..
The story along with its executive was superb,everything from VFX to background music was so spot on like the team behind the camera is as enthusiast as the actors in making this into a masterpiece piece.
We discuss about the cast and their acting ..the dragon King "tianyao" NEO , he played it so well I mean I have seen a lot of different actors playing dragon God dragon/King but he is the closet thing to a dragon King in my imagination..his eyes .. his expressions ...his smile ...the calmness in his aura ... Gosh ! OUTSTANDING... He makes you wanna worship him like a dragon God ...iykyk ... This was my first time watching him ( in 2023when I watched this show for the first time) and he left this everlasting impression that he is going to be my fav asian actor.
Zhou ye was as amazing as always ..she is the only actress who is so cute but doesn't rely on her cuteness, she actually works hard on her acting and her versatility in un-matched ... Her energy and dialogue delivery is so spontaneous. I love her 💖
Other actors were equally brilliant ..I can't pick out any negative things about this drama ...

(Shhh actually I can .... The only negative thing was ,it had only 40 episodes 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨
Good things come to an end so quickly ...)

Title tracks and OST were so good ...in fact the closing track was sung by NEO himself ...I put it as my ringtone ..hehe !!

Lastly ...
Am I going to watch it again ... ABSOLUTELY may be after 5-6 months ..I know I will never get bored of this one.
(Am I looking for season 2 .. Season 2 is not possible cause the original story in novel is completed in the show.)

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Aieesh

I made a short list of C actors who are limited in range either because they can’t emote or are one-trick ponies who play a specific type of character. Sadly, our male lead tops the list. How on earth did he become an actor when all he does is look pretty and/or melancholic while giving the audience absolutely nothing?

Who made the executive decision to cast him as the lead? I mean judging by the quality of props and CGI it’s evident this is as low budget as they come; therefore, it makes sense that the actor’s pay would only attract B and C-list actors and maybe he was the only one to accept the lowball offer. These are conjectures, however, if taken into context then it makes sense as to why the production could only cast newbies.

Likewise, the plot was just laughably flawed. It painted our hero as not being very bright otherwise how could he have been so taken by a woman to the point he lost all sense of self-preservation? And clearly, he must not have been that powerful if that deranged and obsessed woman could take him down without a fight. Sigh

Lastly, the FL actress tried her darnest to carry the drama alas, it was an uphill struggle that even she, being as pretty and charming as she was, couldn’t achieve.

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IMPRESS USE KILL REVIVE LOVE USE ABANDON KILL

Hmm... The visual fx is quite good with cute little creatures and especially the dragon it's quite astonishing, as for the story it's not bad we can go on watch it to pass the time. The production is not quite alright it's not been half of the series yet the ml thrice pierced the heart of the fl who was born with a weak heart. Why does he have to pierce the heart of the fl to take out the heart protecting scale it's not quite the same when he took it out from his heart. So i should say it's discriminating. In 1st ep he took out the scale and threw it out without much of a problem but everytime he uses the scale from her heart he pierces her heart.
Heroine falls in love with him while he remains unmoved even though he has feelings it's not a new thing to us but he is typically using her and he then abandons her in later half . What's the meaning of this? Use abandon kill strategy even though he loves her we viewera can't feel it.

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This is the first xianxia drama I have ever watched and I didn’t expect it to be THIS good

I watched this because I always follow Neo’s works. However, when I searched what “xianxia” was I thought it might not be my type because of the magic powers and CGI (and the plot would likely be confusing).

BFTB is amazing though! It’s not boring or confusing at all. The leads did so well and their chemistry is excellent. The drama has a great balance between humor and heavy topics. Bai xiao sheng (especially in the first few episodes) never failed to make me laugh. Baby Tian Yao is also so adorable. And of course, badass Yan Hui is gorgeous.

I loved this drama so much! Will definitely rewatch this!

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Your typical bubbly girl and cold male lead but couldn't execute it the right way

After reading all the positive reviews I decided to give this one a try before deciding anything and I know it's not the popular opinion but I'm highly disappointed.


I wanted to drop it after ep 1 only but still pushed and completed till ep 3 before deciding to give this one up.

Now why I'm dropping this one? So my reasons are :


1. Acting - it's my first time with both the M & FL and I must say that they both have a long way to go in terms of acting. While the FL is still comparatively better the ML is all stiff, wooden while maintaining that scowl or stoic face. His acting was real bad.


2. Vfx and CGI - even though this drama is of a cheap production some scenes are really done nicely not gonna lie, but those cartoonish spirits and animals just threw me off. I felt like I was watching some cartoon which was cringe. While the CGI made sceneries looked fake.


2. Chemistry - I don't mind a slowburn romance if it's executed well but the problem with this one is I can't feel the chemistry between the leads at all. The ML looked like the flower boy next door while the FL looked like his sister or bestie. I can't just vision them together and think they'll work out romantically.


4. Adaptation done wrong - at the beginning they clearly state that this drama was adapted from a novel and even though I haven't read it, I heard that the story was almost completely changed. This was supposed to be a female centric story but they just made her weak who doesn't have any spiritual power, is homeless and got kicked out of the taoist clan, so much so that she could rely on the ML. Sigh. I hate when in Chinese dramaland writers and directors just always make the ML the invincible great hero.


5. Emotionally disconnected - as the leads are already bad at acting, I didn't feel anything when they acted the emotional scenes. I just couldn't empathize with them because they are not at all convincing. I could just only stare blankly at my screen. (The grandma character at the beginning was unnecessary tbh and why introduce her only to kill her after an episode?)


6. Story - the story and the explanation was pretty confusing for me sometimes. Idk whether it was because of the subs but it was hard to follow. The most unconvincing thing for me was to believe that the ML was a powerful dragon. From the get go of the story it was time an again mentioned that a dragon is a mysterious yet a very powerful creature but still you'll see in the very beginning that Su Ying (our evil woman) just swung her sword and the mighty dragon king (they addressed him that at the beginning) was already spitting out blood while pitifully lying on the ground. It nearly took her a few seconds to actually finish him. He was that gravely injured because of a stab, what kind of powerful dragon king was he that he was defeated so easily? Also I don't know where the story will lead to in the future but initial story is not convincing or interesting for me.


7. Comedy - the comedy aspect for me was pretty forced. There was nothing that actually made me laugh even a little.


8. Editing - it was choppy and abrupt and doesn't really give you the time to feel the scene and jump onto the next. There is no stability with the scenes.

While the starting animation and ost was good and led me to have high expectations, I was eventually pretty disappointed.


It's what I truly felt while watching this drama and those who've found this good then that might be because we have different perspective and taste.

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Du rire et une jolie romance, un été qui s'annonce sous de beau auspice !

Il pleut. Si pour certains vacanciers, c'est une plaie durant la période estivale, c'est une aubaine pour le nord de la France. Avouons que pouvoir rire de bon coeur sous son plaid, alors que l'orage gronde est plutôt plaisant.

L'intrigue nous amène cette fois dans le royaume des mortels où se côtoient taoist et démon. La sémillante Yan Hui expulsée de son clan y rencontre l'esprit millénaire dragon, Tian Yao. Ce dernier à la recherche de certaines parties de son corps, éparpillés à travers les 4 coins du monde après une trahison de sa fiancée Su Ying, comprend rapidement que Yan Hui possède une partie de ce qui lui appartient. Et voilà notre duo de choc, envers et contre tous, sur les routes afin de reconstituer notre dragon millénaire.

Envers et contre tous. C'est un peu le thème de notre drama. Derrière le ton léger et drôle, du moins durant la première partie, se cache le problème de cette normalité que l'humanité a imposé depuis des siècles. A travers l'histoire de Yan Hui et de Tian Yao, c'est l'universalité de la différence qui nous est montrés. Qui est le monstre? Qui est l'humain? Cette peur de l'inconnu, cette idée de ce qui est différent est obligatoirement mal. J'ai vraiment apprécié la morale de l'histoire et c'est joliment mis en scène à travers les différents couples humain/démon mais aussi ce rejet que chaque protagoniste rencontre au sein même de son clan.
J'aime que rien ne soit blanc ou noir, la nuance se glisse partout que cela soit chez les humains ou les démons.

L'humour omniprésent allège considérablement l'atmosphère et on se surprend à rire de bon coeur, du moins dans la première partie. La seconde partie devient plus dramatique et perd un peu ce côté étonnant et loufoque mais n'en reste pas moins agréable à suivre.

Les personnages? c'est le point fort et une belle réussite dans ce drama.
Yan Hui est le personnage central de ce drama. C'est un personnage féminin pétillant de vie dont la joie et la bonne humeur ont illuminé le petit écran de ses répliques détonnantes d'intelligences et de drôleries! J'ai totalement craqué pour ses actions inattendues et ses mimiques ultra "cutes"! J'ai adoré sa force et sa féminité, c'est un personnage superbement interprété par Zhou Ye! Je découvre cette actrice et j'avoue que j'ai été bluffée par son jeu. Je pense que Yan Hui fut le pilier de ce drama.
Tian Yao, moins exubérant, apporte ce contraste nécessaire dans notre duo, rendant le côté loufoque de Yan Hui encore plus évident. Leur couple fut adorable malgré je l'avoue une petite perte d'intensité pendant une partie du drama (je vous laisse deviner à quel moment....).
Les personnages secondaires ont été soignés, et nous prenons beaucoup de plaisir à suivre chacune de leur histoires.

C'est donc un drama extrêmement agréable à suivre avec une sacrée bonne dose de bonne humeur!

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Trama valida ma a tratti troppo diluita per un romance bello ma non travolgente

Storia complessivamente interessante, che mescola demoni, taoisti e maestri delle forze oscure. L'avvio è promettente, l'idea di questo spirito dragone millenario tradito dalla donna che amava in cerca di vendetta certamente affascina. Che la sua ambita scaglia protettrice del cuore sia finita per coincidenza nel corpo della protagonista è prevedibile ma serve a dare un senso alla loro alleanza, che si caratterizzerà comunque da un (non primo) incontro casuale. Compagna di viaggio a tratti recalcitrante, Yan Hui è una discepola taoista recentemente cacciata dalla sua setta per via della clemenza mostrata verso alcuni demoni prigionieri, in un mondo dove i due gruppi sono acerrimi nemici. Al fianco di Tian Yao, intraprenderà un complesso e pericoloso viaggio accompagnandolo nella ricerca delle sue parti essenziali (corna, vene, ossa, cuore). Lungo la loro strada compariranno svariate figure secondarie, alcune interessanti e ben riuscite, altre meno incisive o poco curate. Tra tutte spicca Bai Xiao Sheng, per certi versi quasi un personaggio principale: la sua entrata in scena - già nei primi episodi - imprime una nota di carattere al drama: la sua è una figura decisamente singolare, fastidioso e divertente, a tratti eccentrico, capace di conferire verve alle scene, vivacizzare i momenti di noia e stemperare i passaggi troppo seriosi. Il suo è un personaggio comunque complesso e multistratificato, che si ha modo di scoprire man mano e apprezzare sempre di più. Senza la sua figura il drama sarebbe risultato davvero molto sotto tono.
La trama non è un concentrato di originalità, ma risulta comunque ben strutturata. L'appeal tuttavia non è costante: i primi dieci episodi catturano l'attenzione, che si arena un po' nella noia poco dopo l'arrivo dei due nella Valle del Dragone. Si riprende nuovamente con l'entrata in scena dell'Elogio Spettrale, ma di nuovo rallenta poco dopo le nozze della coppia. Le plurime dipartite di lui nell'ultima parte sono un po' ridondanti, anche se vederlo rinascere dall'uovo di drago e vederlo e soprattutto seguirlo nella sua particolare crescita - la mente capricciosa e infantile di un bambino rinchiusa nel corpo di un adulto - è indubbiamente divertente. Forse, essendo in sul finire degli episodi, avrei un po' accorciato l'iter e accelerato il recupero dei ricordi dimenticati. Sicuramente la seconda parte risulta troppo diluita, il ritmo rallenta e - di conseguenza - l'interesse di chi segue anche. La conclusione è quell'happy ending non troppo happy, tipico di molti C-drama che trattano il tema della reincarnazione, dove ci si ritrova ma non necessariamente ci si riconosce entrambi.

Passando alla recitazione, avevo già avuto modo di vedere entrambi i protagonisti in altre prove: mi sono piaciuti entrambi, il talento si vede, lui molto bravo così come lo è stato nel recente "Love in the clouds", lei capace di interpretare in modo adeguato il personaggio femminile, anche se rispetto alla versatilità dell'attrice qualche dubbio mi sorge. La Yan Hui di questo drama assomiglia tantissimo alla He Yan di "Legend of the female general", l'impressione quindi di riproporre la stessa caratterizzazione pur in contesti - cioè drama - diversi c'è stata. Ad ogni modo, l'interpretazione proposta si adatta maggiormente alla figura della giovane protagonista di questa serie, mentre strideva maggiormente nell'ottica di un generale donna.

Rispetto ai costumi, mi è saltata particolarmente all'occhio la veste giallo chiaro che ripropone in diverse occasioni: tonalità solitamente non tra le più frequenti per le vesti della figura principale femminile ma che qui risulta una scelta azzeccata, capace di sottolineare la leggerezza del suo personaggio, esaltando l'idea di una giovane fanciulla allegra e frizzante.

Per quanto il drama sia complessivamente apprezzabile, non manca però di difetti. Le musiche potevano essere gestite meglio, in termini di volume - a volte irrompono in modo fin troppo precipitoso - e nei tagli, dove capita non di rado che si interrompano fin troppo bruscamente e non sempre perfettamente sincronizzate con il cambio di scena. Ho sentito la mancanza di un cattivo di tutto rispetto: c'è più di una figura nemica, ma nessuna capace di suscitare la stima che un vero cattivo meriterebbe, se ben fatto, al punto da poter risultare a suo modo affascinante nonostante lo spettatore si schieri ovviamente con il team dei buoni. Due cattivi di serie B se non C, per farla breve.
Infine, l'aspetto a mio avviso più penalizzante è stato il romance, che presenta svariate mancanze e un potenziale poco sfruttato. Le scene davvero romantiche latitano - tutta la serie conta pochissimi baci, e tra questi giusto uno degno di essere chiamato tale, per quanto sbrigativo e a stampo - le interazioni tra i due sono sì piacevoli, ma la chimica di coppia, anche al di là delle scene intime, è davvero tutt'altra cosa. Si gioca tanto sul tempismo mancato, per cui quando lei si dichiara lui fa un passo indietro e quando lui è disposto ad ammettere i suoi sentimenti lei prende le distanze in quanto precedentemente ferita. Questi momenti di mancata sincronizzazione non fanno impazzire e vengono anche tirati per le lunghe. Nel corso della storia ci scappa anche il matrimonio - anzi due - eppure nonostante a un certo punto sembri chiaro l'affetto che provano l'uno nei confronti dell'altra, di fatto il loro livello di interazioni e confidenza non sembra progredire con la naturalezza che la logica vorrebbe.

Non è la storia d'amore che resta nel cuore o per la quale mettere in conto un rewatch, ma il drama nel suo complesso è indiscutibilmente buono. Una bella visione dalla quale è bene non aspettarsi di esserne travolti.

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