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It was great.. until the first half.
This is why I was always sceptical about a booming/very anticipated drama (by all people generally, because of the casts). The acting was superb, no doubt. Ji Chang Wook once again proved he was a very good actor. The other actors like Do Kyungsoo and Lee Kwang soo also did great acting. I really enjoyed the first half of the drama, it was such an emotional roller coaster. I can feel the anger and desperation of the main character. It was all good.. until the second half hits.
(stop here if you want no spoilers)
I was wondering where the story will go when he failed to escape and got ganged up by so many prisoners - which was a very bloody fight btw, that I feel that it almost made no sense he survived that. I thought after all that hit he will be appointed to the hospital for so much injuries - so that it will make a way he could try for another escape. Welp, but guess what? Everyone was okay and probably just treated in the infirmary and the next day the story got into a big unexpected flip, which is bombastically confusing. I really hate that Squid Game-like plot coming in this drama - and even further the car racing. Like where the hell will this story go?? The writer is too ambitious to make the story extravagant IMO. I think it would be a lot better if they just focus on the prison break and the revenge plot. The logic is really not in the room at this moment and ahead. Everybody is quite immortal, really, especially the main character of course. Always got into bloody fights but always okay, it was too ridiculous for me. And most importantly how he was so very skilled at everything only after 5 years in prison. He was the best fighter of all fighter in this drama haha.
I've watched some of Ji Chang Wook's drama and always felt like this. Whether the story got weird/boring halfway, or the main character is always amazingly immune to death and amazingly skillful in everything. This time I finished watching because I wondered how it will end. Well of course the ending was quite forced and once again quite nonsensical. Really hope JCW's next action drama will have a better plot.
(stop here if you want no spoilers)
I was wondering where the story will go when he failed to escape and got ganged up by so many prisoners - which was a very bloody fight btw, that I feel that it almost made no sense he survived that. I thought after all that hit he will be appointed to the hospital for so much injuries - so that it will make a way he could try for another escape. Welp, but guess what? Everyone was okay and probably just treated in the infirmary and the next day the story got into a big unexpected flip, which is bombastically confusing. I really hate that Squid Game-like plot coming in this drama - and even further the car racing. Like where the hell will this story go?? The writer is too ambitious to make the story extravagant IMO. I think it would be a lot better if they just focus on the prison break and the revenge plot. The logic is really not in the room at this moment and ahead. Everybody is quite immortal, really, especially the main character of course. Always got into bloody fights but always okay, it was too ridiculous for me. And most importantly how he was so very skilled at everything only after 5 years in prison. He was the best fighter of all fighter in this drama haha.
I've watched some of Ji Chang Wook's drama and always felt like this. Whether the story got weird/boring halfway, or the main character is always amazingly immune to death and amazingly skillful in everything. This time I finished watching because I wondered how it will end. Well of course the ending was quite forced and once again quite nonsensical. Really hope JCW's next action drama will have a better plot.
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