Dodo

The beginning of this drama genuinely had me hooked. There's something about the way it introduces its concept that immediately makes you curious. The setup, the rules, the mystery surrounding the entire game everything makes you want to keep watching just to find out what happens next. I kept wondering where things were heading and how far everything would eventually go.

But as the story progresses, the experience becomes increasingly unsettling...

What initially seems like an intriguing survival game gradually unfolds into something much darker, crueler and more disturbing. The desperation, greed, manipulation and brutality are difficult to overlook. It shows just how far people can go when money, power and survival become their priorities. Morality starts taking a back seat, and the entire idea of trust becomes questionable.

In a way, there's an uncomfortable reality behind it all. You never really know who is on your side, how quickly someone can turn against you or what a person might be capable of when their own interests are involved. The drama brings out some rather ugly aspects of human behaviour, and not always in an easy-to-watch way.

Personally, I'm not someone who enjoys excessive cruelty or brutality, so I can't say I liked everything this drama put me through. And what happened to Floor 1 was particularly difficult for me to accept. I genuinely didn't like the way things turned out for him. It was one of those moments that stayed with me because of how unsettling the whole situation felt.

As much as the concept kept me curious, I did feel that the storytelling gradually lost some of the strength it had at the beginning. There came a point when I was more interested in finding out how everything would end than actually enjoying what was happening along the way.

And the ending... WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN?

I had been somewhat suspicious of Floor 7 from the beginning, but the final revelation still left me sitting there thinking, WHAT DID I JUST WATCH? The screenplay element completely changes the way you look at everything that came before it. It made me question the entire experience. Did all of this actually happen, or was it simply a story being written and presented? What was real, and what was part of the script? I found myself questioning everything rather than feeling like I had received any proper closure.

I don't think I've completely settled on how I feel about that ending. It left me with a rather strange, almost bewildered feeling, and quite a few questions.

Overall, I wouldn't call it a bad drama. It has a distinctive concept, an intriguing beginning and some uncomfortable ideas about human nature, greed and survival. However, I wish the execution had been stronger and that the story had maintained the same level of curiosity and engagement it created in its opening episodes. The further it progressed, the less I found myself enjoying it. I appreciate what it was trying to portray, but the overall execution just didn't work for me as much as I had hoped...😔