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A well-crafted story, and executed well for the most part.
This was really good, although I did have problems with the writing and editing in some of the episodes; with the most egregious example being the bomb scene, it's never fully explained just HOW Seong-jun and Seong-hoon got all the hostages out and disabled the bomb, instead we just get them slow-mo aura farming and mogging on In-seong.
I really wish they cut this thing down, I'd say 13 episodes would have been the perfect sweet spot: not too long, not too short and just the right pacing.
But throughout the series itself I do have to commend the cinematography and the sound direction, absolute perfection. And the episodes that DO hit, hit *hard*.
Overall, I'd say that while the drama has its own shortcomings, the good parts still make it enough to warrant at least a try if you're into dark thrillers. I'd say give it at least 4-5 eps before dropping it, which I know is a massive commitment at around 7.5 hours, I believe? But I do believe that the underlying story is genuinely fantastic.
I really wish they cut this thing down, I'd say 13 episodes would have been the perfect sweet spot: not too long, not too short and just the right pacing.
But throughout the series itself I do have to commend the cinematography and the sound direction, absolute perfection. And the episodes that DO hit, hit *hard*.
Overall, I'd say that while the drama has its own shortcomings, the good parts still make it enough to warrant at least a try if you're into dark thrillers. I'd say give it at least 4-5 eps before dropping it, which I know is a massive commitment at around 7.5 hours, I believe? But I do believe that the underlying story is genuinely fantastic.
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