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TEST TO PATIENCE!! ? But a GOOD THRILLER, crime drama ardent lovers will love it
Bear with me, my review is LENGTHY!
Being watching dramas from many years, shared my reviews only to my closed private group in another platform
But for the first time, this drama made me to Sign-up for MDL and to rant about it here in public bcz of all the initial unbearable frustration it created with its slow pacing ! 😂
My usual tradition is to never drop any drama though how boring or bad the pacing or the plot could be and so usually I can tolerate extremely bad dramas too😂
But seriously, this one tested my tolerance level to the extent that I thought of dropping this😂
*****
THE NEGATIVES:
PACING is extremely SLOW like Sloth, especially the first 4 episodes n 7th.
(Lost almost 5-6 hours of my time in my life bcz of these 5 eps, haha)
Even most of the drama, goes in ROUNDS and CIRCLES!
And I understand that is necessary to form a base to the plot but required only to some extent.
That base - the writer n director perhaps wanted to show some sort of blame-game, manipulation among the charcters, so THE VIEWER SUSPECTS EVERY CHARACTER CEASELESSLY - GOOD!
But that goes on in a NEVER ENDING LOOP till we, as viewers and the detectives team (not the profiler Tae Su or his daughter or the suspects), only the detectives are TIRED physically running around the same suspects in turns, bringing them for interrogation and releasing bcz of lack of evidence and the viewers are damn EXHAUSTED MENTALLY already🤦🏻♀️😂😠
Every moment in the plot takes a TWIST and TURN - Enjoyable initially but Frustrating later bcz of the same REPETITION.
At some point, you might feel frustrated, fuming at urself for still watching this n wanted to question the characters why a particular scenario repeats when they have everything right infront of them clear and start the Mindless Repetitive Loop from the beginning 😯
- maybe they just don't want to spit it out (haha) n just wanted that Boring Repetition to be used as CONTENT FILLER.
*****
THE POSITIVES:
The PLOT is VERY GOOD, WELL WRITTEN that made every character suspicious.
The SUSPENSE is WELL MAINTAINED till the very last moment 👌🏻
WELL ACTED by everyone.
As a crime thrillers' ardent fan, just bcz of the story, though I reached my saturation level bcz of slow pacing, I continued watching and it turned out to be a GOOD CRIME DRAMA👌🏻
DIRECTION and CINEMATOGRAPHY is good with a DIFFERENT STYLE - concentrated more on conveying a Dark Sense of Suspense through "SHADOWS"
EXCEPT THE PACING, I FIND EVERYTHING ELSE AS GOOD👌🏻
*****
CHARACTERS:
Every character is well written👌🏻
At times, I felt sad for Tae Su going to any extent to prove his daughter's innocence n staying confused at the same time for not trusting her completely.
I don't like Ha Bin character much.
Very few times, I felt lil bad for her, thought her actions are reasonable for a person seeking revenge but her personality proved me wrong to show pity, haha
Extreme introvert, unsocial is understandable but added arrogance, rude, sort of narcissistic - such characters are irritating.
Question is not an answer to a question and she does reply a question with a question "don't u believe me" everytime😠😂
She is extremely tight lipped even when given a chance by her dad to speak for herself n is rude, suspicious leaving her traces in crime scenes and later seeks attention saying "my parents don't trust me n so I turned into a monster" 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
It's sort of a living hell for the parents of such kids😑 - can't tame them with love, can't trust them, can't stop suspecting, can't stop feeling guilty n regretting for suspecting own child , can't abandon n can't stop protecting the child at any cost🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Anywys, in the end, there is a good hope for the father n daughter, that softened me a little on her, haha.
Except for her character, I liked every other char, including the MOST UNEXPECTED TRUE MURDERER , haha (U can guess the murderer to some extent since u suspect evry char, haha)
*****
Opening instrumental music suits well to the mood of the drama.
*****
CONCLUSION:
Have Patience!
Just bcz that the first 4 eps are sloth-paced, DON'T DROP THE DRAMA.
WATCH IT TILL THE END, U won't regret! 👌🏻😀
Without repetition, it could be done well in 7-8 eps, instead of 10.
And If the pacing is normal, my rating could be 9.5/10 but now bcz of the Sloth like pacing, it's only 8.5
Being watching dramas from many years, shared my reviews only to my closed private group in another platform
But for the first time, this drama made me to Sign-up for MDL and to rant about it here in public bcz of all the initial unbearable frustration it created with its slow pacing ! 😂
My usual tradition is to never drop any drama though how boring or bad the pacing or the plot could be and so usually I can tolerate extremely bad dramas too😂
But seriously, this one tested my tolerance level to the extent that I thought of dropping this😂
*****
THE NEGATIVES:
PACING is extremely SLOW like Sloth, especially the first 4 episodes n 7th.
(Lost almost 5-6 hours of my time in my life bcz of these 5 eps, haha)
Even most of the drama, goes in ROUNDS and CIRCLES!
And I understand that is necessary to form a base to the plot but required only to some extent.
That base - the writer n director perhaps wanted to show some sort of blame-game, manipulation among the charcters, so THE VIEWER SUSPECTS EVERY CHARACTER CEASELESSLY - GOOD!
But that goes on in a NEVER ENDING LOOP till we, as viewers and the detectives team (not the profiler Tae Su or his daughter or the suspects), only the detectives are TIRED physically running around the same suspects in turns, bringing them for interrogation and releasing bcz of lack of evidence and the viewers are damn EXHAUSTED MENTALLY already🤦🏻♀️😂😠
Every moment in the plot takes a TWIST and TURN - Enjoyable initially but Frustrating later bcz of the same REPETITION.
At some point, you might feel frustrated, fuming at urself for still watching this n wanted to question the characters why a particular scenario repeats when they have everything right infront of them clear and start the Mindless Repetitive Loop from the beginning 😯
- maybe they just don't want to spit it out (haha) n just wanted that Boring Repetition to be used as CONTENT FILLER.
*****
THE POSITIVES:
The PLOT is VERY GOOD, WELL WRITTEN that made every character suspicious.
The SUSPENSE is WELL MAINTAINED till the very last moment 👌🏻
WELL ACTED by everyone.
As a crime thrillers' ardent fan, just bcz of the story, though I reached my saturation level bcz of slow pacing, I continued watching and it turned out to be a GOOD CRIME DRAMA👌🏻
DIRECTION and CINEMATOGRAPHY is good with a DIFFERENT STYLE - concentrated more on conveying a Dark Sense of Suspense through "SHADOWS"
EXCEPT THE PACING, I FIND EVERYTHING ELSE AS GOOD👌🏻
*****
CHARACTERS:
Every character is well written👌🏻
At times, I felt sad for Tae Su going to any extent to prove his daughter's innocence n staying confused at the same time for not trusting her completely.
I don't like Ha Bin character much.
Very few times, I felt lil bad for her, thought her actions are reasonable for a person seeking revenge but her personality proved me wrong to show pity, haha
Extreme introvert, unsocial is understandable but added arrogance, rude, sort of narcissistic - such characters are irritating.
Question is not an answer to a question and she does reply a question with a question "don't u believe me" everytime😠😂
She is extremely tight lipped even when given a chance by her dad to speak for herself n is rude, suspicious leaving her traces in crime scenes and later seeks attention saying "my parents don't trust me n so I turned into a monster" 😂🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
It's sort of a living hell for the parents of such kids😑 - can't tame them with love, can't trust them, can't stop suspecting, can't stop feeling guilty n regretting for suspecting own child , can't abandon n can't stop protecting the child at any cost🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Anywys, in the end, there is a good hope for the father n daughter, that softened me a little on her, haha.
Except for her character, I liked every other char, including the MOST UNEXPECTED TRUE MURDERER , haha (U can guess the murderer to some extent since u suspect evry char, haha)
*****
Opening instrumental music suits well to the mood of the drama.
*****
CONCLUSION:
Have Patience!
Just bcz that the first 4 eps are sloth-paced, DON'T DROP THE DRAMA.
WATCH IT TILL THE END, U won't regret! 👌🏻😀
Without repetition, it could be done well in 7-8 eps, instead of 10.
And If the pacing is normal, my rating could be 9.5/10 but now bcz of the Sloth like pacing, it's only 8.5
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