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BURN THE DRAMA too, haha

The Story is Good but the Execution is Dull !!

First 2 episodes are damn SLOW, weird acting n wanted to drop.
But Later as episodes progress, PACING n PLOT
got improved a lot.
From ep 3, it's Good.
From ep 5, it got INTERESTING, with a lot of Mystery and Suspense!

Overall GOOD, just One Time Watch.
(congrats to me, am able to finish this ! ;) )

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Step Siblings' Romance is a bit hmm No, a bit uncomfortable for me.
(Or both the couples like each other from childhood but the Evil Mom, unnecessarily, made them Step siblings for her own gains !? Huh ? :/ )

Evil Mom - that actress is pretty n did act her Villain role Very Well.

Even FL acted well.
Her proposal to ML is different, haha , she proposed to his mom first !? Haha, Good .

That dad is a complete No! 😂
He either depends on his sisters or Evil 2nd wife or his Nurse!
Burn Him Down first !! Haha.

ML (character Kiichi) needs a shower very badly!
N a Hair cut too 😂
(Finally, in the ending scene, he got a hair cut!
Hurray!!
We got to see the face of ML, Else We would remain in history as Viewers who didn't know the face of the Male Lead in a Drama , haha )

2nd ML, that actor is handsome.

FL's friend , she is funny n supportive!

****
Could have done Very Well in 6 eps .
I liked the summary of the plot and the revenge process.
But Not so well written at times.
Also, Direction n execution of the suspense could be made better!
But Production n Cinematography are GOOD

To be honest, The Summary made me to expect a lot but disappointed.
A GOOD POTENTIAL PLOT that could have done Better.

Though disappointed with initial episodes (story execution n acting), later I enjoyed the story with Twists n the Suspense - started suspecting every character, haha

****
If there is a season 2, would love to watch the love stories of both the couples with the same actors, they got good chemistry!

****
My Rating is 7.5 / 10
(Just for the Good Story,
Would be More, if it is executed well n interesting from ep 1)

Now I am interested to read the Manga, just for the story!

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PURE COMEDY!!

When U want to see your favourite BL actors in a Non-BL drama, especially a HORROR COMEDY genre, then this is the One for U!
(And it's a Musical too )

Oh my goofy boys! Haha
Silly and Hilarious !!

A good light-hearted drama to pass the time.
All of them stay in a house and the comedy starts.
A PURE NONSENSE FUN BLAST FOR THE BOYS AND PLAYTIME FOR THE GHOST!😂

It's ensemble cast, so every actor has equal share of drama and comedy.
I personally love multi-starrer works :)
It hits different and so lovely to see all our boys in one drama :)

The parody scenes and the references of dramas Untamed, Squid game etc, are very funny.

The first 6 eps are the main story and final ep is just musical

Happy to see BL actors in a Non-BL, They can avoid Typecasting , esply BL couple actors :)

DON'T MISS THIS!

My Rating is 9/10.

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OmG, Violence, Violence, Violence Everywhere!

ALERT: The PHYSICAL VIOLENCE is Very DISTURBING 😱
And the mind blowing, Sickening Twists - the PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE is Very DISGUSTING 🤢
n so be aware, it's not for Weak Hearts n Angry Hearts too 😂
Be AWARE of the EXPLICIT CONTENT too

Really, ONE OF A KIND in this Raw, EXTREMELY DARK, Gore, Mind - Bending Psychological Genre!
(Contains 1-2 incest relationships)

Hope such stories exist only in movies, not in real life!

The search for the truth by one, the revenge for the past by another, the extreme punishments given n served, everything is well written, well executed, well directed and well performed.

Choi Min Shik, Like Anthony Hopkins or Jack Nicholson scares me sometimes with his Raw Dark performances, haha

Rated low bcz of the extremely twisted crippled story n Violence, else could have rated more for the bold dark performances and the bold step to direct this by the makers.

One of the Best gruesome dark REVENGE Plots on the Main lead! :o 🤯

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The Best Revenge, A Clean Sweep, hehe & Truly No Mercy for No One!

(BE AWARE:
There's lot of Violence like gruesome stabbing etc and Gore)

"This World doesn't End till Everyone Dies!"
(A dialogue from one of the eps about this Gangster World!)

Waited for this Gangster Action packed Revenge Drama n it's totally Worth the Wait! :)

***
I really like the Hype Gi Jun has in the drama - the way, everyone is afraid of him n his name, haha.
Exactly my type of drama, Silly Me! Haha

It's VERY GOOD n INTERESTING fron Ep 1.
And there is no moment of boredom throughout the series.

***
Everything is SUPERB about this drama - Direction, Editing, Cinematography, Production, Story Narration, Action scenes n Fight Sequences.

The Story is Plain, Simple n Direct but the Direction n the Editing have made this simple one, stand out in this genre.
Also, U can see a lot of betrayals, loyalty n twists in the story that u find as compelling to keep u hooked n completely make this a binge-watch worthy!
Though at times, Plot is predictable, especially about who the true villain is!

Pacing n the run time (total num of eps) are precise n apt.

Opening theme music is Very Good 👍🏻

***
Overall, The Best Revenge!! - Gi Jun truly has No Mercy for anyone! 🤭
(Though being an emotional person when it comes to his bro n friends)

BTW, there are a lot of Handsome Men in this drama🤭

My Rating is 9.5 / 10.

*** SPOILER ***
May be, this is the Only Drama in which all the characters are RIP, by the end, haha
It's almost like a "Clean Sweep"! Haha.

Also, It's funny how "Plot Armour" for Gi jun character, helped him even when severely injured or stabbed, many times throughout the drama, haha.
But Aigoo, it didn't help him in the end! :(

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MIXED IMPRESSIONS -- Lil Disappointed but Don't Skip!!

I'm a Crime Thriller and Murder Mystery Enthusiast.

I have watched and loved Taiwanese dramas, especially some of their Crime Thriller Mysteries / Police dramas are Very Good.
And so, I was Super Excited to watch this, reading the summary.

But, To be Honest, Left with MIXED IMPRESSIONS by the end of this drama -- Not BAD but Not CAPTIVATING enough!! :(

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The Summary is Very Interesting -- A tarot card reader predicts the deaths of social media influencers exactly, who dies one after the other.
The ML, a police detective should solve these death mysteries.

***
Plot, Story Narration are Good.

The Story is about the ML trying to find whether those deaths are coincidental and if they are murders, need to find the connection between these deaths, the reason behind them and capture the murderer(s) behind these multiple murders.

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IT STARTED REALLY WELL.

First Two Episodes are Very Good.
The Mystery that all these multiple murders are connected and the Suspense of all these serial killings, with one or more murderers at loose, is Interesting.

But from ep 3 to ep 5, Pacing and Story Narration looked off and slow.

Though the Crime Story is Simple and Straightforward (like routine crime thrillers / police dramas), it's Good
but the Execution and Acting are lil bad or odd -- it gave a vibe that Something is Missing n went wrong here :o

U can really predict the murderer, his reason (routine revenge oriented crime drama with multiple murders) and who the "Witch Baba" is.
So the Mystery, though maintained well till ep 7, is Not Very Gripping and is not Nail-biting Suspense.
And these made this Crime Thriller Mystery Drama fell flat (So, I'm bored at times n little disappointed! :|)

***
Good to see Ekin Cheng (Hong Kong actor) in Taiwanese drama.

It started with him getting million followers in ep 1
But in eps 3 to 5, his character has less screen presence -- It gave a vibe that he is a support role in these episodes -- Looked like though he being the main detective, except him, everyone else is investigating the murders in their own ways.
His character looked dull n inactive, here.
(In remaining eps, I have no complaints about his role, haha)

***
Ep 7 concluded the main mystery and serial killings.
I wondered what more could be the story for Finale ep (1 hour run time) but started a New Mystery?! :o

The PLOT TWIST in the Finale, really helped this drama, worth to watch 👍🏻

Could have done this miniseries well in 6 eps than 8, with better Execution, Pacing n Narration.

***
Usually, all my Ratings are 8.5/10 or above, for any Crime thriller.
Sad to give this, a lower Rating and
It's just 8/10.
(Finale Plot Twist made me give 8, else it's 7.5)


P.S: If you are New to Taiwanese dramas or Crime Thriller genre, you can really enjoy watching this 👍🏻
But A die-hard Crime Thriller enthusiast might find this drama, Plain, Routine & too Simple.
But Don't Skip this as it is Interesting enough for an "One Time Watch" n can be Binge-watched easily.

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WEIRD & TWISTED BUT A SWEET LOVE ! :)

What I have observed is, MBS Network brings New but Weird concepts for dramas especially BLs, either there will be a character with twisted personality or an odd storyline.
(Are such Mangas, different but with refreshing themes, chosen for drama adaptations deliberately to seek the attention of the audience or just a coincidence? Haha)
Anyways, even such twisted stories or odd characters too, find beautiful True Love finally, such stories are executed very well as a drama n that makes me to love their BL dramas :)
(U can check their list of BL dramas. Almost every drama has one odd point in it but is a hit with 8+ rating :) )

Such stories are Extremes, either U LOVE them even being peculiar or HATE for all the nonsense n toxicity, haha

That said, even this drama depicts a Story of Two problematic characters.

***** STORY:
The Story revolves around only two characters -- Two extreme introverts, who act immature or obsessive, can not communicate their feelings clearly and with dangerous levels of own assumptions n prejudices.
A Story of Love and Emotional bond between two such persons.

This drama proves that even such extreme reserved people can fall in love deeply with each other and have a Happy Ending (though troubled n bumpy throughout the journey).

This couple proved that deep love can exist between twisted personalities too, who usually take a negative meaning of anything and everything, even when love is expressed in a positive way.
This negativity is all bcz that the love expressed in actions, is indirect. Though in deep love, they really can't express it directly in words n that is the greatest drawback in their relationship.

It looks like a Master - Slave relationship but No. It's an Unrequited Love from both their points of view.
(God, these babies! Eye rolls, Haha)
Each of them, thinks the other doesn't reciprocate their love and this confusion happens only bcz of Zero or No Open Communication in their relationship, Wrong Own Assumptions & Lack of Transparency in their thoughts with each other.

This confusion continues throughout the drama to the extent that irritates the viewer, haha.

Also, this Master - Slave relationship looks toxic but in the end, it is shown as it's their weird way of loving each other, (What !? :O Poor me, for tolerating their twisted love tale till the end n yet enjoying it, haha)

As a viewer, U'll have an extreme Love - Hate relationship with this story.
(Some might find this boring, toxic n may drop this drama while others, like me, though it is toxic, find it cute n love it :) )

*** Just a Fun Thought:
Some PROBABLE EXAGGERATED REACTIONS of the viewers (like me, haha) while watching this drama:

1) Seeing their misunderstandings n lack of communication even over silly topics and getting irritated n tired of watching those misunderstandings repeatedly, U get angry n wanted to scream to their faces saying "Silly Bakas, Just Talk!", haha

2) But then in the next frame, when they are Sweet n Caring, U will be in happy tears seeing them all fluffy :)
(Me, Too much Drama! Hehe)

3) Also as though, One introvert character being silent n unreasonable with overthinking n own assumptions, is not sufficient, the director and the writer gave us two such MLs, OMG! :o

(Haha, this story really creates anxiety issues to the viewers 🤭)

***
Overall, though a Weird n lil Toxic Love bcz of all the Unnecessary Misunderstandings, Assumptions n Zero Open Communication, still I love Segasaki n Yoh ! :)
(Maybe, my PMS moods made me to love this toxic tale!? :O, God! Haha)

Re-watched it many times.
Poor Boys! They are such babies in love complicating everything unnecessarily :)
Silly Bakas! ;)

*****
Direction, Story Writing, Story Narration, Story Progression n Pacing, EVERYTHING NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

THIS IS LOVELY ONLY BECAUSE OF THE CAST & THEIR PERFORMANCES, else this love story of Zero Communication is impossible to watch.

Cinematography n Production are Cool.

***** ACTORS & CHARACTERS:
Anyways, Segasaki is better and mature than Yoh, though gloomy & introvert like Yoh or faking being social with everyone else at job.
Sega, may not be direct but atleast he tries to express his love indirectly through his actions n unfortunately Yoh takes all such actions of Sega as controlling or obsessive and never tries to show his own love towards Sega :(
Both are Weird enough n Sega is better than Yoh in that weirdness too! :)

Usually, it's boring and frustrating to watch such a relationship which is full of misunderstandings but these TWO ACTORS (Higuchi Kouhei and Mashiko Atsuki) really brought out the quirky eccentric nature of both the characters and their weird love for each other, they brought life to the characters and hence made this drama watchable, tolerable and a lovable one! :)
If the casting to these two roles is different or if the characterization is different, I wouldn't think that I could watch it.

And so the Actors' Performances are AMAZING and done right to their roles!👌🏻

I really want more of their love, only these two actors in these roles.
Though it's a love with misunderstandings and painful but at the times when they are sweet and caring, it's too Fluffy n Hot to watch :)
Their Sweet Moments are Full of Passion and Strong Love :)
(I want more than 8 eps, haha)

Sega n Yoh are so SAME being introverts n yet DIFFERENT - Yoh is too silent n immature while Sega is reasonable n mature at times.

Manju (Yoh's female friend) n her husband are Sweet.
While our boys couple is Hot.

Actor Kouhei (Sega) is cool.
Actress Sayuri (Manju) is pretty.

Actor Atsuki (Yoh) :
Our Hagi (my fav char) from JDrama "How I Attended an All-Guy's Mixer".
His role here is a complete contrast to that role, Hagi.
And Atsuki performed very well in showing the variations in both the roles -- comedic (there) vs introvert (here).
There, he is loud, goofy n a confused funny soul🤭 n here, too silent :/

The actors' chemistry is Natural and Realistic!
Now, Sega n Yoh are one of my fav BL couples just bcz of the actors Kouhei n Atsuki! :)
SEGA -YOH, weirdly, THEY ARE MADE FOR EACH OTHER! 💕

***** SOME MORE RANTING:
This series is saved only by these two Actors and their Amazing & Lovely Chemistry.

Even such Imperfect Story Would Be Perfect, if some of these are made clear in the drama:

1) Why Sega proposed a live-in, instead of a direct love proposal first, that too to our dumb Yoh (who takes his own meanings n misunderstands even when a matter is said directly)?
Maybe a back story from their college days, just one more scene of Sega's thought process when he fell in love with Yoh in college n the reason to make an indirect proposal.

2) During College days, how long they were friends and Now from how long they were dating or living together?
All such time periods, if shown exclusively, it will be clear to the smooth flow of the story and easy to understand their story.

Also if the Ending is made little better, this toxic story would be perfect bcz of good character arc.
But now the Ending gave a vibe that there is absolutely no character development for both the characters :(

****** SPOILER *******
ENDING is lil disappointing bcz they are back to square one :(

They got a Happy Ending and Communication between them is improved a bit in finale (ep 8) but again dropped to level zero, fell back to the starting point n making both of them to do the same mistake - "Lack of communication, only inner voices with own imaginations".

Few important matters n misunderstandings are still left unclear between them n so back to almost zero communication like in the beginning, God! :(
For eg, Yoh n Sega should have cleared that misunderstanding about Manju's Husband :o

If everything is cleared, it would have helped to build Trust with better understanding n avoid any sort of assumptions or misunderstandings further in their relationship.

The FINALE ep gave an INCOMPLETE FEELING as though it is RUSHED to give a RANDOM CLOSURE :(
Their misunderstandings are not clarified, still they have trust issues & obsessive childish behaviour even at the end.
There is No Maturity in their Relationship and absolutely, No Character Growth towards the end that U expect after 8 eps.

Sega is not a person who says "I Love You" in Words but expresses his Love only in his Actions.
Yoh is a person who cannot understand Love expressed in Actions.
Right from the time Sega proposed live-in (in the beginning of the series) and the actions done by Sega out of Pure Love, Yoh took everything as a Master - Slave relationship was proposed by Sega :o :|
N so Now in the end, when Sega with great difficulty, pushed himself to express in words, asked Yoh to stay forever with him, he meant "Love/ Lover" but our dumb Yoh may take it as "Slave" forever..
( God, these two! :|
It's my bad to expect character growth, haha)

This Ending is not like a Happily ever after with all misunderstandings cleared but it's more like a Cliff hanger Ending with temporary happiness with only few issues cleared + still, a lot of misunderstandings + still, lack of communication, jst like how they were in ep 1.
I'M DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ENDING! :|

Whether they did get or no but I didn't get a Full Closure to their story, haha
POORLY WRITTEN CLIMAX!

So Need S2 or a Special Episode to conclude this story but with more clear and transparent communication between these two extreme Introverts.

***
Kouhei n Atsuki in Behind The Scenes, all smiling, are so lively n lovely, unlike the gloomy vibe in the drama.
And so, this shows that they acted their roles very well (that variation of lively, offscreen irl vs gloomy, onscreen)

***** OST:
Opening n Ending themes are Very Good and suit well to the theme of the drama.

MV of the Opening theme is very lively & playful as they are all smiling n playing in rain like a cute couple, in contrast to the gloomy vibe in the drama :)

Piano BGMs are Good, Soft and Soulful.

***** RATING:
My RATING for my silly boys is 9.5 / 10.

(Though my Review looks like a lengthy Ranting, I love this drama a lot to the extent that I can't give anything other than a positive 9.5 , hehe)

One of my fav dramas n fav couples !! ✨
I MISS THEM! :|

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Since this is S2, EVERYTHING is DOUBLED - Hero & his Mini Version Vs 2 Villains, Haha

(NOTE 1: Check out my Reviews for both the seasons, for similarities n differences between S1 n S2

NOTE 2: Since the Storylines are SAME in both the Seasons, U might find "some" parts of my Reviews SAME for both seasons :)

Since S2, everything is doubled, I too have two Notes above, haha )

*****
S2 is NOT a Continuation / SEQUEL of S1, it's a STANDALONE.
But need to watch S1 to know the background of characters
Few New characters are introduced here n few from S1 are not in S2

This Season shows the adventures of our priest with his team in a different city, meeting new people, adding them to his team, fighting against the bad guys, fighting for justice on a Case different from that in S1.

***** THE STORY:
Same as S1,
I watched this Only for Namgil since I yearned to watch more of our fiery priest :)
n found our priest's mini version (Seo Bum June's role) in this :)

Here, The "Fiery Priest" with his Mini Version, is on Fire while in Action!! 😂

Since this is S2, EVERYTHING is DOUBLED:
Two bold / badass roles in Hero's team (Nam Gil's n his mini version 🤭)
Vs
Two Evil / badass roles in Villain's team

So there are two Attractions for me in this drama - Priest n his Mini Version :)

Also Same as S1,
This is a LIGHT DRAMA with
mindless silly comedy / Slapstick comedy,
Zero gripping /thought provoking plot, Zero mystery.
It's just a mediocre comedy, little exaggerated reactions and overacting for comedic purposes.

A mix of action + comedy + crime

All Fight sequences are VERY GOOD

***** THE DIFFERENCES :
At the first look, one might feel that
S1 is better than S2 since it's the same story formula but
S1 n S2 have their own charms, even though it's the same story formula

The difference I found between two seasons is:
S1 deals with the church father's case who is close to our priest n so it gives an emotional connection for the revenge / justice seeking journey of our priest
Whereas
S2 deals with a general injustice case related to old people whom our priest met in his journey. So that emotional connection to the victims is less but instead his urge to seek justice for everyone using violence is good (n funny too) .

This difference, either emotional connection in S1 or the urge to seek justice for strangers in S2, is reflected throughout all the episodes in both seasons.
And even viewers feel that "connection" in S1 n that "seeking justice for everyone" in S2 n so some might find S1 better than S2 based on emotional vibe differences

***** ACTORS / CHARACTERS:
Same as is S1,
Love Nam Gil's character a lot - The Fiery, the Bold, the Sarcastic but Kind Hearted
But very short tempered and that generates the comedy
Nam Gil is so handsome with his Sarcastic Smirks in this too ;)

Whenever there is any injustice around him, the Savage Angry Beast inside this NIS agent turned Priest, awakens n the comedy follows while he is punishing the bad or fighting for the justice.

Nam Gil Admirers will Love to watch him in Action! :)
Though the drama is mediocre, ABSOLUTELY LOVED Nam Gil's Sarcastic n Bold Character .

Would love to watch the same character of Nam gil with the same personality n not being a Priest, with romance or bromance, in a Crime Action Comedy or a Crime Thriller
(The thought itself is so interesting! :o)

In S2,
The SPOOF of JOKER n the entire fight scenes there, are VERY FUNNY.
Nam Gil in JOKER'S attire is bratty (Joker is meant to be so)
Also The Priest's sarcastic bold nature is added to that Joker vibe n so he looks so GOOD n stylish !!

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Seo Bum June's role is a MINI VERSION of OUR FIERY PRIEST ;)
I liked his character a lot, though a support role

Both are stubborn, angry birds, when it comes to fight against injustice!

I loved his rapport with our priest
That little Bromance as teacher - student is cute

Those police station scenes, where our priest goes as an guardian to our little angry bird, are PURE COMEDY!

(Nam Gil reacts like a KDrama Mom (crying n hitting her son, seeing him in police station). Very funny!)

**
Same as is S1,
Kim Sung Kyun's role is the funniest, his comedic facial expressions are pure fun to watch!
His Bickering with the Priest, still continues in S2 n is the funniest.

**
Same as is S1,
Lee Ha Nee's character is still the same Bold badass FL with a bit exaggerated reactions and expressions, little hyper active
Like in S1, bromance / friendship between priest n her is good.
Their funny bickering still continues in S2

Her role is more fun to watch in S1
Here, that track of her n the Ghost is funny

**
Sung Joon is so handsome n did the bad guy role well.
He is more ruthless n scary.
(As I said above, Everything is doubled in S2, so the evil nature of the villain is also doubled than the one in S1 )

He, trying to flirt with FL is funny
(His wild imaginations about her )

**
Seo Hyun Woo's role is also Good as the manipulative guy.
His rapport with Sung Joon's is good
(Team bad guys! 🤭)

**
Bibi's role is a bold police officer.
Her scenes along with the team are funny.

Her rapport with Sung Kyun, as a member from the same family tree, is funny

**
Same as in S1,
The other characters, the helping team of the priest are good n funny.
The actors did their roles well

**
I LOVED the roles of
Nam Gil, Seo Bum June (priest's mini version :) ),
Sung Kyun (the funny piece with priest all the time)
Sung Joon, Hyun Woo (the bad guys)
n Bibi, the Most.

ONLY THESE CHARACTERS ARE MORE INTERESTING out of all other characters.

*****
OST - That music suits well to the mood of the drama.

The instrumental bgm musics used for the Priest in Action or for any other character, are cool .

*****
Just for Nam Gil's role,
a true Fiery & Justice seeking one n
to watch more of Nam gil as a punisher,
Yearned for a S2
(n not for the usual routine story)

Now with the same story formula, THERE IS NO SURPRISE, IF THERE IS A SEASON 3

***** RATING:
8.5 / 10 for this MINDLESS FUN RIDE

(7 for the story and the mediocre comedy.

8.5 only bcz of
Nam Gil's Lovely Fiery character n impressive acting
+ mini version of our priest, Seo Bum June's role :)
Enjoyed this show only bcz of Them )

**** My Admiration for Nam Gil :):
I fell in love with his acting from Crime Thriller "Through the Darkness"
n then watched Action Comedy "The Fiery Priest "

The variations in his roles in these two dramas are Amazing, SURPRISED ME alot.

There, as a Cold Introvert person, who never talks (dark vibes surrounding him n so brooding)
Here, as a fiery n yet funny n lively person, who never stops talking n smiling, punishing the bad guys and giving evil smirks to them, haha

There, I always wanted him to smile or speak out
Here, am surprised to see him talking non-stop 😂

He just slayed both the roles though they are extremes in nature n in personality.

Anyways,
Introvert analysing criminals (Through the Darkness) to
A Fiery smiley (comedic in The Fiery Priest) to
An Emotional One side lover / stalker (in another drama),
U can clearly see the differences in each of his roles n in his acting.

He is a PROLIFIC actor!

And so the Saga of me, watching every drama of his, Started
If he is in a project, I'm in! :)

Oh my Nam Gil Oppa!
What have U done to my poor heart !! 🤭

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This movie is not for everyone!! (Explicit content n psychologically twisted story)

ALERT:
DON'T WATCH THIS, WHEN U R ALREADY DISTURBED OR AGITATED EMOTIONALLY ! 😆

Very Disturbing, Dark, Crippled, Weird n "Strictly A NO" way of saving someone by someone who is equally tormented n lost everything in life! :o :( 😂

In the first watch, U'll be shocked or disgusted with all the torture n sxl content.
But in the second watch (towards the end of the movie), U find a beautiful emotional Love story of two people, unfolding, who reached rock bottom in life, n mentally exhausted, healing together with each other's company, care n warmth.

LOVE AND LIFE DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE ALWAYS!! :(

PS: How on Earth did this Manga Author get "that idea " of saving someone!? (For the first half of the movie) ,
OmG!! Haha

**** About TITLE:
I always wondered why this is named so.

Haha, that title is very apt to the acts in the first half of the movie:

Usually, Saving someone from Trauma or depression is done by using medication/ physical n psychological treatments.

But here, Ryoji saved Makoto n instilled an idea in him to survive by using DANGEROUS DRUGS called "S*xl Abuse", OmG!! 🤯😂

If he can survive that abuse, he would surely value being alive.. this motto n thinking of Ryoji, No, the thoughts of the Author , OmG, Creepy Philosophy! 😂🤯

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Tsunami (The Great Flood) is not the Main Role in a Disaster movie, huh !? :O

**** SPOILER : THIS IS A RANTING REVIEW ****

I love Disaster/Survival movies.
So I was all excited n waited for this movie, seeing in Netflix "Coming Soon" but I'm highly disappointed now!!

Promoted as a Disaster movie n so expected a Full Length Disaster Survival movie but NO!

The Title, Cover pic n Summary cheated me :(
(So the Tsunami is not the main role but it's just a support role / a minor side role, Instead AI project is the main lead here, haha).

***

After watching first 20 mins, where there are Good CGI scenes of Flood and the struggle and when there is mention of some AI baby project, AI emotions builder project etc and there's a Time Loop -- I'm all excited thinking that I'm getting a combo of Disaster + Sci-Fi.
But NO!

IT IS EXCLUSIVELY A SCI-FI / TIME LOOP PLOT, WHICH IS NOT THAT CAPTIVATING.
Even Hae Soo Oppa's character didn't capture my interest (I like to watch his dramas).

***

A Full Length Sci-Fi movie with Disaster theme as subplot but promoted as an exclusive Disaster movie, actually gave a great disappointment to disaster movie fans (like me, who love disaster/survival more than Sci-Fi) and ruined the interest to watch the Sci-Fi plot.

(Just a thought -- Since AI is the new trending talk of the town, now-a-days, maybe the movie team wanted to be one of the first ones to grab a place in that buzz, with their movie on that theme but left with many disappointed audience and bad reviews).

*** THE PLOT :

The Sci-Fi Plot is Good
but somehow Everything (Acting, Direction, Execution) gone Messy.

This Plot can be executed better n with more clarity.
The Time loop or iterations, which are actually inputs to the AI project mentioned in the story -- These sound interesting but NO, it got confusing n uninteresting at one point.

Just the CGI scenes are Good -- loved them.


*** SOME MORE RANTING:

The Title should be
"The Baby project" or
"Finding the Kid" or
"The Emotions project" or
"The Time loop"
Only then, Disaster movie fans, like me, will not be misled!
Aigoo, me! :(

The disappointment is so great that I wrote this lengthy RANTING REVIEW, which I never did even to a very bad movie/drama :o


*** RATING:

My Rating is 6.5 / 10

My Final take on this movie:
If U are an exclusive disaster/survival movie fan n strictly not Sci-Fi, then this is not for U.

But if U are a fan of Sci-Fi/Time loop movies too, then U can give a try!
But watch with zero expectations!!

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Don't Drop This Bcz Of The First 4 Episodes !! Hehe

*** NOTE:
This got VERY INTERESTING only from the second half of episode 5 !!
(haha yeah, it's almost after half the duration of the entire drama :/ )


*** First of all, WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:
To be honest, reading the summary, I expected a Nail-biting suspense thriller but the first 4 episodes disappointed me a bit.
Those eps formed the base of the story but are boring and not captivating at all.
(This made me to give a bad rating to the drama, initially.
Usually, I don't give a low rating to anything, until it is very bad or unbearable)


*** WHAT I LOVED:
I liked every scene from ep 6.
There's no moment of boredom from here.
Every scene has got some suspense element and is totally exciting to watch.

The constant cat and mouse chase between the two guys (ML n the Rat) -- Who is the real one, Who is the real victim, Who is the actual rat stealing the identity and the life of the other and Who is right morally etc -- Everything is mysterious -- I suspected both of them to be faking till the last moment -- Loved this Suspense n Mystery -- These Twists and Turns are Written Very Well !!

(Right at the moment, when I guess one of the them to be the culprit, there will be a twist in the plot and convinced me to change my opinion on that character, haha.
Those scenes, really have Nail-biting thrilling moments, even confused me who's who and made me give a Good Final Rating :) )

I find it Funny that both the guys (ML n the Rat) dragged everyone into their hole and chaos (that jealousy game or the revenge plan, whatever it is).
And it is Sad that everyone, unaware of the manipulation of those two guys, got involved in their death game.

Ep 9 -- the fight scene involving all of them (ML, police teams, gangsters/loan shark teams etc) is pure chaos n hilarious -- who is beating whom, haha.

Liked all the characters, especially how Noja n the police guy, Sun Yong and their POV is included in the track of the two guys (ML n the Rat).


***
Overall,
The Story is Good with Twists n Turns and is Written Very Well.
But the Execution is lil bad initially.

This would be Amazing with 6-8 eps instead of 10 eps (10 hours)
or would be the best, as a movie.


*** RATING:
My overall rating is 8.5/10
(Would be 9, if the first 5 eps are directed better)

If you are a thriller mystery genre fan, Don't miss this !!
(Just tolerate the first four eps, haha n U can really enjoy the remaining part of the drama).

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Adventures of Yak continues.. Yak vs Many Spirits, this time.. A Good Sequel!

A Very Good & Interesting Sequel to the first two movies in this Franchise.

(You need to watch all the prequel movies to know the main characters n their story, though the ghosts that haunt the family n the ghost stories are different in each movie).

***
In all three movies in this franchise,
A vengeance seeking, century old Ghost haunts and attacks a family of 3 sons and 3 daughters, residing with their parents in their countryside home,
possesses one of the gals in the family
and one family member (eldest son, Yak) tries to find ways to ward off the evil spirit, thereby protecting his family.

***
There are Three Time periods in this Story:

The Ghost Story -- When she is alive, during war times, how she suffered & became an evil spirit.

The Witch Story -- After few years, when the evil spirit attacked a village, it is warded off but later, a witch tries to invoke it again.

Main Story (Yak's Family Haunting Story) -- The Witch tries to harm the family and invokes the evil spirit for her selfish wishes. Also, the family faces the Ghost haunting along with many other forest spirits' attacks -- Liked the adventures of Yak along with his brothers and the Suspense element here.

Story and Direction are Good.
Visuals and Cinematography are Good.

Story Narration and Screenplay are lil confusing with the time periods.

But all the haunting scenes are Very Good.

***
First 30 mins of the movie is Very Good -- Ghost haunting the lil sister n she is kidnapped by the Witch.

Next, Eldest brother Yak with his brothers and Mentor, went on an adventure deep into an unknown forest to find a way to save his lil sister.

Unlike the second movie, which has similar adventures of Yak in a forest, the adventure scenes in this movie are More Interesting.
Here, there are many forest spirits haunting, creating hallucinations and attacking them.
Haunting Scenes like The Underwater Fight with the Water Spirits, Another Attack by the Forest Spirits n One More Attack by the Spirits inside the cave, are Good.

Last 30 mins is fight with the Witch and the Ghost and saving the family.

At times, the characters are lil confusing bcz the witch, her follower lady and the ghost, all three have similar makeup, Silly Me, hehe.

Also, you can see the main ghost n its haunting only in the first 15 mins and the last 15 mins of the movie.
Remaining are the hauntings by forest spirits or the troubles caused by the Witch.

***
As a comparison with the two prequel movies:

First movie is simple and direct horror family drama.

2nd movie has some adventures of Yak but not that captivating.

3rd movie has family drama, More Adventures of Yak, More Ghosts to fight with and a lot of Suspense too.
Hence, More Interesting to Watch.

*** Few Silly thoughts:

1) Shooting the ghost with enchanted mercury bullets or attacking it with fire is reasonable for a horror movie.
But there are some scenes where the little gal bites a spirit or tries to beat it with stone (like how a human being is hurt physically) -- it looked silly and beyond a horror movie logic, haha.

2) Character Yak -- actor Nadech -- he has to strip in every movie, I guess and Director made sure of it with silly situations, hehe.

3) Aigoo, it's funny how Every year (from 2023, each yr, one movie in this franchise is released), different female ghosts haunt one of the gals in Yak's family only, leaving other families in the town 🤭

Aigoo, P' Yak has got into a lot of ghost troubles ;)
Ghosts can't really resist the handsome brothers n their beauty, I guess ;)

***
My Rating is 8 /10.

Horror genre lovers will love this movie.

In this Franchise, liked the movies in the order:
3 = 1 > 2

(Check out all of My Reviews for this Movie Franchise).

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Don't drop this, based on ep 1. IT'S A FUN RIDE, later! Need that Zombie Hunting S2!!

As a Crime Thriller enthusiast, I have watched different Collabs of Crime investigation (Police dramas) with others, like Police dept collabs with
Private Detective or Criminal Profiler or Psychologist or Prosecutor or Forensic and even Court Room dramas.

This is NEW & DIFFERENT -- a Collab of a Police Detective and a Neuroscientist.


***
Initially, I'm not sure of how well Neuroscience can be a part of Police Crime Investigations and proceedings
but it's interesting, the way it is made.

Though little similar to that of a Criminal profiler (studies / analyses the psychology of the criminal),
Here, it's more from the perspective of how the brains of humans work (criminals vs normal people) and the analysis of their brains (medical perspective like imaging the brain when a criminal lies or speaks the truth).

THIS COLLAB -- POLICE DETECTIVE + NEUROSCIENTIST, IS VERY COOL AND INTERESTING TO WATCH!

Though involves criminal investigations n cases, this is a light-hearted crime drama.


***
As promoted, it's a Crime Comedy, indeed.
Approximately, 2 eps per One Criminal Case, along with the Personal Stories of Main Leads Detective Geum and Dr. Shin.

Story Narration and Direction are Good enough.
But Pacing is lil slow in few eps.
OST, Ending theme music is Good

Stories of each criminal case and personal stories of MLs are written well.

Than Dr. Shin's own case story, other cases are more interesting.


*** EPISODES:
Ep 1 is very boring (wanted to drop this drama but didn't, just bcz of my Watching Tradition -- Not to drop a drama, once I start watching, hehe)
Remaining eps are Good.

Got Very Interesting from ep 2
And from ep 3, it's Funny.

Eps 11 & 12 are lil boring -- Just Geum's love triangle and some communication between psychopathic doc in prison n Dr. Shin.

Finale ep is Very Good -- Psychopathic doc challenging the two MLs with a "brain sync" game n threatening them by taking their families as hostages -- The mind game played by Dr.Shin here, is Good.


*** CHARACTERS:
The Duo, Detective Geum and Dr. Shin, is funny -- Goofy Police & Manipulative but Smart doc.
Their bickering all the time, their Rivalry to Friendship, their Bromance, Everything is Very Sweet n FUN TO WATCH! 🤭

Geum's laugh is infectious, haha (I can still hear his laugh, while writing this 🤭)

Geum's ex wife, she is very sassy n funny.
His kid reporting to her mom about him, is funny.

Geum's Love Triangle (he, his ex wife n his cop captain) is Ok -- may not be necessary for a crime drama but since this is a comedy crime drama, a funny love triangle/family drama is ok to watch.

Actually, I found it sarcastic when the younger ML (Dr. Shin) has no love story but the older ML (Geum) has a love triangle, being a married man, haha.
Anyways, their Bromance is more interesting than the love triangle.

Geum's cop captain, that lady before n after accident, her personality changes are very funny.

Even Geum's Team head, the old cop is funny.

Also the team of 4 (Geum, Shin, cop captain n old cop), solving each case, is very funny.


*** CASES :
All criminal cases are written well, though not complex.
Explanation of Brain functions and concepts in each criminal case by Dr. Shin, is good n interesting.


CASE 1: Pop singer's death during live performance

(This is interesting)


CASE 2: Vietnamese wife murder, guy who doesn't know his wife's face

(This case's investigation is funny especially when the duo got stuck in freezer room.
Ep 4 is the funniest.
The duo is silly n goofy here)


CASE 3: Lil gal possessed by an evil spirit, dad's murder, cult group chaos

(Medical illness as a ghost possession, is written well)


CASES 4, 5: One man complaining to police about his missing wife (Virtual Assistant, Cherri) and Neighbour's murder

(These two eps are good)


CASE 6: Teen guys and mom's murder

(This is sad but interesting)


CASE 7: Gal's dead body, brainwash of a prison guard by the psychopathic doc

(Psychopathic doc in prison challenges Dr.Shin n tries to manipulate him)


CASE 8: Crime of Geum's daughter against her friend

(This is very interesting, the way Dr. Shin helps Geum to clear his daughter's name.
Dr. Shin's horror brain experiment / mind game with one of the teen bullies, to find out the truth behind the crime, is very good)


CASE 9: Murders of Dr. Shin's parents

(This is not interesting as other cases but this led to the capture n punishing the psychopathic doc)


*** RATING:
My Rating is 9/10.
(First ep is just 7, it is that uninteresting)

The end scene -- Ooh aah, Zombie scene in the climax ?! :O
Actually, it's a surprise.

Since I love Zombie movies, Need a S2 with this sweet funny bickering duo, going for a Zombie hunting!
Hope we get it soon :)

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Good Sequel (but not as interesting as the prequel)!

I love horrors and watch every type of horror movies.

Loved prequel (first movie in this Franchise) and so I was excited to watch this.

***
Just like the prequel, this is not a scary or a disturbing one, just an easy-going one without jump scares.

The story of the first movie continues here and like the prequel, this is a serious horror where you find the family still struggling to ward off the evil spirit, possessing the members in the family.

The eldest brother continues his search for ways to save his possessed family members n goes to any extent to protect his family.

***
Story and Direction are Ok.

Cinematography is Very Good.

The Haunting scenes are Good.

***
The first half of this movie -- the adventures of the eldest brother along with another team continues -- search for ways to ward off the ghost -- this part is Ok and didn't capture my interest much. It's boring at times.
But some scenes here, like the ghost creating hallucinations n confusing the search team, are Good 👍🏻

Second half of the movie is more interesting to watch 👍🏻
The ghost possesses different members of the family.
The brothers n the remaining family members really struggle to protect themselves from the evil spirit.
Here, The hallucinations that are created by the ghost, give an eerie vibe and all such scenes are Good.

Overall, this movie is Ok, didn't impress me much :/
(First movie is Very Good, compared to this n somehow, this movie didn't meet that expectation)

(Maybe, seeing all the handsome brothers in the family n to get their constant attention, the ghost continued troubling the sisters n mother. Just Joking! :) )

***
My Rating is 7.5 /10
One time watch!

***
In this Franchise, loved the first movie. It's more interesting than the second one.
Waiting for third movie.

(Check out my reviews for this movie franchise)

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Aigoo, DON'T OPEN THE DOORS, pls! Hehe

This is a different type of Horror Mystery.
Thriller, Mystery & Supernatural are my fav genres and are always very interesting to watch.
And so, Supernatural + Thriller Mystery is a great Combo and this is written well.

***
Story, Direction, Production and Cinematography are Very Good.

Story Narration is lil boring in few episodes (They just prolonged a good story in those eps).

Pacing is Very Slow for overall drama. Other than that, Everything else is Good and is very exciting n interesting to watch!!

Instead of 12 eps, this could have been done very well n crisp to the point in 9-10 eps, with lil better Pacing, better Execution n better Narration of the story.

The Title of the drama is very apt n BGM is Good.

***
Opening scene of the drama (ep 1), that scene of haunting by Supernatural, is just Woww!✨

Aigoo, Don't Open the doors! 🤭
(Ghost is the one, knocking :(
The concept of demon showing up at the door but with our face, is Wow)

I loved the episode in which, all the wandering ghosts attacked the village and professor struggled to ward them off.

First 7 eps are Very Good though Pacing is lil slow.
Next few eps are lil dragging, Pacing is too slow but tolerated just for the story and the mystery.
Last two eps are Very Good but rushed.

So except for those 2-3 eps in the middle, I loved every other episode.
Overall, the STORY IS CAPTIVATING!

***
There are multiple murders shown in initial episodes.
Different set of murders in each episode,
The police investigation of those by two police detectives,
In parallel, professor & FL's investigation for supernatural involvement in those murders and
How all these murders are connected --
Everything is well written.

The Mystery of
Whether the murders are done by ghost or humans,
Who the actual ghost is,
What happens, when the five items belonging to the ghost are found and
What happens, when the name and the true identity of the ghost is known --
All those Mysteries are well written and that Suspense is well maintained till the end of the drama.

The Search for the identity of the ghost and the related items and uncovering all the family secrets created a Nail-Biting Suspense and I loved it.

***
All Actors acted really well in their roles, especially FL n her ghastly smirks.

The Team is Good -- Two (FL & professor) searching for the identity of the ghost and two police detectives searching for the evidences in the murders and towards the end, all 4 working together.

***
The Haunting Scenes and the murders created an eerie vibe and are Very Good
(As a horror genre lover, I loved all those scenes -- No Jump scares but scary haunting scenes)

Initially, two folklore practices are shown -- One is about 2nd child in a family to be sacrificed and the other is to turn a young child into a juvenile spirit.
And so I expected two ghosts to be haunting families of FL and professor and killing everyone around them.
But it's well written how the ghost latching onto FL's body is connected to professor's family.

***
My Rating is 9/10
(can be 9.5, if the Pacing is better)

DON'T MISS TO WATCH THIS!

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DISAPPOINTED!! :(

Since it is a spin off of "THE PRIESTS" movie, which is one of my fav horrors, I expected this movie to be as good as that but DISAPPOINTED!!
Theme is same for both movies -- Two Priests trying to save a Possessed Gal by performing exorcism there and the same here but Two Nuns and One Possessed Boy.

Wanted to see Song Hye Kyo in a different role like this -- A Nun perfoming exorcism but unimpressive :(

*** WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:

Interesting in the beginning of the movie but it got completely CLUELESS, No Clarity of what is happening for almost 3/4th of the movie.

Building the background to the Story (perform exorcism to save the possessed) itself took more than half of the movie and made me think of dropping it
(but didn't bcz of my "Watching Tradition" -- Not to drop a movie/drama, once I start watching).

Pacing is Super Slow -- A Test to my patience !! :(

That constant struggle to understand what is happening in the movie and its lack of capturing the interest, actually made me irritated.
Usually, I enjoy any type of Horror works, until unless it is very bad and unfortunately, this is one of them :/

*** WHAT I LIKED :

Loved the blend of religions -- Christianity Exorcism n Shaman Rituals.
Perfoming both rituals together to save the possessed, only those scenes in the last 20-30 mins of the movie are Superb.
(Out of those 30 mins, some exorcism scenes too, are slow n unimpressive at times but not very bad, just tolerable :/ ).

Possessed Boy - his Acting n Makeup are VERY GOOD

There is a reference of the priests from the parent movie and there is a cameo of
Dong Won from the parent movie.

*** RATING:

Since I love horror movies, usually my rating will be 7+, unless the movie is very bad or uninteresting.

This is just 6 / 10.

Whoever watches this movie first n not the parent story ("THE PRIESTS"), might enjoy n find this interesting but not the other way.

Just a One Time Watch!

(Check out my Review for Parent movie "THE PRIESTS" too:
https://kisskh.at/profile/KeeShaMDL/review/433126
)

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