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Dead End Job immediately gave me major video game vibes...meaning I'd love to play a video game with a theme like this (lmao)...it's sort of reminiscent of games like The Classrooms too in terms of the atmospheric eeriness they manage to maintain throughout the scary part-time job scenes.

Besides that, this is an insanely violent and gorey experience from start to finish. I think this show could've used a few more episodes and a slightly better pace. The pace right now feels too fast to accommodate the concept they started with. So many questions remain unanswered to the end, and Netflix being Netflix then goes and gives us an obvious ending with the obvious cliffhanger, setting up a potential s2 (that might never happen let's be honest 🤦‍♀️). They pull this crap for every new show they release to the point where expecting a s2 for every one of these shows feels nothing but delusional.

In terms of performances, the cast does a decent job. Though for a highly compact drama like this, there isn't much room for them to perform beyond the obvious frightened looks and supernatural skepticism. Lee Jae Wook is good in his role as the wimpy older brother of the Byeon household, though his performance also isn't one that is memorable enough to feel like he'd be irreplaceable in the role. Kim Minha's character is much more of a badass than her brother, and she had much more screen presence than LJW here. Even Lee Hee Jun who plays the agency "manager" was a much more interesting character than the lead protagonist which was a bit unfortunate.

But for a weekend binge, this is a perfect watch. I think a show like Dead End Job is best experienced as simply an edge-of-your-seat, violently fun horror thriller with some amazing characters, graphics and performances from the cast and crew, not to be taken too seriously and analyzed too deeply.