Lots of Torture, Then the Revenge
This should be taken as one season of 16 episodes. The break is artificial and you should plan for the whole 16 to get the whole story.
It took me a year to get through those first two episodes because of the intense torture of the main character victim. What follows is an elaborate vigilante revenge plot executed on the clique that inflicted that torture so easily.
I had no problem with for example the Judge From Hell, which was an enjoyable experience watching the bad guys get their just consequences. However, this one was so difficult. Perhaps the hard scenes were necessary to justify the slow burn building towards the punishment of an adult group, all well established in their lives, thinking that the crimes they had committed on the main character, and others, were forgotten and that they had escaped.
The character that unexpectedly stood out for me was the husband (Jung Sung Il playing Ha Do Young) of the main villain (Park Yeon Jin). Of everyone he proved himself the noblest of the lot.
The single most impressive performance was that of Im Ji Yeon playing the main villain Park Yeon Jin. I'm not saying you'll be rooting for her at any time, but the actress expresses the internal struggles of the character masterfully as she slowly feels the trap close about her step by step until it shuts with a finality at end. As each step is revealed we can read its impact on her face and her actions.
This one sets a high quality bar for future vigilante revenge stories.
It took me a year to get through those first two episodes because of the intense torture of the main character victim. What follows is an elaborate vigilante revenge plot executed on the clique that inflicted that torture so easily.
I had no problem with for example the Judge From Hell, which was an enjoyable experience watching the bad guys get their just consequences. However, this one was so difficult. Perhaps the hard scenes were necessary to justify the slow burn building towards the punishment of an adult group, all well established in their lives, thinking that the crimes they had committed on the main character, and others, were forgotten and that they had escaped.
The character that unexpectedly stood out for me was the husband (Jung Sung Il playing Ha Do Young) of the main villain (Park Yeon Jin). Of everyone he proved himself the noblest of the lot.
The single most impressive performance was that of Im Ji Yeon playing the main villain Park Yeon Jin. I'm not saying you'll be rooting for her at any time, but the actress expresses the internal struggles of the character masterfully as she slowly feels the trap close about her step by step until it shuts with a finality at end. As each step is revealed we can read its impact on her face and her actions.
This one sets a high quality bar for future vigilante revenge stories.
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