Mid story with bad acting
The story is extremely mid like it started off okay with the premise this is a doctor and he solves cases but at some point if you watch it you'll realise the story completely becomes trash because it needs you to believe certain imaginary things are plausible and it's like why even do that? It's so cheap.I also had to suspend my disbelief in other circumstances so it was already like at that point where anymore crap I'll flip a table and then they did something I could not believe which made the whole series cheap cheap cheap.
All the actors are terrible.
There wasn't a hardcore amount of mystery either like you don't feel like you ever solving or figuring things out. It's just generic and lazy.
The main character wants to present himself as this genius who can solve any problem but he just comes across as the most boring person ever. The way he talks annoyed the hell out of me like near the end of the show I wished he talked less.
There was a cute general girl that's about it.
If you're also looking for a lovey-dovey type of series this is absolutely not it like I feel they cut out the jealousy scenes out. They did have some love here and there but it all felt so forced.
The fighting was horrible like supposedly one of the best fighters and they fight like a child. It's really bad because if you're not going to spend money or effort into choreographing proper fights you should avoid that all together, it just looks cheap.
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Weak story
Not fond of this season.Where do I start without spoilers...
Well to watch this season go watch season 1 at least so you understand the motives behind the vigilante group. What season 3 has become is just the opposite.
The problems this season faces is
- Lacking character development
- Case by case stories without a overarching or main plot that drives the entire season
- Principles are contradicted from season 1
- No prosecutor or police to challenge them which season 1 and 2 had
- Rushed cases and too far fetched at times
- The main lead actor starts making weird faces which I don't think he did in season 1 and 2
Watch if you have nothing better to do.
I really liked season 1 and unlike most people I felt Kang Ha-na made the entire season 1 pleasurable and would have loved to see her return in season 3 as a taxi driver member and be challenged by her mentor or another prosecutor.
It would have made a great season 3 seeing Kang Ha-na as a female lead and ultimately I would have ended that with her leaving the team and establishing a franchise and a spin-off into her own Taxi Driver: Prosecutor Kang like imagine prosecutor by day and she drives people around at night then gets cases...
Now that would hit.
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She's physically strong but mentally weak
Do not watch this if you're into powers and you think this be one of those power comedies that is light heart take on being a powered individual.Why? She barely uses it productively and each time it's just ugh frustrating.
Mentally she's a weak character and the show does it's best to show you she's growing mentally stronger but it's so contrived I just cannot. The romance is also not my cup of tea like all of a sudden guy shows up, buys his way in and she's just swayed by that like any girls out there would have seen that coming and it really is poor that they used something I've seen in 80's style of series of how they made the girl "comfortable" being around the same guy all the freaking time like give me a break.
I won't spoil it but you'll see how she goes from mmm does he like me oh no he doesn't because he's...
That's just weak.
There's other parts that drag on like so much filler characters that don't add to the plot nor main character developments. They have this useless ass girl and her brother which you'll see if you watch this and it's just why even have a story line for them.
It's such filler and there's so much useless characters you'll see.
I would have rather seen no villain but a reporter who has his own issues has a gut feeling there's more to this town than what it seems and the show is around her trying to hide her powers as being exposed to the world will be detrimental to her and her family.
One of my friends kept saying "you need to watch this if you into powers" and honestly I think it maybe cause I'm a guy. She probably likes this for the romance going on while I was in for a comedy-power show and all I got was mediocrity.
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Love story with a happy ending and dash of action
The story wasn't that entertaining but if you want to casually watch something that isn't going to have a lot of twist and turns as most of it is predictable then this is a good casual show.It was okay in the beginning then in the middle especially around 20-30 it drags on a bit and the last few episodes picked back up and resolve a few. It's probably one of the few shows I've watched where the ending actually was better than the entire show but I guess that's because I like the whole premise of role switch that happened but I won't spoil it.
If you're an action goer there's a dash of fighting not like every episode but Song Yi looks bad ass when she is fighting. For the lovey dove people you'll probably find it drags on too much in the middle like to the point where you just want to scream "MAKE BABIES ALREADY".
It has a lot of flash backs which I hate and I have to 2x that.
Acting was good, not a fan of the most powerful person in the show wearing such a lame costume but otherwise none of the cast I have complaints about their acting abilities.
Music sucked though like the only memorable music and this is the one that goes ohhh ohhh ohhh that's it. Every music in this was ass but the sounds effects were on point.
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Starts off slow but picks up pace midway
It's a good watch but it definitely starts slow like I think I fell asleep multiple times before episode 4/5 then things started to get interesting.There's not much character development at all like every character is pretty one dimensional and they tried hard with the reporter. The vigilante protagonist is like Keanue Reeves in John Wick just not much going on but apparently he can kick some ass. The other side characters they introduced were interesting and sets the vibe up for season 2 to be a bigger badder scenario but still they're just basic.
Story is condensed and it's short episodes.
Lots of things don't really make sense so you have to just ignore this and that. I won't spoil anything but there was a club scene I was like what the hell they just glossed over this and that... so weird.
I'm confused how people rated this higher than a 8 it's just not like an amazing series. I feel like the series Daredevil touches on vigilantism better like way better and that Daredevil is more multi-dimensional in the characters that exists.
I'm assuming the high ratings maybe the guy is cute or something but I don't really watch for cute guys and it's not like he takes off his shirt at any point.
Just bland.
It's a fine watch but honestly MDL got some weird ratings going on cause Daredevil is an 8.6 and I swear if you want vigilantism story that is really good. This is more like something I'd like if I was a teenager and my brain wasn't developed enough to analytically assess how the story and characters evolve.
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Lighthearted feel good series, good vibes
Got around to finally watching this.First thought was damn this show is very chill and lighthearted like it's trying to send good vibes out there. I'm not a big fan of this but I still gave it a 8 only because I needed a chill good vibes show.
I actually just finished Weak Hero then I watched this cause I was after more Weak Hero style fighting back the bullies, going psycho mode and I thought with a name like gangster we'd see some serious fighting and stuff. I was surprised how silly the series was but impressed enough that I stuck around since it was such good vibes all around.
Last episode I played on 1.5x speed and I didn't really like how it just ended like that was not a positive ending in my opinion and for those that do watch I won't spoil why but I feel like it was just a bad resolution which knocked a good point off like as much as it was good vibes I kind of feel like it was just not a good message at the end and it's hard to not spoil while being critical of how it ends. It is a feel good ending for some but for me I'm like damn...
Don't expect anything too serious.
Good watch if you're looking for a chill vibe series and it doesn't really do much wrong since the script is solid for the vibe.
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Actors brought down by poor quality script
I just finished Bloodhounds season 1 and 2 together so it's fresh as doozy.The first season is still fresh with me since I finished it in a binge, the second season I took a bit of time but overall the first season was a good 8/10 for me. Story was a bit weak at some points but it was a grounded season about loan sharks and how these two brothers meet and grow.
Now season 2 became horrid.
Why?
1. It lacks character development unlike season 1 that explored a lot of characters this season didn't
2. The villain is basic as fuck at least the villain had character development in season 1, this season 2 was just poor
3. Bringing back the previous cast that wasn't close with the boys seems like they're just forcing it, it wasn't coherent
4. The main protagonist is a freaking cry baby in season 2
I felt like the story was just bad like off the ground the premise was horrible.
The story would be immensely better if the two protagonist become the person that helped them out which I won't spoil but you'll get it if you watched both. Season 1 was really good because it gave the two a mission, it gave them a spirit and principles to live by which you don't see in Season 2 at all.
Season 2 should have been the main protagonist is a boxing champion, is famous and therefore has money. He endeavors on the side to help other people just like how in season 1 he was helped. You could have intertwined it with underground boxing in a more sensible way not some dark web bull. They could have been out and run into a girl who was severely beaten, near death and that starts entangling the two the villain.
That is it.
It was so shallow the way they introduced the villain and the entire season was just so basic.
Also season 3 is a thing apparently and it ends with some cut scenes which I absolutely hated. It's going to get extremely convoluted in season 3. They should have just went grounded scripting and it would have turned out better.
I'm amazed the rating as of writing is a 8.7 while season 1 is 8.7 like sometimes I'm just wondering how that is possible. It is night and day what season 1 vs 2 is.
I still enjoyed it because I liked the fight scenes but I can smell a mediocre script a mile away and this was just bad. The actors deserve better because season 1 proves they can really act but the script didn't give them room so everyone felt like just borderline basics.
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A feel good story but sometimes too farfetched
Now going into this I had no idea what this was except it had high rating.Well the first episode explains the premise which was this guy is recruited to run a company and he has to lose money to win in life and so he ventures into this running a game development company.
The problems I have
- Story is flat
- The competing company fell apart and it wasn't one of those corporate battles/drama
- The character development of the main lead is dry
- The angle they come from to show running a company not like a tyrant is nice but farfetched
- The solutions are farfetched and how the team wins
Honestly, I didn't binge this and I just slow burned it as a side series because I expected nothing but winning. The thing with this series is it is like if god was on earth and there was no big problems that god cannot solve which is why I didn't enjoy it all that much but I did give it a 7.5 only because I feel like if you need something not so serious you can watch this and just cruise.
In fact the entire series I felt like calling it flat is more like saying you cruise through the story.
I would have loved to see a mix of comedy and suspense like if they did things like
- Focus on just game development industry and real world issues
- Only one antagonist which is a competing company
- Quicker main lead character development where he decides he'll lose so his people can win
- Less casting because there's way too much and due to this the main cast is diluted
- Tinge of love-y dove-y between a male and female lead in the work place but no kiss scene maybe a end hand hold
I would really like a show that felt like we "employees" could watch and be like yea f that CEO type of person. I never felt that way watching this but I really wanted to feel that way so maybe that's why I'm disappointed.
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Superb acting, good story but a tinge of irrelevant backstory/flashbacks
The acting was 10/10 like I was a bit annoyed at the students especially the main lead for being so weird but then that's the point I get annoyed at teenager being like teenagers so they played the part well making poor decisions and being emotional little beaches.For the story I gave it a 7.5 because of the following reasons
- I enjoyed the main characters and how cute their dynamic was
- I did not like the 5-6 episodes focused on other cast like they dedicated entire episodes on their backstory
- I did not like ending because I felt we wasted 5-6 episodes when we could have seen more main character development but it's like skip to the future here he is now
- I did not like the backstory of the villains as it took too much screen time
- I did not like the flashbacks also wasting time
- I though the premise of everyone nearly having similar powers (villains) was stupid
The big issue is the ending wrap up was truly rushed and they could have spent 2 episodes on that to build up for the future but instead it's like a time skip and then hey everything great. It just didn't work for me.
Good series, I heard season 2 maybe in production now and I'll definitely watch that but I want more of the two main characters. I can already season 2 going to have a tonne of side character stories considering what they ended with.
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Action packed vigilantism with good episodic stories
I'm a simple lad so I'll keep it relatively short.This show has action, no romance and a simple vigilantism story. It is a must watch but not a binge watch if you're into some kick ass type of story that you have to just accept the ridiculous plot armour that occurs.
One thing to just keep in mind is that the whole premise of a taxi isn't important as I thought this story revolves around taking people on rides and randomly encountering people in taxis doing heinous acts. It's not like that, it's not like some dude brings a drunk girl in a taxi and the taxi driver takes them to a destination and serves justice.
The show could be called The Beekeeper and still be the same but otherwise the missions they complete and the fight scenes were very well choreographed. It's a good show for action lovers and the story revolves around their own trauma's to build some character development.
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Basic acting, poor music, mediocre story and awful fight scenes with terrible camera work
This series only redeeming side is a mediocre story but it's plagued with problems that don't captivate audiences like me. It's not even dated series so there's no excuse for such poor camera work and the lack of choreographed fight scenes makes this feel like I am watching amateurs in the entire staff.If in 5 episodes this doesn't captivate you and the fight scenes/camera work turn you off I'll tell you that it doesn't get better.
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A slow start but engaging story of vengeance
Without spoilers I'll just say there's a lot of build up to pay attention to in the beginning that got me feeling bored. Then there's a point in the series almost midway that just flips the entire thing over and I was incredibly engaged like how they went with the story was contrary to a lot of shows in China.I won't spoil what but it's pretty obvious what happens to the main character.
There's a handful of things that take a bit of just TV magic so I had to quench my thirst of complaining like I'm no fan of how certain more realistic shows end up doing some bullshit science which I won't say what but it's also pretty obvious since it's the first few episodes where I was like are you kidding me...but it does have something to do with a Nobel.
They reused the same bullshit science later on which annoyed me but otherwise the story came together and wrapped up nicely.
There is no love story here which is perfect like I'm so tired of that kind of theme.
Actors all played their parts like no one I found annoying, the main character is a strategist and he plays the "genius" role very well unlike the main character from Treasure at Dawn. Supporting cast all did their parts too. Even the bad guys like I never really felt they were bad because this whole show isn't about good vs evil just everyone involved has their own personal agenda and why they do what they do.
This is definitely not suitable for people who want light heated drama or something funny or cute. There's nothing cute here. This is about vengeance.
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Season 1 was better as season 2 became lower quality
To my surprised Taxi Driver season 2 is rated 8.9 vs 8.8 season 1 as of writing this review.Now Season 1 is one I liked because I'm a simple lad, it got action and it got a decent story not hard to follow.
Season 2 I started watching it and I was so disinterested because what they do in season 2 shows how low quality it is which is they skip fight scenes. They just imply there was a fight in multiple instances and there was a fight scene that just made no sense like there was no choreography done and they just told him to fight like a thug.
I assume there's budget reasons for this.
The other problem I have with the story is the story doesn't focus on a lot of relatable grievances but there was one that I assume it was to emulate the big story that blew up in South Korea.
The biggest issue is the cabal concept which is just like it just doesn't feel as strong as season 1 but the music is always great and the actors deliver. It's an okay series but definitely not stronger than season 1.
I will watch season 3 in hopes they bring back more action pack scenes but this show has turned more into like The Blacklist to where it had a strong start but I will only continue watching because I like one of the characters which is the nerdy girl in the van which deserves way more screen time.
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