Good flick. I didn't love it as much this second time around. I noticed several cheesy elements that could have been handled better, and it dragged just past the halfway point.
However, the magnificent Shin Ha Kyun is bad-ass and fully committed, as always. He's worth the watch all by himself. Kang Han Na is great as the FL, and handsome Kang Ha Neul is wonderfully slimy as the debauched and rudderless Jin.
After my first viewing a couple years ago, I rated this 9.5/10. I'm dropping that to 8.5/10, but it's still a good movie and well worth seeing.
Oh, and pay no heed to the prudes here wringing their hands about the sex scenes. You see some flesh, but they are not explicit, and none lasts more than a couple of minutes. The sex is a key element in setting the tone and deepening characterizations. A lot of MDLers need to just get laid.
There were only four or maybe five sex scenes in this nearly two-hour movie, and none of them lasted more than a couple of minutes, max. But somehow, because of your issues, the sex is all you saw. Maybe you need to get laid, I don't know...
Are you a hater or what? Because otherwise it’s impossible to say such nonsense.You can say whatever you want,…
I don't know, man...like, no one's stopping anyone from choosing to enjoy this show or any other. Your choice to interpret a remark critical of an actor or show as somehow a demand that other people be prevented from watching it is ludicrous.
She didn't "pass," she was driven to suicide by maniacal knetz, police, media, the industry, and the Korean public. Korea loves killing its most talented. They do it for sport.
Please stop glossing over the epidemic of suicide in Korea by referring to such a death as a "passing" and putting references to it behind spoiler tags.
Among the general population, Korea is the suicide capital of the developed world. It is far higher among celebs.
Who's in charge of the tags here? Bromance? Not every story with two male friend main characters is a bromance.…
I define "bromance" as describing the relationship between two straight males who hold a deep, passionate, platonic affection for each other; whose individual attributes and flaws compliment those of the partner, who sacrifice, forgive, and encourage each other, and who join forces to achieve common goals neither could reach on their own.
If you didn't see that here, I guess we watched two different films.
I don't understand why this movie has such a high rating!? Don't get me wrong, I can't say that it's bad, it's…
I saw two or three HUGE plot holes that could have and should have been fixed, but loved the film nevertheless. If this were a serious dramatic film, the implausibles would have me dropping it, but the pluses outweighed them for me here.
I think maybe you overestimate the need for a tight adherence to reality in flicks like this, and underestimate the laziness, corruption, and fear of stepping out of line among police forces, whether in SK or the US.
I found it and just finished watching on another service. I enjoyed the film immensely.
I am so, so sorry about Trump. I voted against him three times and am aghast every day at the nightmares he has unleashed. :( Half of the US population is insane, but we've mostly had leaders who kept the super-crazies in check. Trump empowers them and feeds them raw meat. He brings out the worst in everybody, including me: I've never hated anyone so much in my life.
For once, a film/drama that deserves its high MDL rating. For what it was written, directed, acted, and produced to be, this film is a 9.5/10. I am not the target market for this sort of thing, and I have dropped a lot of similar flicks because they sucked. But Midnight Runners has all the necessary ingredients to make something like this work:
1. Great concept and writing (except for at least two HUGE plot holes that I feel could have been fixed easily; I'll never get how these things get by everybody involved and end up in the final cut, but it happens a lot). I laughed out loud, my mouth hung open at the physical action, and I was moved to tears several times. 2. Excellent, creative direction and fight choreo/execution. 3. Fully committed leads who are the best kind of actors, those with exceptional comedic AND dramatic chops, who are willing to do the physical work required. 4. Great casting: Powerful chemistry between two males in a non-gay/BL story is critical to the success of a buddy film like MR. Anyone who doesn't think this is a "bromance" doesn't understand the term, which is easily defined: a relationship between two straight males who share a deeply passionate, platonic affection for each other. 5. OK, fine, and the leads are both extremely handsome, but in strikingly different ways. And both are stunning with their shirts off, which doesn't happen nearly enough. :) I may have a poster-size printout made of Park Seo Joon in only loose sweat pants, working out with the punching bag.
Highly recommended. One-half point off for the lack of at least one butt shot of these two in the shower scenes. I don't see how that is too much to ask.
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Is every reaction or response now an indication of being "triggered?" :)
I didn't say it was a masterpiece.
Ummm...Korea to America? Halfway around the world? Death sentence for a one-year relationship.
I find Kang Seon Ho sexy. That deep voice. Nice.
Not much else to say.
Kind of boring.
4/10
What kind of "gangster" wears white, crocheted sweaters and Barbara Bush's pearls?
If you like Chinese censored BLs with tons of flirting, meaningful looks, almost-but-not-quite kisses, and bad fake laughter, this is for you.
The MDL rating above is absurd.
3/10
I didn't love it as much this second time around. I noticed several cheesy elements that could have been handled better, and it dragged just past the halfway point.
However, the magnificent Shin Ha Kyun is bad-ass and fully committed, as always. He's worth the watch all by himself.
Kang Han Na is great as the FL, and handsome Kang Ha Neul is wonderfully slimy as the debauched and rudderless Jin.
After my first viewing a couple years ago, I rated this 9.5/10.
I'm dropping that to 8.5/10, but it's still a good movie and well worth seeing.
Oh, and pay no heed to the prudes here wringing their hands about the sex scenes. You see some flesh, but they are not explicit, and none lasts more than a couple of minutes. The sex is a key element in setting the tone and deepening characterizations. A lot of MDLers need to just get laid.
You have major issues surrounding sex.
There were only four or maybe five sex scenes in this nearly two-hour movie, and none of them lasted more than a couple of minutes, max.
But somehow, because of your issues, the sex is all you saw.
Maybe you need to get laid, I don't know...
I watched it on some other site.
I don't care what you think of me.
I sometimes wonder how many actors Lily Malice has had a hand in driving to suicide. I'm guessing 10 or 11.
I look forward to seeing this.
Please stop glossing over the epidemic of suicide in Korea by referring to such a death as a "passing" and putting references to it behind spoiler tags.
Among the general population, Korea is the suicide capital of the developed world. It is far higher among celebs.
https://kisskh.at/list/1drDvBV3
If you didn't see that here, I guess we watched two different films.
How do you define "bromance?"
I think maybe you overestimate the need for a tight adherence to reality in flicks like this, and underestimate the laziness, corruption, and fear of stepping out of line among police forces, whether in SK or the US.
I found it and just finished watching on another service.
I enjoyed the film immensely.
I am so, so sorry about Trump. I voted against him three times and am aghast every day at the nightmares he has unleashed. :(
Half of the US population is insane, but we've mostly had leaders who kept the super-crazies in check. Trump empowers them and feeds them raw meat. He brings out the worst in everybody, including me: I've never hated anyone so much in my life.
For once, a film/drama that deserves its high MDL rating.
For what it was written, directed, acted, and produced to be, this film is a 9.5/10.
I am not the target market for this sort of thing, and I have dropped a lot of similar flicks because they sucked. But Midnight Runners has all the necessary ingredients to make something like this work:
1. Great concept and writing (except for at least two HUGE plot holes that I feel could have been fixed easily; I'll never get how these things get by everybody involved and end up in the final cut, but it happens a lot). I laughed out loud, my mouth hung open at the physical action, and I was moved to tears several times.
2. Excellent, creative direction and fight choreo/execution.
3. Fully committed leads who are the best kind of actors, those with exceptional comedic AND dramatic chops, who are willing to do the physical work required.
4. Great casting: Powerful chemistry between two males in a non-gay/BL story is critical to the success of a buddy film like MR. Anyone who doesn't think this is a "bromance" doesn't understand the term, which is easily defined: a relationship between two straight males who share a deeply passionate, platonic affection for each other.
5. OK, fine, and the leads are both extremely handsome, but in strikingly different ways. And both are stunning with their shirts off, which doesn't happen nearly enough. :) I may have a poster-size printout made of Park Seo Joon in only loose sweat pants, working out with the punching bag.
Highly recommended.
One-half point off for the lack of at least one butt shot of these two in the shower scenes. I don't see how that is too much to ask.
Bravo!
9.5/10