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"Hyper Knife" is a medical drama about the relationship between Se Ok, an exceptionally talented young doctor, and Deok Hui, her teacher and greatest enemy.
Watching this drama was a very interesting experience, especially seeing Park Eun Bin in such an intense role. Until now, I had only seen her in romantic comedies, and Se Ok is the complete opposite of that. She is cold, calculating and a megalomaniac. Se Ok really thought she was better than everyone else, that no one could reach her abilities, and maybe she was right, but her arrogance was the cause of all the problems.
The breakdown of the student/teacher relationship between her and Deok Hui was exactly because of this. She discovered something that Deok Hui wanted to hide, she saw a side of him that he didn't want to be exposed, hurting his pride, that's why he wanted to destroy Se Ok's career and also because he was afraid of how similar they are, he thought that by keeping her away from surgeries, he would be able to stop her from being so impulsive, which obviously didn't help at all. That's why Deok Hui made this whole plan for Se Ok to do his surgery, he wanted to teach her a life lesson, to die on the table, in her hands, so that Se Ok would understand what loss means, what failure is, he was trying to make her more human.
The scene where Se Ok is covered in blood is the moment where her true feelings for Deok Hui become clear. She is fragile, basically begging Deok Hui to survive and saying in her own way that she needs him, that he is important in her life, this scene is incredible.
Park Eun Bin's acting is spectacular, I don't think they could have chosen a better actress to play this role. The way Se Ok smiled while killing people, her eyes, all those little details made all the difference. Even though I think the character is fantastic and that technically she only killed people who deserved it, this ending where she simply walked away unharmed after killing a bunch of people wasn't that great.
I wasn't expecting revenge, redemption or even her accepting herself like that, I wanted to see Se Ok realizing that her actions have consequences. She's a doctor, but she only does it to please herself, she doesn't understand the value of a life, since she can kill a person in the blink of an eye. I think the ending of the drama would be better if Se Ok hadn't found out anything about Deok Hui's surgery and that he actually died on the table, it would be a reality check that she needed to have. That would be the only thing I would change about the drama, the rest is great.
Watching this drama was a very interesting experience, especially seeing Park Eun Bin in such an intense role. Until now, I had only seen her in romantic comedies, and Se Ok is the complete opposite of that. She is cold, calculating and a megalomaniac. Se Ok really thought she was better than everyone else, that no one could reach her abilities, and maybe she was right, but her arrogance was the cause of all the problems.
The breakdown of the student/teacher relationship between her and Deok Hui was exactly because of this. She discovered something that Deok Hui wanted to hide, she saw a side of him that he didn't want to be exposed, hurting his pride, that's why he wanted to destroy Se Ok's career and also because he was afraid of how similar they are, he thought that by keeping her away from surgeries, he would be able to stop her from being so impulsive, which obviously didn't help at all. That's why Deok Hui made this whole plan for Se Ok to do his surgery, he wanted to teach her a life lesson, to die on the table, in her hands, so that Se Ok would understand what loss means, what failure is, he was trying to make her more human.
The scene where Se Ok is covered in blood is the moment where her true feelings for Deok Hui become clear. She is fragile, basically begging Deok Hui to survive and saying in her own way that she needs him, that he is important in her life, this scene is incredible.
Park Eun Bin's acting is spectacular, I don't think they could have chosen a better actress to play this role. The way Se Ok smiled while killing people, her eyes, all those little details made all the difference. Even though I think the character is fantastic and that technically she only killed people who deserved it, this ending where she simply walked away unharmed after killing a bunch of people wasn't that great.
I wasn't expecting revenge, redemption or even her accepting herself like that, I wanted to see Se Ok realizing that her actions have consequences. She's a doctor, but she only does it to please herself, she doesn't understand the value of a life, since she can kill a person in the blink of an eye. I think the ending of the drama would be better if Se Ok hadn't found out anything about Deok Hui's surgery and that he actually died on the table, it would be a reality check that she needed to have. That would be the only thing I would change about the drama, the rest is great.
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