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Modern Robin Hood

Compared to the first season, I found it more violent, with situations taken to the extreme. This made me stop watching several times and made me reluctant to continue.
This time, these Robin Hoods of cons help prosecutors frame criminals, even making a profit.
Their desire for revenge for the death of their partner and for the prosecutor to get justice for the murder of her boyfriend will finally be satisfied.
The actor Song Seung Heon (Ha Ri) always cool, but I missed Kristal from the first season.

PS: Episode 10 is practically the summary of the entire story.

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Drugs and friendship

A drug enforcement officer is captured and drugged to the point of becoming addicted to this new substance. Upon his release, he tries to discover who did it and what ties him to the death of his old friend, who apparently committed suicide.
His investigation will lead him to relive situations dating back to 20 years earlier, when a serious incident had led him to separate from his friend and to never forgive him in the years to come.
A reporter who was their coursemate and who, along with him, is the beneficiary of his insurance policy, will help him and she will stay next him.
Why, with a wife and closer "friends", did he leave this large sum to these two?
A tangled story of drugs, murders, betrayals but also of friendship.

I think Ji Sung acted masterfully, as in other series like The devil judge, Doctor John or Defendant.

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Behind every great man, there is always a great woman

A man becomes President thanks to his wife, but he wants to divorce her at all costs to "protect" her. Twenty years of marriage and a daughter, but at a certain point he'll be forced to choose between his family and the mission for which he wanted to become President: to pass this "special act" to bring justice to friends who died in a fire at a chemical plant.
For mysterious reasons, his wife was the first to want to block the passage and refuse to divorce.
To protect herself, she hires the only lawyer who accepts her, a friend of her husband. He also betrays her, stealing evidence from her and handing the bag to the President.
At a certain point, the plot thickens, and it's no longer clear who's the good guy and who's the bad guy, who's upright and who's a traitor. Everyone is seeking revenge for the death of a mother, a friend or their parents.
In the end, I felt disappointed by this powerful "Madame," whom I pitied throughout the series but who also had her share of blame.
They could have saved the final scene because we're short on time. They don't find him, but how (?) she knew perfectly well where he was. In the meantime, she was hospitalized, recovered, had time to give a conference about her beloved husband (to whom she had told she had only used him to achieve her goals), then she waits for the rescuers to find him and... surprise... a word, which I won't reveal!

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Strange plot. This bodyguard who agrees to marry her boss who is old and sick in order to be able to stand up to his heirs. A lot of crazy people.
Episodes 7 and 8, what a nervous. She has money, she's able to defend her and she's still under the thumb (subjugated) of her mother? Tell her to go to hell!
Maybe hide the money and not leave it available to everyone?
Her character, who acts "strong" but has so many weaknesses, disappointed me a little. But more than that it's the plot that doesn't convince.
While I liked the male character, the father who raises his son alone, better. A kind, honest and helpful person.
Episode 10 I lowered the rating. What a bad idea to let this father be blamed in a murder case.
She played her game badly against the heirs (people stabbed, people kidnapped, money wasted left and right, etc.) all to get what? A piece of paper and a gun to commit suicide?
This poor protagonist certainly had a terrible life, but who made her put herself in such a situation?
All in all, she wasn't much of a bodyguard!

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The auditors

An impassive head auditor! A young auditor, on the other hand, who's too kind for the job.
The young man's naiveté starts to get on my nerves as early as episode 3. If it weren't for some brilliant insights from the head auditor, it would be a deadly situation.
How many problems does this company have?
Some scenes don't fit together (he runs away without a coat and then gets out of the car wearing one, they knock him out and then he doesn't even need hospital treatment, 100 security guards, and when they chase the culprit, not a single one is seen until the auditors intervene... an unconvincing plot.
After a break, I picked up from episode 8, and the dynamics change (the deputy director allies with the head auditor) and things get more interesting.
The ending is consistent with the character.

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new generation?

With the exception of a small romantic aside, it's disconcerting to see these experiments, the torture, these people involved in this sect, the murders and blackmail. Unrealistic scenes, starting with all the beatings that would have sent a number of people into a coma, especially the detective.
Not to mention scenes like the one where he gets in the elevator while she gets off, and when he gets up, he presses the button to call the elevator, but he could have simply pressed the button to get off without even exiting?
I especially didn't like the last three episodes: this villain who never dies is really annoying, everyone's going crazy, the protagonist who goes from victim to "leader" who sides with the experimenters, then in the end, when the guards sent to look for her find her and beat her up, but when he arrives, they stop in front of this supreme being. I hated him for going too far and losing sight of what's right and what's wrong.

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The light in your eyes

I don't know if it won any awards, but the woman who plays the "old" protagonist is exceptionally talented. The piano music is beautiful, underscoring the sad moments. It's moving to tears, starting from episode 3.

The male lead's background isn't enviable either. Actor Nam Joo Hyuk plays his part well.

I mean, to save her dad, she retries the scene 1,000 times and gets a poor result. Couldn't she have gone back five minutes earlier and stopped him at the door?
The rescue mission was hilarious but I didn't like the ending. The whole story feels fake.
It's unclear whether the daughter actually existed since she doesn't appear at the end. The reporter was the grandmother's husband, but also her acquaintance/swindler when she got older, and even the grandmother's doctor. Chaos. I don't get it that the friends, at three different points in time, were just as close to the young woman as they were to the "old" one.

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Black Magic

What wouldn't you do to lift a curse?
It all begins when, with the help of black magic, twins are born, and one must be eliminated. Deciding that the baby girl must be sacrificed, they should burn her.
This cursed daughter, however, was spared and hidden in a remote hut.
When she is discovered, several years later, the hunt for the witch begins. A boy will be her talisman and protect her.
Meanwhile, she will try to light these 108 candles to lift her curse and bring peace to the country.

People dying and being reborn, demons taking control of bodies.
Since her superpowers made her fearsome, I wish she'd used them more, especially against this evil sorceress who could have died a thousand times over, yet was always spared.
So, from mid-series onwards, it becomes a little repetitive, including the soundtrack.
I found episode 18 to be the worst ever.
It's exasperating. Add to that the fact that the king is a puppet who changes his mind every 2x3... What an idiot!
Even the ending was disappointing. Waiting 40 years to meet again?
I find that the old version of the character doesn't look like him at all.

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chance to pair up

Twelve people are assisted and transformed for their dates. Four "cupids" act as parents and defense attorneys. At first, they're all proud, but after the first meeting, I got the feeling they wanted to disown them.
The more I watched this show, the more I feared that the initial transformation and preparation would be of little use. If you were awkward, you still are; if you were too talkative, you'll be talkative again; if you had insecurities, they'll be exacerbated here... In short, sooner or later you'll fall back into it! The mistakes they made previously in approaching the opposite sex will recure.
In that sense, this show was a bit of a flop.
It's a shame because I really liked the idea of taking "losers" and giving them the chance to pair up with someone.

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Paternity unknown

The acting was very natural, especially the gestures between the two main characters. She demonstrated a selfless nature and was very correct. He, despite appearing arrogant and hiding his desire for revenge, has a sensitive soul and would kill for her.
Be careful who you trust... nothing is as it seems.
They will protect each other and hurt each other. It's heartbreaking to watch them hurt, lying about their true feelings that drive them to behave this way. He desperately tries to protect her, and then she tries to protect him. He breaking up with her, she saying she's marrying the other...
"Their" father, however, was the worst of all, a real piece of shit!

At one point, I couldn't understand how many fathers were killed, given all these children seeking revenge.

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In short, the father kidnaps his daughter's crush so they can get married. He refuses, and they part ways. Then her entire family is murdered. The sole survivor, while trying to escape her attackers, she falls off a cliff and loses her memory. By chance, her lover finds her and, to protect her, makes her believe they are siblings.
Willing to protect her even at the risk of his own life, he shows his care for her. At the same time, unaware of the feelings she harbored before the accident, she appreciates his closeness and appears at ease.
When a potential suitor presents himself, he finds it difficult to play the brotherly role because jealousy takes over.
Then she regains her memory and not only remembers the family's extermination, but also his rejection of the marriage. At that moment, their relationship change.

From episode 36 onward, I struggled to watch the series and took a break because the woman lead character was getting on my nerves.
In fact, resentful that he had rejected her a year earlier, she pushed him away and denied their love. Then she played detective to find out who was behind the deaths of her family, completely excluding him.
Thinking about how close he had been to her and how much he had done for her over the past year, I found her quite selfish and ungrateful.

In addition to the romantic interlude, there is the thriller part that forms the basis of the entire story.

The ending was a bit tight, but I liked it because all the issues were resolved, everyone received justice, the reforms were implemented, and last but not least, as the enterprising girl she has always been, she makes a symbolic gesture that recalls the past. I won't say more.

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Rather than a short series of 5 episodes of about fifteen minutes each, they could have made a movie out of it directly.

The actors' inexperience and the simple script are immediately apparent. The plot was also pretty bad, especially the last 10 minutes, in the scene where the two bad guys fight and one is shot by the lieutenant, and then he comes running towards the scene? What? Was he present or far away... He shoots once, he can shoot twice, right?
If I had to save one thing, it would be the OST.
However, there are much better out there that I don't recommend wasting your time watching.

P.S.: In the "cast&crew" section of kisskh, I'm sorry to see that the "lieutenant" character wasn't even mentioned. For those who want to know, the actor who played him is Koo Ja Sung.

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