A cute and short romcom with a large dose of supernatural touch. Εntertaining mainly thanks to Yoshikawa Ai's balanced performance and the notably high production value for a story like this.
A brilliant black comedy about a man's fight for his career and family survival. Masterfully filmed by auter Park Chan Wook and superbly acted by the veteran cast, this is a sharp, ironic and morally grey story with a lot of things to ponder over.
When I heard that Lee Hye Young was casted for Hornclaw, the main role in the titular book's movie adaptation, I found this choice brilliant. Though the book (as most of the times happens) was better in terms of presenting Hornclaw's backstory, inner thoughts, mental and physical deterioration, I thoroughly enjoyed the adaptation of this intriguing, refreshingly unique story, mainly thanks to lady Lee Hye Young's masterful performance. Her quirky anti-heroine persona, both reserved and powerful, brutal and refined, violent and tender, definitely made this film a fascinating watch.
For a 20 years old drama, this was a nice nostalgic watch. It had all the usual cliches and a slow-pacing, especially during the second half, but it also had an interesting story and two talented leads in the beginning of their acting career.
A short drama that blends culinary creativity, politics, rivalry and ambition in a lighthearted, though superficial way. The best part was the outro with the cute dance of the cast members!
Average romcom with an old-school vibe, in terms of cliches, love triangle and family issues. Though both leads are talented and I've watched them in much better works, here they weren't acting their age although they did the best they could with the script they had. Skippable and forgettable.
What started as a typical high school romance turned into a much darker story in a half-baked outcome. With no clear goal and direction, characters poorly explored, heavy themes superficially tackled, and too many genres unsuccessfully mixed, this was a difficult, frustrating watch.
Strong on politics, weak in romance this drama had a promising start and dynamics but it felt repetitive and borderline lackluster towards the end. In spite of some overacting from Jang Hyuk and some wasted potential from Lee Joon's character, it was a decent political saeguk.
Nothing memorable in terms of storytelling and acting. A typical bland office girl without a backbone not acting her age, waiting to be saved and loved by her (yakuza) knight. Unfortunately the yakuza part of the plot was only a bait. A short drama suitable only for background watch.
Gripping in its minimalistic approach, with almost zero characters' backstories and development or any plot explanation, this thriller was a clever adaptation of a game and delivered an intriguing social allegory.
Pleasantly surprised by this short, fast paced dystopic sci-fi thriller. It could have been better developed, with more character depth and background stories, but for 12 short episodes it delivered a decent story with some food for thought issues and a satisfying closure. Overall, an engaging bingeable watch.
A story that tackles some thought-provoking medical and legal issues presented in a rather far-fetched and rushed way, but with three leads that did an excellent job with their characters. Veteran Sung Dong Il never disappoints and this time carried the drama on his experienced shoulders, while Keum Sae Rok delivered a performance so good that made me want to smack her arrogant face more than once. Nothing too memorable, but still entertaining.
Bleak and edgy, sometimes thought-provoking and some others disturbing, this is the story of a strong friendship of three young men living in the margins of society where youth, poverty, exploitation and vulnerability become intertwined in an explosive mixture. Told through three different perspectives in a non-linear way, it can be confusing or slow-paced but it definitely is an impressive watch.
Nostalgic, funny and very cute, this was a unique love story -based on true events- between two people with very opposite characters. The acting could be exaggerated and the situations cringy sometimes (after all this was adapted from a manga), but overall it was a heartwarming, very entertaining watch.
Not the most unique theme, but I definitely got invested in this quiet, bittersweet, sad story of friendship and love between three lonely, wounded people. All three leads did a great job portraying their social and emotional burdened characters, complementing and supporting each other. Time well-spent.
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Εntertaining mainly thanks to Yoshikawa Ai's balanced performance and the notably high production value for a story like this.
Masterfully filmed by auter Park Chan Wook and superbly acted by the veteran cast, this is a sharp, ironic and morally grey story with a lot of things to ponder over.
Though the book (as most of the times happens) was better in terms of presenting Hornclaw's backstory, inner thoughts, mental and physical deterioration, I thoroughly enjoyed the adaptation of this intriguing, refreshingly unique story, mainly thanks to lady Lee Hye Young's masterful performance.
Her quirky anti-heroine persona, both reserved and powerful, brutal and refined, violent and tender, definitely made this film a fascinating watch.
It had all the usual cliches and a slow-pacing, especially during the second half, but it also had an interesting story and two talented leads in the beginning of their acting career.
The best part was the outro with the cute dance of the cast members!
Though both leads are talented and I've watched them in much better works, here they weren't acting their age although they did the best they could with the script they had. Skippable and forgettable.
With no clear goal and direction, characters poorly explored, heavy themes superficially tackled, and too many genres unsuccessfully mixed, this was a difficult, frustrating watch.
In spite of some overacting from Jang Hyuk and some wasted potential from Lee Joon's character, it was a decent political saeguk.
A typical bland office girl without a backbone not acting her age, waiting to be saved and loved by her (yakuza) knight. Unfortunately the yakuza part of the plot was only a bait.
A short drama suitable only for background watch.
It could have been better developed, with more character depth and background stories, but for 12 short episodes it delivered a decent story with some food for thought issues and a satisfying closure. Overall, an engaging bingeable watch.
Veteran Sung Dong Il never disappoints and this time carried the drama on his experienced shoulders, while Keum Sae Rok delivered a performance so good that made me want to smack her arrogant face more than once.
Nothing too memorable, but still entertaining.
Told through three different perspectives in a non-linear way, it can be confusing or slow-paced but it definitely is an impressive watch.
The acting could be exaggerated and the situations cringy sometimes (after all this was adapted from a manga), but overall it was a heartwarming, very entertaining watch.
All three leads did a great job portraying their social and emotional burdened characters, complementing and supporting each other.
Time well-spent.