This one is a bit of a nothingburger. The script isn't intelligent, the drama is not touching. It's superficial. Supposedly painful things happen, but I'm just not feeling this. The second couple is unnecessary and cringey. My rating drops with each episode, don't know if it's possible to finish (currently at ep. 8).
Narco Saints won Best Director and Best Actor awards in Director's Cut awards. Korea Film Director’s Network (KFDN) represents a group of around 300 filmmakers from Korea. Don't trust MDL rating or comments on N-S, it's a masterpiece.
Hidden gems are typically k-dramas from 2012-2017, before Netflix times and not "pushed" by Viki but still there. MDL ratings tend to be low for the intelligent high-quality k-dramas with a well written dialogue. I didn't see any on the list I'd personally think of hidden or gems after having watched 355 k-dramas, but. Added my own in case someone takes an interest. Generally hidden gems lists are useful.
If you liked Beyond Evil, you'll definitely like Cruel City. Both are awesome in their constant twists and turns, mind games and blurring of the boundaries between good guys and bad guys. Cruel City is more action packed (the ml got shot or stabbed in almost every episode...) and thus not boring for one minute. The psychological manipulation that is slowly revealed is so unfair and twisted it just takes your breath away. The ending is satisfactory in the sense that the criminals own their actions and justice wins.
Age gaps matter only in wokeists' bubbles. not in dramas, not in real life. No hurt ever came to Kim Go Eun for…
It is objectively true that Goblin used to be called a fantasy drama and now people call it an age gap romance. Newspeak. Wokeists miss a lot of great dramas. If k-drama adopts wokeist agendas, I'm out.
After Matrimonial Chaos, I watched the One and Only. It's such a beautiful and well-written drama. One of the very best (I've watched 350 k-dramas so far). Near-perfect. Plenty of food for thought. Hope to see more dramas like it!
@Shannon So you've never watched "Coffee Prince"? It's a true classic you can't possibly skip as a k-drama fan!…
Secret Garden didn't age well, the fl starts as a strong stunt woman and ends up as a doormat basically. There's no exploration as to what the gender swapping taught them. Coffee Prince didn't age at all, imo.
I am looking forward to this. Interestingly enough...I can't get into Goblin. The age gap skeeves me so bad I…
Age gaps matter only in wokeists' bubbles. not in dramas, not in real life. No hurt ever came to Kim Go Eun for acting in this masterpiece drama. Highly respected actress then and now.