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I've already watched both parts of the drama, and both parts, the main story and Li Tai's route, are wonderful. I love Li Tai's route so much; even though it's shorter than the main one, it's beautiful and wonderful. It was gratifying to see them together on screen with a great story. There are battles, there are tense scenes, the looks, the OST of this couple, the kiss—I'm in love with them.Was this review helpful to you?
Definitely Worth the hype
I honestly don't know why people are rating this drama so low. Please don't let the ratings stop you from watching it. At the end of the day, people are always going to have different opinions, and no matter what a drama does, someone will still find something to complain about.This drama was absolutely worth watching, and I personally enjoyed it a lot. One of the things I loved most was the plot twists. They kept me interested and made the story feel fresh. As someone who watches a lot of zombie dramas, I can confidently say this one felt different from many of the others I've seen, and that's what made it stand out for me.
I'm not usually the type to write reviews. I normally watch a drama and move on to the next one, but this time I felt compelled to leave a comment because I genuinely don't regret spending my time on it.
I don't want to leave any spoilers, but the acting was top-notch. The cast did an amazing job bringing their characters to life, and the emotions felt believable throughout the drama. The pacing kept me engaged, and I found myself wanting to know what would happen next.
Overall, I enjoyed the experience from start to finish and would definitely recommend giving it a chance instead of relying solely on the ratings.
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One of the best films I've watched this year
Well deserves its multiple Golden Horse Awards. A slow, intense, emotionally raw, and well acted film set during the period of White Terror, when Taiwan was ruled under the Kuomintang’s era of martial law. The heartwarming unlikely friendship between the two leads keeps the story from becoming unrelentingly brutal as it mixes political violence with simple moments of human connection and survival. The post-credit scenes really do amount to a fitting conclusion.Was this review helpful to you?
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It was good until it wasn't. Worst climax ever
When I see the name ZeeNunew on a drama I just know they're gonna bore me by dragging things out. I came here cz i saw quiet some edits and thought this might be different. They always have this amazing production, acting, chemistry etc but then the story gets soo dragged it makes me sleepy. For the 1st time that didn't happen here. 75% of the movie was really good. It was interesting. Kinda gave Khemjira vibes to me. The plot was plotting. The acting was amazing. Things made sense until... it didn't.The story is about this woman (ghost) who is trying to seek revenge on her husband's lover who according to her stopped her husband from loving her although she literally forced a gay man to marry her. This ghost is like trying to kill the lover's nephew. Here I was like bro he is not his son so why? Ok blood related digestible i guess but then this ghost only started seeking revenge after he comes to the house🙄.. she was like she couldn't hurt the lover cz he became a priest which means she could hurt the nephew but didn't all these years. The nephew is literally her grandson's boyfriend who she sees falling in love with the nephew and still kills him. Fine all this is like... ok some logic. The reason she stops this killing spree where she tries to kill her grandson n his lover is cz the husband and his lover say sorry for something they never did and the son asks her to stop. This was like a half ass apology n stopping. Like she didn't know she was hurting her grandson. I don't think my words can explain how horrible that climax was.
Also that lover who becomes a priest wth like you guys are soo in love enough to still smuggle ur lover into the house after marriage how the hell did u become a priest and what about that glorious love?? N the husband sigh
Anyways for me the highlight was namping in a kinda negative light. I was shocked to see him🤭🤭. He slayed the role tho. I think i liked the 2nd couple much better. It was more like stop putting your energy into someone who doesn't treasure it instead give ur love to someone who does kinda plot which i liked. I'd have liked the 1st couple minus the bs in the middle
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Pure rage bait
I expected a lot for this but this deceived me wdym fine shyt died in the hands of the woman he loved ?!?!? like btch yall confessed 2 seconds ago??? Also why aren’t they fcking smart? somethings were so obvious I wonder how they didn’t noticed bro. worst part is that one guy (Giho) filming everything and not giving a single shit about his « friends » plot twist was kinda obvious. even though the actors did a great job at interpreting the characters I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone. no rewatch. please just skip this movie.Was this review helpful to you?
Raw and Brutal
This movie makes you feel empty. Not in a negative sense. In a way that makes you wonder 'What's the point?' Makes you realise the insignificance of the ego.Set in a countryside of Mae Hong Son, the movie captures the simple beauty of ordinary life. The lush green vegetation under sun and rain throughout the movie pleases your eye. The inclusion of local traditions like the rocket festival make it feel more realistic. The movie has kept unpolished elements throughout its length, adding to the organic feel.
The story can be described with just two words - raw and brutal. The reality of homosexual love being treated as just a fling is shown in such an unfiltered way, it hurts. Even if it has been legalised in countries today, there still remains a huge population who are ignored. This movie validated their side of the story. And then there is the potrayal of the life of people at the bottom of the society. Hardships to such great extents that you'd do anything to get out of it. Only to realise, there isn't any point. This movie's an emotional rollercoaster - anger, pain, suffering, helplessness. You want more and couldn't care less about others. You could let go but choose to go back and fight. And in the process, the genuine ones become the victims. Conscience is dead. And finally, the ending leaves you asking, 'What was all that for?'
Jeff Satur! This man is from a whole different planet, I swear! The myriad of things he can do; one of the best being acting. He blew me out of water! I honestly never knew he was this good. The emotional scenes especially. Wonderful! Engfa Waraha. Another gem. This was my first time seeing her in an ordinary look, without all the makeup and costumes. And she is still so pretty! She potrays Mo so well, it deserves a loud applause. Even if it's a small role, but I loved the character Jingna played by Harit. He was the only person who wasn't driven by an ulterior motive. Harit did a good job here. Pity his character met a tragic end. That scene was heartwrenching. Srida Puapimol as the mother was also very memorable. Huge respect for your talent.
The most important point of the whole cast is the originality in acting. The natural portrayal pulls you in and before you know, you are one of the durian trees watching them in person.
I don't think there are many that outshine 'Rain Wedding', the OST for the movie by Jeff Satur. Another masterpiece of his. It's been one of favorites for so long! Loved it since day one. It's that bittersweet song, making you happy and sad at the same time. I love it so much I won't stop talking!
Finally, it's not a movie I'd go back to again and agai. Not a comfort watch; it's torture. But I'm pretty sure I'd rewatch it quite a few times more. It's a guarantee, you won't regret this watch.
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When Fake Streaming Turns Into Real Horror
A group of content creators heads to the infamous Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital to livestream from one of Korea’s most notorious haunted locations. Their goal is simple: stage paranormal content, attract viewers, and go viral. At first, everything feels performative, with the group joking around and trying to manufacture scares for their audience.However, once they venture deeper into the abandoned asylum, the atmosphere gradually shifts. What starts as staged entertainment slowly turns into genuine terror. The film does a strong job of building tension, making both the characters and the audience feel increasingly trapped within the building.
One of the movie’s biggest strengths is its use of the found-footage style. It enhances the realism and creates a claustrophobic experience where every sound and movement feels amplified. Instead of relying heavily on constant jump scares, the horror comes from pacing, atmosphere, and the lingering feeling that something is always nearby but unseen.
The cast also delivers convincing performances, especially considering the format. They genuinely feel like livestreamers rather than traditional horror movie characters, which helps sell the illusion that what you're watching could actually be happening. As fear sets in, their reactions become more raw and believable.
The only slight drawback is the slower setup in the first half, where the focus is more on banter and livestream setup rather than horror. However, once the asylum fully reveals its nature, the payoff is strong and satisfying.
Overall, *Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum* is one of the most effective modern found-footage horror films, balancing realism with steadily building dread.
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A surprisingly good horror
I don't really watch horror as I get scared easily and prefer thriller.i actually got to know about it from tiktok through a movie narration.just when I heard about them having extra people than when they arrived at that place I was sold.it specifically kind of reminded me of another which i really like.I had my doubts on the guy who supposedly cleaned cropses before.i couldn't really remember them properly except for lieutenant choi.
The poster itself gives away the story of the movie
"He who sheds others blood will not return
Not even his soul"
And the only one who survived the whole massacre was jang.though he got blinded and heavily traumatized,his fate seems way nicer than the previous survivor whose body is seemingly burned
Unlike the others jang also hadn't committed any killing and at the end he was blind,so he couldn't even see the ghost for her to use him and since choi died he was the only one left,so maybe he is spared.
The island itself is a trap,when a troop arrives didn't timelines merge all at once,the French, American army men and even the previous batch of Korean soldiers appointed at r-point.tge woman is probably the source of all the hallucinations and the violence, craziness that emerges in the soldiers out of the blue.when all things are done i.e most of the troops are killed and the rescuers arrive they find no body, nothing anywhere in r-point.showcasing the end of the trap for this batch of soldiers but surely this loop will continue as choi's voice is seen sending distress signals.and just like with the previous survivor jang would ask them not to go and they would still send soldiers and those soldiers would go through the same thing.
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Past Sins
First of all, I don't like the English title "My Friend Is a Murderer" because the movie is shown from the murderer’s perspective, with all the other characters in the background. The Korean title is much better as it uses clever wordplay, mixing 꽝 (slang for "failure") with 공소시효 (statute of limitations).The main character, Seong-cheol, hides in a remote village for 30 days until his statute of limitations expires. However, instead of lying low, every encounter with the villagers turns into loud yelling and arguing. There were some genuinely funny moments, but mostly it was just noisy chaos that wasn’t very enjoyable for me to watch. I felt that all the characters exaggerated their performances too much in an attempt to be funny.
That said, the story was still interesting, and the movie kept my attention from start to finish. The filmmakers added many layers to the story and made the village feel believable with its ensemble of characters. I must admit, this movie actually has solid production — not on the level of big blockbusters or theatrical releases, but very well done for a streaming film.
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A Shaw Bros Spaghetti Western
With the dusty, fatalistic vibe of a spaghetti western disguised as Shaw Brothers swordplay and blessed with an incredible black-and-white opening sequence, you'd be forgiven for thinking that The Flying Dagger would be a rape revenge tale lead by a female swordswoman; what you get instead is Lo Lieh wandering into town like a wuxia Clint Eastwood, throwing knives with absurd accuracy and looking cooler than everyone else in the room. It's certainly an impressive bait-and-switch, opting instead to deal with the internal struggle between good and evil that exists within all of us, where honour and chivalry often carry little weight in the world. Chang Cheh's direction already shows his growing fascination with violence, sacrifice and masculine heroism, hallmarks of his later works. The action is relatively brief but frequent, often punctuated by the deadly precision of thrown knives and colourful villains. Lo Lieh is always a great watch, dominating the screen with his effortlessly charming if not entirely noble persona, Yeung Chi Hung makes for a wonderfully nasty villain, cackling wildly and throwing daggers with absolute precision into his foe's limbs or torso as he sees fit, while Cheng Pei-Pei, who, despite headlining, unfortunately takes a backseat, barely getting a chance to break into action, is shackled to the tortured woman in love stereotype. It means that the third act is bogged down when the romantic sub-plot takes precedence over the film's main drive of loneliness, belonging and redemption. Still, the stylish camerawork and snappy pace mean that The Flying Dagger soon gets back on track, delivering just the right kind of heroic sacrifice and blood-soaked righteousness you'd expect.Was this review helpful to you?
Ehhh
Danger Dolls flirts with high concept ideas but, regrettably, never commits. Its world and premise are mildly interesting at best, yet the film does little with them, leaving both its themes and characters underdeveloped.The action is solid enough, but without emotional investment, it lacks impact. Combined with a noticeable but underutilized low budget, the film ends up feeling like a generic action movie rather than a thoughtful sci fi story.
It is not bad, just underwhelming. You can see the better version of this film, but it never fully comes together.
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Surprisingly Decent
My expectations were very low, as I came in thinking it's gonna be a slop film, I mean, I still think it is, but it's a decently packaged movie.The story can be generic, depending on your viewpoint. I thought it was gonna be a full-on horror, but it's not, there are some mild horror elements here and there, though it's more like Action/Mystery. I wasn't expecting any romance, but there is, though they didn't give it more depth, and that's okay, but to be honest, I did feel butterflies in my stomach when they gave us romantic scenes.
Acting is good from the leads. There are some characters that are very generic, but they mesh well with the Main characters.
I watched this on WeTV youtube channel and the music was god awful, though i can understand why because its to avoid music copyrights.
CGI was okay, it can be janky, but at this point at seen a lot of chinese media with janky 3D effects, so i'm already desensitized to it at this point, so long as it doesn't deteriorate my watch experience. I'm just all for the vision that they're trying to show.
Overall, decent film. Like it or not, its up to you.
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All Hype, No Horror, Waste of Time
This movie ended up being the epitome of all hype and no payoff. The real jump scare was discovering that this was the film everyone had been raving about, especially given its massive success in Korea. It's really a meh for me. Maybe horror is subjective, but the TikTok reviews promising nonstop jump scares had me seriously questioning whether we had watched the same movie. I didn't even flinch when the ghosts showed up. The biggest disappointment, however, was the story. The plot raises more questions than it answers, it gives us nothing.The cast was solid and did what they could with the material they were given, which only makes the wasted potential even more frustrating. I actually loved the promotions, but they ended up feeling like false promises. What puzzles me the most is how this movie managed to become one of Korea's highest-grossing horror films. Maybe my standards for horror are just wildly out of sync with the general Korean audience. If you want horror that truly delivers, I'd recommend checking out Thai, Indonesian, and Japanese horror films.
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Wacky, Unhinged, totally enjoyable fun
I absolutely loved this short story. Storyline is very fresh, creative and different from anything I have seen in a great while. I truly love the characters and were laughing a lot throughout the whole film. The storyline threw me a bit with the unexpected twist of how the ML actually lost his memories along with seeing ducks.What started out as a very funny, quirky story turned into a more meaningful love story and a lesson of tolerance in a relationship when two people truly love each other. Fantastic production with a hugely talented young cast. Bravo!! Highly recommend this creative gem.
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See Hear Love: Mienakute mo Kikoenakute mo Aishiteru
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The heart hears everything
See Hear Love* is a touching and heartfelt Japanese romance that explores love, loss, and the ways people connect beyond words. The story follows a manga artist who is gradually losing his sight and a woman who is deaf, bringing together two people facing very different challenges yet finding understanding and comfort in one another.What makes this film special is its focus on communication, trust, and emotional connection rather than relying on dramatic twists. The relationship develops naturally, allowing viewers to become invested in the characters and their journey. The lead actors deliver sincere performances that make the emotions feel genuine and relatable.
The film handles themes of disability with sensitivity, showing both the struggles and strengths of its characters. Rather than defining them by their limitations, it highlights their determination, courage, and capacity for love.
Visually, *See Hear Love* is beautifully filmed, with many quiet moments that speak louder than words. The emotional scenes are both tender and heartbreaking, creating a story that stays with viewers long after it ends.
Overall, *See Hear Love* is a moving romance about acceptance, hope, and finding light in life's darkest moments. I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys emotional love stories that focus on human connection, personal growth, and the power of understanding one another.
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