Reviews

overkill

talk about a bleedin tragedy - its like any sad cliché out there, all tossed into this movie to make it that much more of a tearjerker and astoundingly left me dry eyed - cause this was ludicrous !! overkill is the best way to describe this movie - even though now i'm shocked anyone survived - was sure lightning would strike, taking Eit out - for a finale. not that his ending wasn't sad - he all alone and old too boot, so what he got left to live for(?) vid's of Mehk confessing his love - big whoop
it just felt like "they" were trying to create this grand-tragedy, romeo and juliet equivalent - and it just never met the mark, in-spite of how sad almost every character was.

first off Mehk the killer for hire, suddenly got a morel code cause he gotta kill Eit - really?!? and he cares so much for his sick mother and brother, but he doesn't know what kind of living conditions they existed in? or after the big get away, where Eit succeeds in taking a blacked out Mehk to his hide out? and they on the run, but not hiding or running for that matter - even after the assassin almost gets the better of Mehk - while Eit off phoning that annoying wife of his. and they still hanging around the same place(?) cause the boss gonna send only one dude? well he kinda just sends one, and then gives-up which was weird ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ guess it was more important to show us both lead starring off into space and playing hide and go seek...

which leads me to why Mehk react like that after getting it on with Eit?!? he wasn't drugged or forced, so why wake-up and act like he was raped?!?
the whole hide and seek was also annoying, grown ass men got nothing better to do - plus lets not forget they "wanted" men - but they not got a worry in the world, let alone Mehk not worried about his family that he their only support system - ugh the plot-holes r countless.

donno even if this good as a one off - the plus point hmmm this is the first time i saw a "sponge" bath that was justified - usually u get that annoying, ridiculous scene in ever BL just so one dude can feel up the one he is salivating over - here it made sense considering Mehk was shot and unconscious for what seemed like a while, it was logical that anyone who was taking care of him would do that -
and there were a few funny scenes, even though i doubt they were meant to be funny - like Eit's wife breakin down in tears cause she sees Eit sleeping with a rag-doll - OMO come on that was hilarious and ridiculous. or the more absurd scene where Eit and Mehk make-out in the middle of the street, putting on a show for the brother, mother and wife - aish really couldn't take this movie seriously. it missed the mark - bummer

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Based on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Luo Guangzhong, the movie follows the military life of Zhao Yun from front line infantry to celebrated general .

Produced in China it took me a few minutes to adjust to familiar actors being dubbed. Having watched so many Cdramas I was able to fall into it pretty quickly.

I have only the most cursory of knowledge about this time period and will leave it to others to judge it on it's historical accuracy. As with all movies based on historical characters, I take them with a grain of salt knowing the makers have their own agendas. Fact, myth, and legend are often intertwined to tell a good story. The same goes true with costumes and armor, whether they are accurate or made to be pleasing to the eyes is not for me to decide.

Three Kingdoms was beautifully shot and scored. Costumes, sets, and locales were all well done and chosen. Mountains above the plains made for desolate places of battles.

All of the actors did a good job of portraying their characters, though most had very little time on screen. The great Ti Lung barely had any lines as one of the Five Tigers. Vanness Wu was in and out almost before I recognized him. Yueh Hua as the warlord and later emperor Liu Bei showed up long enough to make a small impact. The focus of the movie was on Andy Lau's Zhao Yun and Sammo Hung's Luo Pingan. The two were war buddies with Zhao's story told through Sammo's eyes and jealousy. Maggie Q also had a significant role as Cao Ying, the leader of the of the opposing forces in the final battle. Resourceful and ruthless, she made an excellent adversary for Zhao.

Three Kingdoms downfall for me was that there was no development of characters, no reason why they were continually at war, nothing much to hang onto. It was a series of violent battles over three decades bound by a thread of characterization between the two friends. The movie ended with me knowing little more than Zhao Yun was a tiger in battle and his friend envied his success. Andy and Sammo managed to imbue their characters with more than what they were given to play, a testament to their acting abilities and chemistry.

The short, creative battles are worth watching the movie for, as well as the pairing of Andy Lau and Sammo Hung. As long as you aren't expecting much more it's entertaining.

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Break Up While You Can

Content Warnings: tragedy

Overall: I absolutely hated the "moral" of the story which is to stay in a non-working relationship and hope that magically one day it gets better (spoiler alert, that very rarely happens in real life)

What I Liked
- I think basically everything was well done like production, acting, etc. I recognized one actor from In Between.

Room For Improvement
- I really disliked the terrible "moral". This couple had a huge deal breaker in their relationship which was shown to be a problem that they both acknowledged. They should have broken up, not spent 5 years being unhappy with the other person. Breaking up isn't necessarily bad, it can be the best thing for one or all people involved...

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Confident Guy Goes After Who He Wants....Yessss!

Content Warnings: none

Overall: so refreshing to see a confident guy going after someone who isn't ridiculously reluctant/nervous, hope they can develop this story into a longer series or pair these two up again

What I Liked
- I think they both did a nice job acting and have good chemistry, those smirks and eye movements
- I find confidence to be very attractive and Kong is such a refreshing character
- likewise you can tell that Film is receptive from some of his facial expressions

Room For Improvement
- I'm grading this on a curve because I think it has a very small budget, it would be great if this were a whole series and more fleshed out

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Yes this is that bad - if i could, would give this minus 10 stars!

like WTAF was this plot and i get that in manga world, Everything goes - but when ur adapting it, shouldn't u rewrite this mess?!? i should've "listened" to other commenters warnings, not to waste my time on this - but laughed at their comments and curiosity made me watch - wondering "...how bad could it get..." - Oh it was as bad as everyone said, heck it was worse -

i donno in which universe, infatuation and love is an excuse to rape - even if Tonoin for a sec though Yuuki was gay - is that the go-to(?) gay guy's just force themselves on the person they find attractive(?!?) and that's how the relationship starts? - really? like WTF is wrong with Tonoin that he comes-up with this kind of logic, and then he not ashamed, but calling Natsuko - why? who she too Yuuki, talk about adding insult to injury - considering how she acted -

as is from the start the over-acting was hilarious - yeah Bad acting - but it was funny and wasn't taking this seriously, as also found some of the character's likeable - not Natsuko (who just went from bad character to worse!) but other character's in that orchestra where quirky and fun to watch. and then that out of the blue rape scene where Yuuki's acting was killing me - like come on, he not serious - its not like he a teen girl that can't over come the body-builder Tonoin. and yet he can't cause that's how its written and then he actually falls asleep in his rapists bed?!? and the morning after he still lounging about in his underwear instead of legging it?!?
guess someone should rape the writer, so they get how illogical that whole scene was (let alone how insulting it was to real victim's out there and the trauma they have to live with for life) - but the idiocy was just starting - of course after u get raped u fantasize about "getting it on" with ur rapist - and then the cherry on-top, a drunk Natsuko taking Yuuki out for drinks and telling him "so what if u got raped once" saying "he won" i seriously would've slapped her sober, if i was in the pub and not just looked on shocked like the other patrons -
a woman talking this kind of crap and down-playing rape - telling Yuuki he was making a mountain out of a molehill was infuriating to watch - Yuuki actually taking Natsuko's words to heart and acting on them, just added fuel to the raging anger in me, watching this crap -

of course it doesn't get better... and seeing Tonoin side doesn't exonerate the f*cker and Yuuki (at the end) making some grand sacrifice for the orchestra, makes this a total disaster of a movie - that i wish i had never wasted my time on

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a well written story of a life, lived by two young man

I never wrote a review for a movie. I'm not a Bl movie expert, I've just seen some of them.
It is the first movie when I don't miss the intimate scenes. The story of each man is so natural, full with everything that life offers: happiness, bitterness, doubts, questions, insecurity, soul's scars, love, curiosity, sometimes a bit of naivety.
I loved watch them, how they interacted, I loved reading their thoughts. The supporting actors did also a great job by adding more information the main characters's life.
Both main actors are beautiful, the chemistry between them is wonderful and it gives to the characters more life, it makes them real.
The story is a beautiful one , well anchored in real life.
About the music, it didn't impress me so I can write about it. But this may be because I really enjoy the story, so I didn't pay attention to the music.
And, for me, the ending was the perfect one!
Bottom line - It is a good movie worth watching.

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Bit Off More Than it Could Chew

Overall: This is a perfect example of trying to tell too much story in too short of screen time. The result is a bunch of hanging plot threads instead of a completed story.

Content warnings: two rapes (shown) and violence (not between m/m).

What I Liked
- I thought the visuals, acting, and production were good
- at least there weren't any evil ex-girlfriends or stalker fans fetishsizing m/m relationships in public...

Room For Improvement
- too many things were not completed, what happened with the store owner, the mafia boss? Light's dad is just skipping around free as a bird for the absolutely despicable and illegal things he's done??? What about that other guy, he's also not in jail, get him in jail!!!
- the fact that the police officer didn't believe Light, I wanted to strangle the police officer... This already feeds into the idea that survivors won't be believed if they come forward.
- once again we get BDSM portrayed as non-consensual, boo

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A Realistic Slice of Life Set in a Religious High School

Content Warnings: none that I can think of

Overview: you might like this if you like slice of life stories

What I Liked
- the setting of an all male religious school is fairly unique from what I've seen thus far
- the main character Dominic has (stereotypical) feminine qualities which is rare to see and I liked that he character wasn't played just for laughs like I've frequently seen with trans women or crossdressing men (though this did happen with the fortune teller/assistant)
- the ex girlfriend wasn't some flat evil character, she saw that he changed, they were more compatible now and wanted to give it another try

Room For Improvement (minor spoilers)
- that Dominic lied and said he just wanted to be friends/platonic when almost the whole time he was looking at it from a romance aspect
- was it ever explained why Dominic didn't go to the playground, did he forget? what happened???
- how the ending played out, it felt like Dominic was trying to force Luke...

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What a funny yet talented cops!

I actually watched this in two parts (30-minutes and 80-minutes) but that didn't decrease the mood and the enjoyment that has been set by this movie at all. I still remember vividly what was the 1st 30-minutes about. That's one of the signs of how good this movie is. There's nothing new about the overall story, but I really appreciate the way this movie portrays the "unique" friendship between different teams in the same police department. I mean it's still rare (I think) because what I've always found in this kind of genre was the high tension, over-competitiveness, and hatred growing between teams in the same department or even in the whole police office like, "are all police an enemy in the blanket for each other or what??". And for the acting skills...THEY ALL NAILED IT AS I EXPECTED. I laughed a lot, smiled a lot, and also THRILLED A LOT. No bad actors could make me feel that way. Overall it's a really GOOD MOVIE. Not too much but not too less, just a perfect dose of seriousness and hilariousness "for me". I don't know why the rating is only 8.3 on MDL. After all, people have different tastes and I'm not one who enjoyed the too-serious type of movie, so this movie is just perfect for me. I really enjoyed it and will respectfully rewatch it.

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I feel like- I've to eat it, like right now!!!

রান্না করা একটা শিল্প। তবে কেউ কেউ এটাকে সাধনার পর্যায়ে নিয়ে যান। আর সাধক হওয়ার অন্যতম শর্ত হলো দুনিয়াবি সকল মায়া ত্যাগ করা।
এই গল্প দুই শেফের। যাদের একজনের মুখের স্বাদ হারিয়ে গেছে, অর্থাৎ সে নিজে কোন কিছুর স্বাদ পায় না। তবুও সে নিখুঁত রেসিপি ফলো করে সেরাদের সেরা রাধুঁনী। আর অন্যজন ছোটবেলা থেকে বুকে বয়ে বেড়াচ্ছে দগদগে এক ক্ষত। এই ক্ষত নিয়েই সে প্রতিনিয়ত নিজেকে ছাড়িয়ে যেতে ব্যস্ত।
এই গল্প এক পিতা-পুত্রের। পিতার স্বপ্ন সে রন্ধন শিপ্লের সাধক হবে। সাধক হবার জন্য সে বাকিসব জলাঞ্জলি দেয়, নিজের একমাত্র পুত্রকেও ছেড়ে যেতে দ্বিতীয়বার ভাবে না সে। ২০ বছর পর, সারা বিশ্বে সে এক নামে পরিচিত- The God of Cookery। তার সাধনা সফল হয়। অন্যদিকে পুত্রের জীবনের একমাত্র লক্ষ্য হচ্ছে পিতাকে ভুল প্রমাণিত করা। প্রমাণ করা যে সন্ন্যাসী না হয়েও সাধক হওয়া যায়। ভালোবাসার মানুষদের ছেড়ে গিয়ে নয়, তাদের সাথে নিয়েও God of Cookery হওয়া সম্ভব।
এই গল্প বন্ধুত্বের এবং বিশ্বাস-ঘাতকতার। এই গল্প স্বার্থপরতার এবং স্বার্থহীনতার। এবং এই গল্প অবশ্যই অবশ্যই রান্নার!
একটা ব্যক্তিগত মতামত দেই! ২০১৫ সালের দিকে লেখক নাজিম উদ্দিন ভাইয়ের ‘রবীন্দ্রনাথ এখানে কখনো খেতে আসেনি’ পড়ে পেটের ভেতর মোচড় দিয়ে উঠেছিলো। এত সুন্দর করে রান্নার বর্ণনা দেয়া যে পড়ার সময় নাকে ঘ্রাণ পেতে শুরু করতাম, পেটে গুড়মুড় করত! এই মুভি দেখার সময়ও একই ফিল পেলাম! এত সুন্দর করে রান্নার সিনগুলো চিত্রায়ন করা! ইচ্ছে করবে স্ক্রিনের ভেতর ঢুকে একটু খেয়ে আসি!!!

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Well?

Well...
This one was kinda confusing.
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The plot is kinda... confusing too. But I guess that's the story in general. At first when Tae Kyu went to the military, and Jae Sung appeared, I was so confused. I didn't understand who he was. I thought he was Tae Kyu for a second.💀
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Also, Tae Kyu character was kinda childlike. First thing when I saw him, I thought he was Yong Joon's brother. He seemed so young, and the fact the he played all day with that gun didn't help. Then that night they had sex, and I was like 💀💀💀. Didn't expect that.
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Now... Jae Sung isn’t shameless at all I guess😳 he watched two times Tae Kyu and Yong Joon having sex.. like man... c'mon.
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Soooo, speaking about Jae Sung, I didn't like his character at all. Like your relationship with Yong Joon finished, it's over.
Also Yong Joon that kisses Jae Sung, even worse. Yeah, he may like or "love" Tae Kyu, but you don’t do these things...

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Speechless

First of all, don't watch it if you're sensible or can't or if you can't stand erotic things. Not your typical BL. It's something deeper ...

Advice: WATCH IT ALONE WITH HEADPHONES.

So...
I actually enjoyed it. I had to re-watch it multiple times to understand everything that was going on. (I couldn't concentrate the first time😅)
That Makoto just wanted to kill himself, and luckily Ryoji saw him and saved him.
Everything that he did was to mostly help him.
In the end Ryoji wanted to end his life, but Makoto arrived then.
Yeah, it may be Stockholm syndrome, but I think he really liked him for who he really was after learning about his actions towards him.

The cast, in my opinion, was wonderful. They are hot, of course, but to make such a movie, it may be really challenging. So I really appreciate them for their amazing acting and everything. 👏

Yes. I'll surely re-watch it.

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Whether you like this or not depends entirely on you-

I really like it. Sure, I get what people are talking about.
The plot was superficial and something seen before, but this had a way more realistic feel than other similar ones.

The way the actors portrayed their characters and the way the characters themselves behaved (or were written to behave?) was believable.
I mean, if this was possible and happened in real life, I do think the good guys would enjoy the small moments in between the whole saving the world adventure. Things most of the time would not go the way they planned. And they would have to bloody their hands a bit too. The fact that this was slow-paced and happened within a week or two only made this all the more enjoyable, at least for me.

Also loved the fact that there wasn't that much dialogue between a few of the characters.
Seon Hwa (Lee Sung Min), Cheong Seok (Nam Da Reum) & Ae Ran (Kim Yoo Jung)
There were a few plot twist I DID NOT see coming which is rare for someone that has seen as many shows as I have. I'm really glad I stumbled upon this small gem.

If you want to watch action or thriller then maybe save this for another day, but if you're just bored or wish to kick back and relax, then sure, push play and snack on some popcorn.

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I bawled my friggin eyes out.

First of all, I just saw this in tiktok and I was running out of things to watch so I rewatched it. I remember watching this as a kid and skipping parts of it because I wasn't that interested enough. But well, I regretted that. This movie has one of the best stories and plot oh my gosh it made me cry so much! It is written so good, kudos to the writer! I bawled my eyes out and till now I still can't accept that I finished it already, I want a part two but where would the story go, right?

The acting on the other hand is also so good! Especially kathryn, she is hand down so into character, daniel too– actually the whole cast is good. I now want to watch more of their movies.

The music was good too, i don't know how to explain it but the song adds to the emotion like it makes me wanna cry more lol

I deducted a 0.5 on rewatch value because I probably wouldn't wanna rewatch this because I don't want to cry again, but if I feel like crying I would definetely rewatch this. This is probably one of my favorite movies from now on, thank you tiktok! This is a golden movie if u know what I mean.

Overall 10/10!! would definetely recommend you watching this, just make sure to prepare a tissue box beside you.

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Just a little bit summary

Okay, here is. As you see at the starting story we see the old man wearing a guard clothes but without security vast. He actually already died got killed by army. That why Soo-hyeon didn't interact with him.

Even you can see she (Soo-hyeon) didn't have a right mind state. She see something that not even there. The trauma that she had look severe. Not even her (Soo-hyeon) realize what she doing, she just thought the one who kills is Jae-yeon's her friend. She didn't get haunted by her friend, it's all her (Soo-hyeon) doing it by herself. And there's is no ghost actually it just illusion.

And the only part that I didn't get is who corpse that they found in toilet, blue shirt. The corpse also hold the army name tag.

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