Fox in the Screen (2016)

To put it straight, Fox in the Screen was not very good. The story started out pretty interesting and I thought it could actually go somewhere with the unique plot but unfortunately, that didn't happen. Very soon, the typical historical drama cliches occurred, and it all happened really fast so sometimes the plot didn't make sense and there wasn't much development. The plot really went everywhere, especially since they included the royal family and political affairs, which I think was unnecessary. But on the other hand, the plot didn't drag since everything happened really fast, which could be a good or bad thing depending on how you view it. Not to mention the ending was very disappointing and inconclusive.

And the actors....to put it straight, they were not good at acting. Now I'm not talking about the main fox guy (he was very good), I'm talking about everyone else, and literally everyone else, except for the evil characters (crown prince was awesome!). It was so cringe-worthy watching everyone else act that I really couldn't get myself into the drama, especially with the dubbed voices on top of that.

The only reason I ended up completing this drama was that it was so short at 22 episodes and 20min long each and because historical dramas are my favorite dramas. However, I loved the production of this drama; the scenery and cinematography was exceptional, and watching this drama was very pleasing to the eye because of the excellent HD quality! The music wasn't that bad either; I liked the intro and ending songs that played at every episode and occasionally other songs would come out throughout the drama.

Overall, watch this drama because it's so short if you have a lot of free time on your hands, just want to see what it's about, or just don't have anything else to watch since this drama isn't really worth it so don't go into it with expectations like I did!

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In the beginning, I loved the concept and saw a lot of potential for the romance.

The main female character wasn’t my favorite but she wasn’t annoying. Honestly, I kept watching because of the extremely good looking male lead and since my mans Jun Jie (who was in “Big Boss” had a role in this.

I’m glad that it didn’t take so long for the romance to start which tends to happen in some dramas, but I felt like the chemistry was a bit lacking.
The fact that there was a “past love” concept was brought out pretty well in this, and made me learn myself that love isn’t exactly eternal and can fade away for reasons after time, and moving on is hard but not impossible.

Overall I binged this for about 4 days and I’m a bit disappointed but not completely. The end wasn’t too bad although despite how not-great this series was I still yearn for a second season...
Recommend to those who like watching dramas partly for the eye-candy and romance! (But don’t have high expectations)

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