Fast paced thriller with a hard ending
No spoilers up here. The typical K Drama has a feel good wrap up ending. This one does not and that's ok. The screenwriters here could have taken the easy route and written a 'happy' ending but instead they wrote the right ending for these characters and this story. After the last reveal and you're faced with the finale and perhaps a little shock you'll appreciate what happens and why it had to be that way.The series has its share of action and fight scenes but these never take over and dominate the story and character development. There are too many shows and movies where it feels like a little bit of story wrapped around overly complicated and drawn out action/fight scenes. There were a few isolated cases early on with a bit drawn out fight scenes but once the skills of the main protagonist are established his later performance is marked by efficiency - brief fight scenes.
The story stayed with me after the finale as I couldn't help but think about the characters and their choices.
Looking forward to rewatching this one.
I'm surprised these screenwriters don't have more credits given how well written this series turned out.
Warning - Below some questions and comments that contain spoilers. These are not nitpicks but after one viewing questions that I didn't see an answer for.
- Young Kim Soo Hyun was consistently shown with blue eyes yet as an adult his eyes were brown. What was the point of the blue eyes?
- Kang Seul Gi was mentioned twice as the biological daughter of Kim Soo Hyun. How and when this came about was never answered, but would partially explain why Soo Hyun prevented Pavel from killing her.
- Do Hyun Jin aka Lee Young Eun was adopted to replace a dead daughter. What happened to her sire? All the kids were created via artificial insemination in order to provide organs for specific powerful clients. Why was she exceptioned? Why did she even have a name i.e. Lee Young Eun vs a number?
Speculation Given the genetics for organ donors of even family members can be dicey it would make sense for the scheme to create more than one kid from each sire for donations. The main antagonist created Kim Soo Hyun to provide a bone marrow transplant for his sister who named him and then died. Perhaps he also sired Lee Young Eun for the same purpose, and when her half sister died he adopted her as a replacement.
That would make her a half sibling to Kim Soo Hyun and the biological aunt for Kang Seul Gi.
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Good story killed with last episode.
The drama was enjoyable. The writers sugested how will it end so, you could guess that the male lead will get punished for his crimes. This is cliché, but at the same time it could be understable. But how they did it, it is close to retarded at best. The best killer goes through front door and starts shooting everybody (first WTF), then when he is about to kill main villan. here comes famale lead with SWAT team and they kill MC ( second WTF). He didn't even point gun at them. Earlier the police released villan because of lack of evidence. So sombody tell me why she went there again, and with SWAT team? This clearly means that she killed him !!!The villan didn't call thw SWAT team. She did it on her own. And this "timing" when police arrives, What a garbage writing.
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I saw a short clip of it on Instagram and totally fell in love with the 30-second review, Soohyun's ( Jang Ki Yong) character is so thrilling his skills and ideas are so unexpected. Since I only watched the episodes that have came out so far ep 4 left me on a hoooookkk, Hyunjin ( Nana) is such a good detective and I love how she cares about others but her mother has high expectations like wanting her to be a specific weight or making sure she is home at this time. But this drama is going to be so successful its super interesting . Was this review helpful to you?
The story was dark from the beginning and I am not one to watch dramas if they are dark, so for me, it would never work unless the plot is simply AMAZING (like the drama, Tunnel - I just couldn't put it down, no matter how dark and horrific the events were). Anyways, for me personally, the drama was not intriguing nor enjoyable enough for me to keep watching, and then with the way the ending turns out, I just couldn't justify continuing to watch it. In my opinion, this is not a drama meant for everybody.
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Story seems interesting but you"ll have to put with it
I have watched this title cause i love Jang Ki-Yong and based on excellent reviews. Well, let's say i don't share popular opinionEpisode 1 - Already some incoherences & ridicule scenes
The ML character is cold, charismatic, mysterious and straight forward.
The FL is as often the caricature of the rude, reckless woman. The 1st introduction between ML & FL is beyond ridiculous. Not the set up itself, but the FL actions ... WTH was that scene ? How the scenarist wants to show she is compassionate and loves animals as ML, when she plays darts on a baby deer? That scene wanted me to drop the drama already.
I am at episode 2, and the FL is moving in same building than ML & second FL .... what a coincidence :/
I will continue 1 or 2 episodes and will edit my review if my opinion changes.....
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Histoire sombre, mais belle, tragique et belle... Belle !
Alors, c’est OCN, alors c’est noir, très noir ! et glauque, très glauque ! Il y est question d’enfants qui n’ont même pas de nom, mais des numéros, dont personne ne sait trop ce qu’ils sont devenus. Ce mystère s’éclaircira au fur et à mesure et c’est encore pire que ce qu’on aurait pu supposer…Donc, âmes sensibles, attention !!
Il faut bien admettre que dès le début la fin s’impose à l’esprit, et on sait qu’elle sera forcément tragique !! Tout maintenant va dépendre de la façon de raconter l’histoire et de nous conduire vers ce dénouement prévisible et redouté…
Eh bien le pari est réussi on se laisse embarquer dans cette histoire très sombre, retenus par des personnages attachants que leur part obscure rend plus fascinants, surtout, naturellement Kim So Hyun, parfaitement interprété par Jang Ki Yong.
Une parenthèse : j’aimerais que cet acteur montre d’autres facettes de son talent, on le consacre un peu trop aux personnages au passé douloureux (come and hug me) ou à la vie marginale et même criminelle (My Mister, ou Kill it !) C’est vrai qu’il a une voix particulière, grave et un peu sourde qui convient très bien à ces rôles, mais dans My Mister il a montré qu’il pouvait vraiment nuancer le personnage ! Cette parenthèse refermée, revenons au drama !
C’est OCN, on reconnaît le style bien particulier des éclairages verdâtres tachés de rouge dans les scènes dramatiques, avec une musique entêtante créant une ambiance bien glauque, mais c’est la patte de cette production. Ici, ça marche plutôt bien ! L’originalité, c’est que le héros, tueur à gage, n’est pas le vrai méchant de l’histoire, mais que par contre il y en a bien un, parfaitement répugnent et haïssable à souhait !
Donc, si tout ça ne vous effraie pas, et si, comme moi, vous aimez la « sombritude »…et Jang Ki Yong allez-y, c’est un très bon drama, mais il faut affronter la fin ! Mais elle ne peut pas être différente !
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La protagonista femminile è l'opposto. Lei si emoziona per due. Ma mi è piaciuta. Ho apprezzato anche gli altri due ragazzi che ruotano attorno al protagonista, molto belli.
La storia strizza un occhio a Kazuo Ishiguro, ad un suo libro in particolare. Ci starebbe anche perché tratta una tematica forte, quasi mai affrontata. Però lo svolgimento.. Beh, poteva essere migliore.
Inoltre nell'aria per TUTTO il drama si respira l'amore ma ehi, no spoiler xD
Il finale... Non mi è piaciuto, l'ho trovato affrettato e ingiusto.
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Sincèrement, je ne comprends pas pourquoi «Kill It» n’est pas mis plus en avant et connu ! Les scènes d’actions, les secrets et mystères, les révélations semées au fil de l’histoire, et surtout le suspense, tout est parfait ! J’ai enfin trouvé un thriller dont non seulement tout au long, mais dont le scénario reste tout aussi intéressant et finement ficelé également ! En plus de ça, la performance des acteurs est superbe et l’alchimie, entre les deux acteurs principaux, est superbe ! Je ne pensais pas dire ça, mais celle-ci me fait souhaiter que la romance soit un des thèmes du drama, mais même si ce n’est pas le cas, j’ai passé un excellent moment ! Par contre, petit avertissement : les thèmes peuvent se révéler durs pour les âmes sensibles. Également, je conseillerais de préparer les mouchoirs, au cas où…
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Impossível não ser uma obra de arte... assassinos ainda poderem ser herois.
É uma das melhores séries que eu já vi e ainda mais tem um final surpreendente. Muito o iram detestar, mas simplesmente amei e sinceramente eu entendi o final desta série.Depois de ver a série eu queria ver mais séries deste ator Jang Ki Yong, ele simplesmente foi fenomenal na interpretação Kim Soo Hyun. Uma personagem com pouco carisma, maioria das vezes é uma pessoa série e objetiva. Além disso ele é muito bom nas lutas, corpo a corpo, está altamente bem treinado para matar, quem estiver na mira. Não importa quem, ele terá que concluir o seu objetivo. Apesar de aparentar ser frio, ele demonstra ter um coração quente e terno, mesmo que isso só acontece duas ou três vezes.
Eu sinceramente amei a atuação de todos os atores, mesmo daquela menina chata. A história segue um enredo sem falhas aparentemente para mim. Ele a todo o custo tenta descobrir a sua origem e quanto mais investiga, mais escuro e obscuras são as descobertas.
Philip foi um péssimo amigo para o Soo Hyun, mas mesmo assim eu não podia deixar de gargalhar com as suas piadas ou com as suas encrencas. Sinceramente foi muito bom vê-lo pela diversão, mas eu não pude deixar de chorar ao vê-lo morrer ( eu achei a cena ridículo, porque ele expeliu demasiado sangue, mas enfim). Mas mesmo assim eu afirmou o quanto gosta e do Soo Hyun, apesar dele ser assim frio e calculista, ele ainda tinha um amigo.
Mas a sua vira não dura muito já que morre assim que mata "o seu pai, que não é bem pai, mas é pai". Eu entendo a sua morte, já que ele matou e também porque ele foi feito de forma artificial, por causa de um esquema um pouco questionável. Porque eu não sei muito bem porque as crianças artificiais são mortas para os seus órgão serem dados a velhos. São órgãos que estão em desenvolvimento e numa fase de crescimento, como isso pode dar certo num corpo velho e maduro demais? E não existe rejeição de órgãos ou complicações, penso que a série poderia ser mais realista nesse ponto. Mas pronto o que eu afirmo pode ser irrelevante, eu compreendo.
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Mas mesmo com esse pensamento não posso deixar de dar um dez á série, que eu amo demais, mesmo com morte do prota. E sobre o romance inexistente, ainda bem que é assim, porque seria só uma pedra no sapato. Mesmo se não gostar do final, simplesmente pense que aquilo foi só um pesadelo. Eu recomendo demais a série, pela atuação, pelas osts maravilhosas, que quando posso eu ouço sem parar. Recomendo para aqueles que querem chorar um pouco.
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Fiquei muito surpresa e satisfeita com a atuação da Nana. A história só não tem um final perfeito porque todo mundo quer um romance e um happy ending. Tudo foi bem fechado no drama, tudo perfeitamente explicado. As cenas de ação foram maravilhosas. O Número 88 estava perfeito. Ele conquista qualquer um com o jeito dele, mas tenho um fraco por caras misteriosos. Ele morrer no final era previsível, se não fosse assim teria sido puro fan service. Mas que eu chorei, chorei horrores. Aliás, a Nana chorando foi de matar e ele segurando a mão dela, cara, muito triste. Mas vida que segue. Gostei muito do drama. Was this review helpful to you?
