All of Us Are Dead (2022)

Unexpected story

I usually enjoy the zombie genre and All of Us Are Dead was no exception. The plot progression was good and the musical score helped to improve the intense moments in each episode. There was some well-timed humour that was unexpected but helped cut some of the seriousness of the scenes.

However, the characters quickly became overbearing. The constant theme of "sacrifice" showed how immature the characters were. The slow reaction to life-threatening situations was frustrating and the fact that no zombies reached them in the time they were there wasting standing around was unrealistic. I had a great time binging but apart from Su-Hyeok, Na-Ra and Ha-ri, I can't say there was a single character who I consistently rooted for.

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Not just a zombie show

Although there's many flaws in the series and it's not exactly like the webtoon, but I appreciate the production team, the director, and all the actors + actresses involved in this series (inclusive of the zombies).
It's not an easy job to act as zombie with that movements. My fav zombie is the one crawling like Sadako.
CGI nicely done, like real. School setting also looks real, make up nicely done too. Got blood here and there (expected from a zombie genre) but not excessively, just enough to show people bitten, injured, etc.

What I like:
1. The chemistry among the casts
2. The moral of the story, not about zombie (yes you need to survive from zombie) but the series remind us the most important thing, like what On Jo father said : to be healthy. The story also reflected today society, people will do anything in order to achieve their own goal (selfish), in this story is to survive once will sacrifice others. In today society is not a "physical" killing, but emotional backstabbing is also equivalent to physical killing.
Don't betray your partner, as you 're the one will die LOL... happen when Min Ji left Hyo Ryung when they are partner to run through the forest and at the end she's the one who died
3. The pacing is good
4. Great acting, especially Gwi Nam

The downside:
1. Some scenes are just too unrealistic, example On Jo father suddenly appear in front of her, he has the key to the lock door?? No sound of breaking the door and the door can suddenly open? Then afterwards why he need to lock himself with the zombie? He also can run and lock the gate from outside...
The never ending arrow supplies...
The zombie can bite fingers too right? so many hollows especially when trying to escape from the gym room...
2. Can't really understand why Ji Su only changed to become a zombie after beaten up? The father already injected the virus long before, but why the effect very slow? And also On Jo was scratch or bitten by the first zombie, but she is ok??
And some others quite not logical scenes...

But despite of those downsides overall it's enjoyable to watch (for me at least). A lot of talented young actors and actresses.. Can't wat to see their future works!

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If you like gore more than story then this is for you

Just finished the drama and have so much to say, finally we got a zombie show set in modern day after train to busan. It was long overdue and I just believe korea makes the best zombie content like there's no argument there. I liked that the shows backdrop was bullying like highlighting such an serious issue with zombies somehow worked. It also showed even though there are main actors, there's no bias between each character you never know what's going to happen next and that kept me on the edge of my seat.

The visual effects, makeup and acting in terms of being zombies was outstanding. I feel like the actors especially Yoon Chan Young also did a great job in displaying emotion and pain, it had me crying many times. But like people are saying some characters were just not developed enough and i agree. I wish we got more backstory than just them fighting zombies. I also liked that they showed us how the virus was resolved, otherwises most zombies shows or sci fi shows end on the main leads still fighting zombies and trying to survive. Also appreciate that they got young actors to play high school students, you can tell and it does make an difference.

That being said I know the show is getting a of cristimism in terms of its rabbit holes, but I think they still just an great job in creating an decent show within 12 episodes, could there be changes yes for sure, but i think they mainly wanted to make it an zombie show than a show filled with story and in terms of that boy did they deliver or what.

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Hmm entertaining watch, but a frustrating one. I don't regret watching, it's a lot of fun, the action scenes are choreographed really well and the budget and visual effects make for amazing viewing! The pace of the action scenes is really good and keeps you hooked but there were just so many elements of it that were so frustrating.

I think the main issue was there were too many episodes but horrendous use of time... so many characters were introduced whose storylines went literally nowhere (the two cops and the children, the schoolgirl who gave birth, the politician, even Onjo's father whose storyline was built up so much for the most ridiculous and avoidable death ever).

It was so full of plot holes as well like it's actually screamworthy watching the inconsistencies with the 'halfies' which was never explained beyond one comment that the only thing stronger than the virus was human will? Or something like that but the characters' individual drives weren't all very clear. Generally I think Gwinam made a pretty good baddie I believed his motivation that he was so inherently twisted and evil it was his drive to continue to cause chaos. I loved the good v evil rivalry with Cheongsang but it was super frustrating that he had some ridiculous inability to be killed that just proved uneccessary and repetitive, can't even count the amount of times he fell off a building and then recovered in 2 minutes. Whereas Namra's abilities apparently only appeared at the very last second to save them, even though there were so many avoidable deaths or failed plans that would've so easily been solved by literally anyone remembering she had superhuman strength and basically supernatural abilities. And then that weird bullied girl who became a halfie, failed to burn down the school and then ended up killed; an already unrealistic character arc built up only to go nowhere.
I really wish they'd had the bullied school girl about to burn down the school and then have Cheongsang and the group talk her out of it and make her realise she's not evil at heart so she ends up sacrificing herself protecting them from Gwinam. I think that would be the perfect showdown between the two 'evil' characters and redemption for her and his comeuppance. And then I think Cheongsang could've sacrificed himself for the group but his drive to protect his Onjo and his friends would be enough to turn him into a halfie too. I don't know.. so much they could've done with the characters and concepts but failed to execute.

Furthermore, a lot of the characters and dialogue was ridiculous I mean the amount of time spent on Onjo/Cheongsang pining when they were literally in the face of death. But I could excuse the vapid love stories because at the end of the day it wouldn't be a teen drama without them.

Generally I think it started really well, I liked the concept and I really like the main group and generally think the acting was good as much as dialogue allowed. I do think it was entertaining and I probably would watch S2 and while I generally thought the dialogue was good I'd probably account it to overambitious writing.

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Watched it all in less than 24 hours.

Nowadays it takes a lot for me to get into a show. Whether it be a show in English or a kdrama. My attention span is not that great so if it doesn’t draw me in within the first 30 minutes or so, I usually don’t stick around. But, as you can tell from the headline, I was REALLY into this one. I had been seeing so many ppl on twitter talk about it but I didn’t think much of it. But then yesterday I was bored and decided to give it a try. I was up until 1am trying to finish the show. The story, the acting, the characters had me all HOOKED. So much happened so fast that I felt like I had lived a whole lifetime by the 3rd episode. This drama definitely deserves all of the hype it’s getting in twitter. Now, ofc there were some things that I didn’t like but that’s literally every show.

I highly recommend you check this show out. I promise you won’t be able to predict what happens next bc there’s a twist every few minutes. I can’t wait until season 2!

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Watch it! Its awesome

Not everyone likes this type of drama. But if you will give it a try then definitely it will keep you busy watching it. This drama is rollercoaster of emotions. It will make you cry, it will make you angry, it will make you laugh and many more. And i definitely enjoyed this rollercoaster ride. The acting of cast was top notch. They represented every emotion clearly. Believe me i have cried almost in every episode. The acting of people who became zombie was like Oh my god. Its not easy to act like zombie. You will know it if you will watch it.zombie dramas has their own fan base. My favorite thing about this drama was their friendship of cast in drama. Like how they always stayed together and moved forward with each other. They believed in each other and trusted each other.

This is a great drama about friendship and sacrifices. When you will think like this will happen next no this drama doesn't goes on as per your imagination. It fooled me every time. If you are a emotional drama fan. Then this is for you. You will cry your heart out. In some scenes you will get goosebumps. A drama about how can minorities can fight back or else let themselves involve in majority. This drama also deals with problem of mental health. This drama plays with your emotions and mind. And you will let drama play with your mind and emotions.

I really loved this drama. Its Awesome. This drama definitely deserves more ratings. The acting of actors, the zombies, the emotions , the sacrifices and main the friendship was next level. Its best zombie drama i have watched so far. I dont know if you will like it or not but its definitely a outstanding drama. I think i will not get over this drama for like 10 days. Binge it. Its an awesome outstanding and i have no words for it drama

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You will watch it for the hype, but is it worthy?

Coming from 2016 Train to Busan and its 2020 sequel Peninsula, 2018 Rampant, 2019 Kingdom, and 2020 Alive, K-Zombie variety undeniably is a top-tier. Molding a story that synthesizes actuality and thrill, K-Zombie films and series are definitely no-skip.

All of Us Are Dead gives you a notion of being trapped in your school amidst an apocalypse and that's it, we are, once again, to take the same route of emotions, human nature, and morale.

In this perspective, multiple altitudes of development and headway await in its potential, but you will end up looking for the main course.

This is what the show offers: nothing is drawn for one purpose, each connects, each counts, each is just a part of a whole another madness.

Its 12-hour sail provides crammed and lengthy subplots, but amazingly delivers a visual harmony and topnotch performances by the actors.

Imagine a teen-oriented popular afternoon show, but there are zombies in it; this is what All of Us Are Dead brings to the flourishing violent and gore, but socially aware and genuine category of Korean Dramas.

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A true Thriller & Masterpiece ??

OMG!! It's my first ever Zombie series that I've ever watched & I'm not disappointed at all. From acting , scripts, Presentation & execution, everything was phenomenal 🔥 Infact I'm gonna talk about the support casts who played as a zombie in the group , all of them were awesome !! Never seen anything like that before..It was a ride full of thrill & excitement 🔥💫 Definitely recommended & go for it.. I'm glad that Netflix has renewed it for 2nd season because it really is phenomenal 👍 I'll give 9/10 & those who are thinking whetheythey should watch it or not.. Definitely just go for it...

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A zombie show with an interesting premise, but becomes frustrating to watch gradually.

The show definitely had me the first episode. It has an interesting origins for the zombie virus, and they show you how it starts and how it affects the city throughout each episode. There are different characters, and you see their story and their reasons for doing what they do. There are some characters will you root for. Characters with strong survival skills and logical thinking, and they are similar to Daryl and Michonne from The Walking Dead if you've ever seen it. That's the good I have to say about the show.

As for the bad, this show becomes increasingly frustrating to watch. You're going to wonder why certain characters do idiotic things or wait for bad things to happen. Some characters you expect to fulfill their roles later on. One student is big and strong, he carries a door and uses it to hold off some zombies. In a later episode, I expected him to help bust down a door, but instead they had some of the weaker students try to do it. Logically, it makes no sense. Its very irritating to watch.

Speaking of irritating, one of the main antagonists will not go down. There are plenty of chances for him to die, yet because of the virus (aka "plot armor") he just constantly gets back up and gets to do whatever he wants. I get that he's a villain, but as someone who loves well written villains, he needs more. Most characters get flashbacks and a backstory, this one guy does not. If the writers had made him a more relatable, maybe he wouldn't be so annoying. But he's just evil for the sake of being evil.

I understand these are just teenagers, so that may give reasoning for their dumb decision making. However, they make several references to zombie films and are aware of what zombies are. I would think that if they know about zombies, they would know more about how zombies are and how to kill them. But you're not gonna see that for a while, until way later in the series.

All of us are Dead did hook me with the first few episodes, but then it started testing my patience. I really wish they didn't make it so obnoxious to watch in later episodes, and I don't plan on re-watching it again.

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all of us are dead :x

as an avid zombie/apocalyptic series watcher, i shall give an objective review on this series..

STORY
i think the story as much potential, tho i wont say it has been fully optimized or put to good development in this series? also not comparing to the webtoon since i had not read it. the typical circle for apocalyptic series are simple: outbreak, seeing the human nature (some are selfess, some evil), definitely some exceptions where they have immunity/ half-mutant and of course sacrifices... The story did touch on these, but i felt it could have been done maybe a little more in depth.

so my opinions is:
1. ground zero: i like that in this show, they did explain the source of ground zero. in many series, we do not actually have a reason or clue why there's an outbreak (e.g sweet home, train to busan) . they key was of course a genius scientist, whom in a desperate attempt to save his suicidal kid, developed some sort of drug? that makes you half dead, half alive, hence zombies. so this is what i like because it's quite a wholesome explanation
2. human nature: and of course, in every zombie/apocalyptic series, there's gonna be selfless people and also ppl who annoy the hell out of you. so of course, the star players will be the main troop: cheongsan & suhyeok + i would say mijin & hari because i love that girl crush duo. annoying ones of course: gwi nam, nayeon and jimin?? sorry it was also borderline onjo for me tho her character was okay because she did provided survival guidance as a fireman's daughter?? just felt that she waskinda harsh to cheongsan at times ...
3: mutants: seriously this was the part i felt that most imagination or development can be put to use? main 3 mutants : eunji, gwi nam & namra.
- first, i get that they are highlighting the bullying culture in SK, hence eunji's character? but other than that , she was kinda useless for me tho? and to me kinda unneccessay since she never met up with the main squad at all? it could have been better if she had used her new found life to help the squad and also revenge on gwi nam? i mean that was the direction i had in mind the moment i realize she was mutant? but the writer didnt made her do that so i dont really know the point of her character?
- gwinam, of course there's gonna be a villian out there and it's safe to say gwinam is one of the main villian? like he is so dead bound on killing cheongsan just because he witness him murdering the principal? to me that quite illogical...? and right it might be cheongsan's character but idk why he had to keep provoking gwinam when really his life and death is at stake?? and for me, him having evidence of gwinam killing the principal? but so what? was it really that important when you dont even know you can survive tomorrow? i mean it's a good arc to have to introduce a villian, but i did not find the reason convincing enough .........
- namra, the only mutant in the squad but wasted potential? like it's obvious she has half human half zombies senses, and was of course helpful towards the crew, but she has more potential of course out of her character? but it did not happen? i mean with her abilities, she could have been better used to help the members, or even attract others of her kinds and eventually be a subject for clinicals to develop a cure at the later stage?? but i realize there were mnay scenes where she really just stood and watch ... so it felt like a waste to me though i really like her character?
4. sacrifices: too much in this series, but acceptable for a survival series. main sacrifices: joonyeong, cheongsan. the rest which i felt was unneccessay was : onjo's dad, woojin
- like joonyeong really selfless outthere protecting mijin when minutes ago he was just quarrelling with her? but he did not hesitate to save her and got himself infected in the end. he then ultimately sacrifices himself to draw the zombies away from his friends for their escape...
- same goes for cheongsan like he kinda like the main hero in the series :( honestly felt his death (??) was not neccessary if they had more useful development for some characters out there :( i am not sure how the webtoon ended but i hope he manages to escape as a half mutant like namra (though unlikely given the explosion, and gwi nam injuring his eyes like wtf). if only there was eunji revenge arc/ namra putting his abilities to better use/ introduction of new mutants to the squad in between...
-onjo's dad: honestly i was expecting more from his escapee, or at least hoping he has an encounter with jaeik and the lackey ?? to form a better crackdown team because the militants have their own dilema in saving those kids i get it. and his sacrifice...wasn't really needed i feel...they should have included him in the squad for a longer time frame :(
- woojin; really love it out there when he saved the other girl, and in the end hari ...it was touching but i actually hoped he had survived..

regarding the loveline: it felt like namra and suhyeok was the main, although it might have been onjo and cheongsan. i wish they hadn't included it at all because it wasnt clearly explained or developed enough? like cheongsan and onjo's loveline was clear, because they grew up together.. but namra and suhyeok suddenly? idk... and also suhyeok didnt make it clear to onjo at the end as well too since she confessed to him? and at the back it seems like onjo likes cheongsan? it's kinda messy for me. basically could have be simple, like cheongsan likes onjo, onjo likes suhyeok (not sure why tho, should have had some flashbacks) but later realizes she likes cheongsan. Suhyeok making his feelings clear to both onjo & cheongsan, and also show some flashback how did him and namra ended up liking e/o?) hmmm..

ACTING:
overall, most of the actors and actresses were new faces to me. but i didnt feel any awkward acting so far... probably some characters were not written well enough? but i personally really loved badass characters like hari & mijin? and also namra tho she could have been written for better use i feel... and of course, cheongsan and suhyeok was great there!!

MUSIC/REWATCH
not much music but since i wasn't distracted by any music, i think it was well directed? hmm probably wont rewatch, but i do hope they sign for a S2/3 because the ending doesnt seem simple? because namra is basically alive, mutated with the rest that is like them? and we of course need a key personnel to put them into good use, developing a vaccine or antibodies (like in happiness) so they can return to human form ? and i hope cheongsan is alive somehow... :|

overall, i think it was a good watch tho i felt the series shouild have been an 8 - 10 episodes long if they removed unnecessary characters or plots that did not contribute to the flow of the show... i will just wait for some news if there's a new seaon, like Sweet Home :D

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Second leads carry the entire plot

I said that Kingdom and Happiness are the best zombie drama. I will say All of Us Are Dead is the best zombie drama too but in a school drama genre.

Additional WARNING that Netflix doesn't tell you:
- It contains sexual graphics (a naked girl shot from behind) in one of the episodes.
I think I should write this in case you are looking for information about whether it's safe to watch it with family <3

Pros:
- Cho Yi Hyun is badass af. She carried the whole drama. Been a fan since she's in Hospital Playlist <3
- School-themed drama. So, the origin of the zombies can seamlessly be explained with scientific theories.
- Creative conflict problem solutions that the watchers don't expect
- Good amount of teen romance stuff
- Not too much comedy but it naturally is there.
- Pretty solid plot. Each episode will make you stay awake and aware. The atmosphere is so intense.
- Realistic dilemma choices faced by the students in the conflicts.
- Zombie species is developed well. You won't find this development in any drama before.
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Cons:
- Some plot holes are there (like why this student faces this kind of problem etc are not explained) but somehow the entire plot can bury those.
- Main leads failed to lead the show. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing. But I gratitude they failed. Choi Namra is a hard carry in this drama! <3
- Production team forgot to explain the details of how to kill the zombies like killing titans in Attack on Titan where everyone must slice the titans' neck. In this drama, sometimes, the zombies die by getting stabbed on the body, getting sliced on their neck, getting shot on their head, etc randomly. The explanation I remember is that they will die when the "host" body is destroyed. But, their "host" body isn't destroyed until the near end of the drama. So, those high schoolers actually didn't kill the zombies and just stunned them?
- Unnecessary sexual violence scene (a naked girl that has been bullied).
- There is no epic music :(
- Shibal, there is too much cursing. It's much better if you don't understand Korean lang.
- We need to wait for the next season to see how the plot ends.
- The writer is obviously forcing them to get trapped in the school lmao.

Extra:
Why majority of watchers love Namra more than On Jo? I think it's because Namra's role is the key to their survival while On Jo is always crying all the time and seems cannot live without people around her. So, I hope the writer does justice for the main leads.

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