Amazing in all aspects
The best BL I have ever watched, hands down. KinnPorsche has set the bar so high now that it will be difficult for other shows to be at least half as good. Compelling story, amazing acting, crazy twists, superb action scenes, sexy and hot intimate scenes, you name it. Kinn and Porsche are, naturally, amazing characters, but I also particularly liked very much Vegas' and Pete's arc - they really sell you on how complicated and tense and deeply suprising relationships can be. I was not a fan of the Kim-Porschay arc, it really didn't feel that relevant for the plot, but it is nice they had their chance to be together.Was this review helpful to you?
This series is all gifts in my Xmas list!
A game changer,a whole new level to BL world.Words are just not enough to describe this series.Cinematography,direction,ACTING!one word only:SUPERB!Cudos to everyone whos working hard to bring us this masterpiece.And although the genre might seem "light" to some, the series has the whole package and i find this a fine piece of art in every level.
I just love every single character!And as a last comment i really feel the need to compliment the young actor named Bible(who plays the char Vegas)If i didt know this is his first role i would say he is a veteran skilled actor who can deliver this large range of emotions so perfectly.
Just watch it!
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This BL is too good
KinnPorsche is really very good. Added to my favorites list. I'm loving watching it. ?If you've read the novel you will definitely cry with some scenes but there are also moments of relaxation.The acting of the actors is very good they manage to represent everything so well.I'm in love with the actors they are so beautiful ?sincerely whoever chose the cast of KinnPorsche is to be congratulated, the 2 year wait has never been so worth it.Million production, iconic photography every episode I fall in love more.Was this review helpful to you?
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A mafia love story done right!
Kinnporchse has definitely moved the bar high. This drama success really comes to the time and effort for the whole cast. The long wait for this was so worth it. I am in awe at this show as I whole. I have never seen anything quite like it and I don’t think I will see something of the caliber again. From the acting to the casting to the cinematography everything was done right.The only thing that I wish is that we had a few more episodes. They had a lot of ground to cover towards the end and I felt like if we had at least two more episodes it would have made this even better! But even with the amount of episodes we got I have to say they really did a good job. I would recommend this to anyone who wants something different from your typical bl story.
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THE BL TO BEAT THEM ALL!
KinnPorscheEver since the teaser trailer, we had high expectations for it. A mafia x bodyguard BL? Heck yeah! And despite it being delayed a lot, with changes not just in the cast, but the storyline itself, all of us waited desperately to watch it.
Ever since the release of 1st episode months ago, the series had us hooked. It beat all the previous BLs ever made. All of them. We laughed, cried, smiled, and got angry. It was a rollercoaster of emotions. The acting, it didn't feel like just acting. The connection between the actors, not just MileApo, but the entire cast, including the side characters, felt so... real, so deep, we knew what they were feeling with just their eyes.
Many parts of the storyline were a bit twisted, making us fear what might happen next. But the amazing direction made all those worries go away. They kept the original storyline, removed the toxicity, added fluff, and made it even more amazing.
The set, lighting, and costumes, were perfectly made and added even more to the action scenes.
Especially the soundtracks, and OSTs. I fell in love with Jeff's voice the moment I heard him sing 'Why Don't You and Stay'.
It's been one heck of a ride...
I think it's fair to say that it'll be hard to beat this.
To conclude, I would like to thank all the cast and crew for making such a brilliant series. You are all legends.
Thank you
From Moonlight,
a sincere BL fan,
Love from India ❤️
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Best Bl ever
4 years of being a bl series fan, and I can assure you that this series was the best one I've ever consumed time for.I'll make it brief, starting from the story, it is such a creative one but it wouldn't have been that amazing if it's not for the actors, the quality of production, the focus on details but mainly on the actors, they made a great job, I'm shocked on their performance.
kinn-Porsche actors, they had great chemistry, it felt so real when watching them, the facial expression, the tears when they had to drop them, the infinite kisses the bed scenes or even the pool scene, they were just incredible to the point you may believe that they're truly a real-world couple, from ep1 to ep 14 there's no moment I said no they did it wrong on this part, it was brilliant.
Pete-Vegas, the storyline between the two is just crazy though it started till episode 9 if I remember clearly, from my point of view the emotions they brought life to the show cannot be described, and if u asked me what's your favorite scenes from the drama it would most of them be from Pete-vegas parts, I laughed and cried badly for its scenes.
Kim-Chay had cute scenes, but i was expecting a cute ending for them because Kim apologizes for much and protected him many times as well so I think he deserves to be forgiven for his mistake but guesses that was an open ending for them.
Overall, the drama deserves a 10, and i can assure that i never watched a better bl series, and if i ever i did I'll come to edit my review however I'm sure that won't happen any soon, those are the legendary ones that cones once in years.
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EPIC! Can we say worth every second…!
This series! This series! Can we say worth every second waiting for Saturday to roll around. Worth every moment I’ve watched and rewatched. Worth every praise and accolades I’ve bestowed upon it! Worth every fan the cast garners. Worth every award they are sure to win in the future. What a dream team blessed with awesome writing and legendary directing and editing! I cannot praise this show enough. Please for the love of all the love in the universe give me MORE. I beg of you… bring back this team for a season 2 PLEASE!!! The finale wrapped everything up nicely but still left me questioning, guessing, suspecting. There is still so much left unanswered on Daddy Korn, and mama Nampheung’s part. That last line from daddy, and the last scene of mama told so much yet not enough! There has to be more to the story. I just know it. I want a whole series of Vegas/Pete, Kim/Chay living their best live together. I want to see Tankhun having a love interest. I want to see Kinn/Porsche in the next stage of coupledom. How Porsche handles being a boss now. Everything! I want everything! I’ll wait another 2 years for it to be done right! Just Please give me more of the amazing cast and production team. You all deserve every good thing coming your way from this project. The emotions y’all have drawn from me with every episode especially this finale is groundbreaking! Well done.P.s. Erika is a BOSS! Why didn’t I see more of her badassery before today!?
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ALL THE WAITING WAS WORTH IT
Everything is just so perfect with this drama, the storyline, production, actors, acting, effects, and OST. All the waiting I had before Kinnporsche was officially aired was just worth it. The actors were chosen so well as their acting is so natural. Mile and Apo suit the main character's vibe and they really complement each other both off and on cam. I'm really hoping for Season 2 with the same actors portraying the characters even though the drama hasn't ended yet because I don't how I could survive after thisssss. So much looooove.Was this review helpful to you?
Okay wow!! Just... WOW!!
I generally am very picky about writing reviews for shows but here's the series that's holding me gunpoint to do it :D .This was beyond my expectations! I love love loved it! I've not been so hooked to a drama in ages. This was a masterpiece.
Definitely lots of trigger warnings (sexual assault, drug abuse, nudity, torture, asphyxiation, violence, gore, mutilation, electrocution, I might have missed a few... I now see why this series is not on YouTube) but everything aside, I loved this show for being so freaking gripping. I was controlling myself so hard not to binge-watch the entire series.
Favourite character(s): Porsche (I just adored this adorable, witty, pervert who attracts trouble everywhere), Porchay & Kim (damn Jeff Satur, you have my heart you sexy beast!), Pete (dude here's my 21-gun salute for the brilliant acting. My heart breaks at what this character went through). Not adding Kinn because the hell's wrong with your eyebrows bruh! Naah, just kidding (not really... you need a good trim :D ). Warning: none of the characters are black and white. But I've overlooked the problematic aspects (in character's behaviour. Not the drama) for now and focused on the overall character development which was done brilliantly.
Favourite moment: Porsche's rib breaking embrace and lip-breaking kiss to Kinn when Kinn asks him to go live his dream of house at the beach. Kim crying for Porchay. Pete traumatised and tortured by Vegas in the bathtub. All drunk-Porsche's scenes (did I mention he's adorable?).
Special mention: Tankhun. This guy... I don't have words for Tong's character. He seems like he's there for just comedic relief but no... he goes way way wayyy deeper than that.
Parts that annoyed me: Ken and Big's ending. They deserved better than the 10-second death exit they got! Even Pete's death got more empathy and ritual and he didn't even die!
And that blast... (what the hell was that! Kinn: "Are you okay?" Is he okay? He's not got a freakin' dust particle on him buddy! What was that even! ).
Also, why was Big in sling for weeks and Porsche's gunshot wound healed after one-night of partying? My acne stays longer that Porsche's gunshot wound.
Why/how Tawan got back again? Wasn't he shot by Kinn?
Music: work-of-art. The music took the whole series to another level.
Screenplay: when it comes to screenplay, I always go back to the scene where Vegas opens the truck compartment and the team jumps out to fry up the enemy... In short, chef's kiss.
Production: you can see 5-star mansions, BMW's, expensive tux, whiskey, pool, spa, guns and hot guys... so yeah, production's off the roof I guess.
I'm one-hundred percent gonna miss this drama so badly! If they come up with second season, my soul will leave my body and float away happily...
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Honestly what even-
Honestly I was super excited and super disappointed by this show. I really loved History3: Trapped and heard really good stuff about this so went into it was a positive attitude; boy was I wrong.This show is basically like Tharntype, but this time the rape scenes and emotional abuse are done using a power dynamic so toxic the IAEA should be investigating them. No amount of trigger warnings could have prepared me for some of the abhorrent scenes shown, that are treated often as nothing more than a joke or a means to an end.
This show is a spit in the face to victims (especially queer victims) of abuse; be it emotional, physical or sexual. The lack of care the writers and directors took with these really traumatic scenes, and how they ever made it to the final cut is baffling to me. Since I started watching I also heard rumours about the behind the scenes of this show which is just.... wow.
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Plot What Plot? Porn Without Plot
I mean no offense to the fans, but how is this the best BL series ever made? Just how? Is it because of the relatively high-quality cinematography, the fancy suits, cars, and houses, and the hot guys’ doing "sexy" [non-consensual] stuff? I am sorry, but all of this, even if it was a hundred times fancier, will never outweigh a well-written storyline like the ones of classics such as SOTUS, He's Coming to Me, Theory of Love etc., which convey the beautiful essence of BL. Shame on the production team for advertising this as a BL series, when it has virtually nothing to do with the genre. BL does not equal gay porn and hopefully never will.I dropped this series after episode five because it was becoming disgustingly intolerable. The moment I saw Kinn rape Porsche while the latter was drugged I knew that this series is not for me – and judging by other reviews, there are worse things coming in the next episodes, including incest and more rape.
Episode one was interesting. After that, though, I could not understand if the production team had a mafia story, a dumb comedy, or just kinky porn in mind. I saw a lot of people praise Bible's acting. There were not many scenes with him in the initial episodes, so I cannot tell about him, but Mile and Apo were mediocre. In the lead actors’ defence, though, their characters are horrible people who behave illogically – no wonder they had trouble relating to them and portraying them. I liked Jeff Satur's acting and character. I was planning to continue the series because I was curious about him. However, the rape scene, which the script excused and romanticized, turned me off completely. There simply is not, and will never be, a scenario in which rape is sexy.
Although I liked Freefall, this song and the other OSTs are also just not it. Jeff Satur has a lovely voice, but his songs do not suit the vibe of a mafia series. They would have fitted a romance drama way better.
Visually pleasing actors and BL tropes thrown here and there cannot save a series that is literally the epitome of the Plot What Plot? Porn Without Plot tag on AO3. If this sets the standard for future BL series, I will stop being a fan of BL.
Edit: I forgot to discuss Tankhun. Knowing what happened to him in the past, I did not find his antics funny. I was actually disturbed that a character with serious childhood trauma was used for comedic relief. He is the survivor of a kidnapping. Making fun of such things should not be normalized. Shame on the production team for doing so.
I would also like to address the claims of some reviewers that since this series has a mafia concept, the fetishizing of rape and everything else that I find disturbing about this story is permissible.
First, this is not a mafia series. This is a soap opera thinly disguised as a mafia series. The mafia concept is highly underdeveloped and unrealistic.
Second, I encourage the apologists of this series to watch actual mafia movies. I recommend Casino, The Godfather, Goodfellas, The Irishman – they are considered four of the greatest movies in this genre. They are way darker than this series, which looks like a ridiculous fanfic compared to them. There is so much violence in them. There are toxic relationships, between couples, friends, and family. There is sex. They depict the world of the mafia in graphic details. However, not one of them is fetishizing non-consensual sexual activities, incest, or anything else of this kind. Bad actions and bad people are not excused. Their toxic relationships are not romanticized. If you watch even one of them, you will not think of calling this series a mafia one anymore. You will see it for what it is – a badly written kink fanfic.
Third, this series was marketed as BL. However, it deals with serious topics in a way that is not suitable for a substantial part of the usual BL target audience, which includes minors. Exposing minors to ideas like the ones promoted in this series – rape can be sexy, toxic relationships can be romantic etc. – is wrong. I thought that filmmakers were past the 50 Shades of Gray kind of "romance", but apparently not.
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Worth a Rewatch
Suspend reality and let yourself soar.I had started this a couple years ago when it first came out, but never got to finish it. Going back now to watch it, the series stuck with me even in the first 6 episodes because I remembered so much, which to me is always a good sign.
I don't typically care much about music in a drama, but I actually really enjoyed it here. There was intensity when it needed to be there, and softness in other points. The music set the tone in a way that often doesn't happen for me. And of course, I love an over-the-top storyline, and can you really get more over the top than a messy family and the mafia?
But truthfully, what really sold this show for me was the support characters. Yes, the main couples and actors were lovely, but the supports just added so much to the show. Chan, the head bodyguard, despite having very little context or story, still gave such a strong character that I felt a connection to him. Then you have Boss, who I initially had a strong dislike for (as they wanted me to, I'm sure), but the character redemption was fabulous. Pair that with other characters such as Erika, Tankhun, and Arm. The cast created such a special story that made it worth so much more for me than just the title couple. And while I am considering Vegas a main, he isn't listed as such, but the way they took you on a rollercoaster with him was wild. He wins for most traumatized character by far, even without them showing you everything (which doesn't excuse his actions, mind you).
Finally, I have to give a mention to the final episode. The series had action sprinkled throughout, but then episode 14 hit and you got punched in the face with it and I loved that. It was everything it needed to be, except I am in agony over going back and forth about Korn.
Needless to say, enjoyable and one I would rewatch again.
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