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Two Steps From Heaven

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Two Steps From Heaven

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The Rise of Phoenixes chinese drama review
Dropped 30/70
The Rise of Phoenixes
1 people found this review helpful
by Two Steps From Heaven
Nov 24, 2022
30 of 70 episodes seen
Dropped 1
Overall 5.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 3.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

I can’t do it.

This a second attempt at watching this series and I’m tapping out at episode 30 because I couldn’t for one more second stomach the asinine character that was Zhi Wei. She is one of the most idiotic characters I’ve ever seen in a C drama. So many people died because she just wouldn’t stop snooping around places that were better left to more intelligent people. Is the plot compelling? Absolutely. However, it moved at the most glacial pace with scenes that should have been left on the editing room floor.

Political intrigue and revenge tropes are my favorite genres, but the pacing in Rise of the Phoenixes was a letdown. Separately, I dreaded seeing the actor playing our anti-hero, Ning Yi. Whether it’s because of his pock-marked face or his smoker’s lips or the atrocious foundation used by the makeup artist. Whichever one, I simply couldn’t take his acting seriously.

Obviously, there are many who absolutely loved it so I’m definitely an outlier.
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