Adeel Ahmad Jafri
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A really gripping storyline!
I've seen all sorts of korean romcoms, comedies and action movies and this is the first time I'm writing a review for one because I feel so strongly about Hellbound and what seems to me is unfair criticism.
There are so NINE things about this series that I just felt so deeply about.
(Full disclosure: Im a Muslim and I think that does affect how I look at this series as I try to compare it with the world of today and of the future.)
1- The storyline is one that has never ever been done in the history of any mainstream entertainment.
2- All the characters, including the lunatic cultists and its supporters are so well-depicted even with them being so bonkers.
3- The portrayal of how cultism can cultivate such a grim world run by borderline schizophrenic, narcissistic human beings
having no true allegiance to anyone except themselves is so on point!
4- The fascinated on-lookers filming each demonstration with their phones showing false sympathy as the world spirals further down into turmoil almost comes as a slap in the face to people who live such lives today.
5- The masked stinking rich VIPs paying to get front seats to watch what seems to them as another form of entertainment as the 'lower beings' suffer.
6- The way people have to make the hardest decision to die in hiding just so their families aren't ostracised for something they did or did not do.
7- The look of despair when people receive the decree and punishment, with some of them ignorant enough to continue to live a life of sin as if they were still untouchable in a world where seemingly the sinful are so cruelly and brutally punished.
8- The world-wide organized crime and violence that ensues using the new 'religion' as a false front.
9- The blatantly deceitful workings of the cult behind the scenes to ensure they remain in power.
All in all, I am extremely surprised how the writers were able to so accurately illustrate a world with gullible people having no real sense of direction. The on-lookers, supporters and crime syndicate are the perfect fit for the good, the bad and the ugly. If you put some thought into it, it almost feels like this is exactly what the world would behave and react if something so horrific was to happen.
P.S. The chaotic camera work in the latter half of the last episode is so terrifyingly good.
P.P.S. I've never been the sort of person who would rewatch anything hence the low rewatch value.
There are so NINE things about this series that I just felt so deeply about.
(Full disclosure: Im a Muslim and I think that does affect how I look at this series as I try to compare it with the world of today and of the future.)
1- The storyline is one that has never ever been done in the history of any mainstream entertainment.
2- All the characters, including the lunatic cultists and its supporters are so well-depicted even with them being so bonkers.
3- The portrayal of how cultism can cultivate such a grim world run by borderline schizophrenic, narcissistic human beings
having no true allegiance to anyone except themselves is so on point!
4- The fascinated on-lookers filming each demonstration with their phones showing false sympathy as the world spirals further down into turmoil almost comes as a slap in the face to people who live such lives today.
5- The masked stinking rich VIPs paying to get front seats to watch what seems to them as another form of entertainment as the 'lower beings' suffer.
6- The way people have to make the hardest decision to die in hiding just so their families aren't ostracised for something they did or did not do.
7- The look of despair when people receive the decree and punishment, with some of them ignorant enough to continue to live a life of sin as if they were still untouchable in a world where seemingly the sinful are so cruelly and brutally punished.
8- The world-wide organized crime and violence that ensues using the new 'religion' as a false front.
9- The blatantly deceitful workings of the cult behind the scenes to ensure they remain in power.
All in all, I am extremely surprised how the writers were able to so accurately illustrate a world with gullible people having no real sense of direction. The on-lookers, supporters and crime syndicate are the perfect fit for the good, the bad and the ugly. If you put some thought into it, it almost feels like this is exactly what the world would behave and react if something so horrific was to happen.
P.S. The chaotic camera work in the latter half of the last episode is so terrifyingly good.
P.P.S. I've never been the sort of person who would rewatch anything hence the low rewatch value.
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