This is my third drama of yang yang in a row after discovering him last week! Lol. Started with WRTW and YAMG, still cant get enough of him, so decided to watch this. Being a military drama enthusiast, of course this is right up my alley.

First and foremost, i am very much in love with how they do the battle scene and the fighting choreo was such a satisfying watch! It looks so sophisticated and elegant at the same time. It was 10/10 from me! Lol. Basically, the military part of this drama is chef kiss!

YY’s acting for most part is amazing, except for a few, which probably will be mentioned below. Lol. So many whump scenes for our YPY. I loike! Haha. Of course, YY’s body and built is really suitable for a commando character. Tall, not too thin and broad shouldered. The military gear looks so good on him. Though my boy at first sometimes is very annoying (i really empathise with his commanding officers tbh. Haha), i think it is a needed annoyance so as to portray how YPY grow up later on.

The supporting characters are all very good. Good to see Xiao Yun Jie and Lu Xiao Tian again after their roles in SCI. Best musketeers ever! And of course one need to mention GXX. Her acting is tip top and her portrayal as a sniper/commando is one of the best female soldier acting i’ve seen so far.

Now, as much as i love this drama, there are a few not-so-nice things that i feel the need to mention. Firstly, the PTSD arc. As we know, soldiers are very much prone to ptsd due to their highly volatile job-scope. So, many military dramas usually include a ptsd-related arc, as with this drama and Operation Special Warfare. And as how OSW botched the ptsd arc, GOSF also did not do the topic justice. During that arc, i was struggling to finish watching without skipping ahead. It was so sloww and draggy. And this is the only time i feel that yang yang’s acting fall flat to me. It felt like a boy throwing a tantrum rather than a soldier having to brave thru a ptsd phase. Sorry YY. Secondly, i feel the need to mention about how the scriptwriter tend to write how YPY always goes missing every time they finish a drill. Lol. Once was ok, twice is kinda pushing it tbh. Same goes with YPY opening up about his past. It should only been done once in the entire series and best achieved thru opening up to his cheetah’s teammates, rather than to Staff Officer Ai imho. And personally i feel that the final arc regarding the anti-terrorism competition is kinda anti-climax being put after the drug-dealer epic showdown. That arc should be the closing stunt for the show. And not sure if it is a case of sloppy post production editing or what, but what happened to the scene after YPY was taken to the enemy’s hideout and was then rescued by Xiao Fei? It seems that something is missing and suddenly the next scene is already YPY happily spending his day in Cheetah’s camp. I was like, ‘the hell happen here??!’ Lol. The camera work was also dizzying in some scenes. Lastly, sometimes the colour scheme really distracted me. Sometimes, they made it look like it was a 1990’s drama what with the black and white colour scheme.

Ost are not that many. So and so. Well, it is a military drama, so i dont expect much for the ost

Rewatch value: i think i’ll be rewatching many scenes from this drama in the future. The whump part of YPY and of course, the battle scenes!


P/S: i’m so sad this is going to be my last Yang Yang marathon in a while (not sure i want to watch Love O2O, it was from soo long ago and the cinematography and everything is wayyy different than say, dramas that were produced in 2018 and above.) 50/50 on watching the king’s avatar because of the e-sport gaming theme. Arghhhh Yang Yang! Please hurry up and comes out with a new project! Lol