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Klio
Bosnia and Herzegovina
This review may contain spoilers
Dark and gritty, not your usual k-drama.
Prior to watching Connect I never watched any of Takashi Miike's previous works so I didn't know what to expect going into it. The premise looked interesting and I am a fan of Jung Haein so I knew at least the acting would be good even if everything else fails. After all, the first batch of MDL comments was not encouraging. However, I was positively surprised.
Connect follows the story of Ha Dong Soo (played by Jung Haein) who is a "connect", member of the new superhuman race. His body can heal itself from any type of injury and reconnect with any severed parts. One day he gets abducted by the illegal organ traffickers and during the surgery both of his eyes get removed. His body, however, starts healing and reattaching itself and he manages to run away before he's caught by the traffickers. One of his eyes stays behind and later ends up with Oh Jin Seop (played by Go Kyung Pyo) who turns out to be the infamous serial killer. His new eye somehow establishes connection with Ha Dong Soo who starts having painful visions of the things Jin Seop is seeing. As if being chased by the organ traffickers isn't enough, Ha Dong Soo decides to find the serial killer, stop him from killing any more people, and retrieve his eye.
The story itself looks really interesting, it has intriguing characters and enough dark elements to make a good thriller. But, although it was entertaining and easy to watch because it has only six 40 minutes long episodes, sometimes it lacked suspense and some (supporting) characters made unfathomably stupid decisions. The visual aspects, sound effects and the acting were amazing. Jung Hae In was really good at playing the traumatized but somewhat brave superhuman who only wants to live normal life and be left in peace but gets entangled in human trafficking, kidnapping and serial killing cases. Go Kyung Pyo was compelling in the role of a cold and unhinged killer.
The drama is violent and gory, but compared to some other works famous for violence and goriness it wasn't that notable. I think. I wasn't grossed out while watching it but that could be me. Aside from the two MLs, there was also an interesting FL who had great chemistry with Ha Dong Soo.
The ending was open and left many things unexplained, but if they ever make another season I'll definitely watch it. If you're open to darker and more violent content give this one a chance.
Connect follows the story of Ha Dong Soo (played by Jung Haein) who is a "connect", member of the new superhuman race. His body can heal itself from any type of injury and reconnect with any severed parts. One day he gets abducted by the illegal organ traffickers and during the surgery both of his eyes get removed. His body, however, starts healing and reattaching itself and he manages to run away before he's caught by the traffickers. One of his eyes stays behind and later ends up with Oh Jin Seop (played by Go Kyung Pyo) who turns out to be the infamous serial killer. His new eye somehow establishes connection with Ha Dong Soo who starts having painful visions of the things Jin Seop is seeing. As if being chased by the organ traffickers isn't enough, Ha Dong Soo decides to find the serial killer, stop him from killing any more people, and retrieve his eye.
The story itself looks really interesting, it has intriguing characters and enough dark elements to make a good thriller. But, although it was entertaining and easy to watch because it has only six 40 minutes long episodes, sometimes it lacked suspense and some (supporting) characters made unfathomably stupid decisions. The visual aspects, sound effects and the acting were amazing. Jung Hae In was really good at playing the traumatized but somewhat brave superhuman who only wants to live normal life and be left in peace but gets entangled in human trafficking, kidnapping and serial killing cases. Go Kyung Pyo was compelling in the role of a cold and unhinged killer.
The drama is violent and gory, but compared to some other works famous for violence and goriness it wasn't that notable. I think. I wasn't grossed out while watching it but that could be me. Aside from the two MLs, there was also an interesting FL who had great chemistry with Ha Dong Soo.
The ending was open and left many things unexplained, but if they ever make another season I'll definitely watch it. If you're open to darker and more violent content give this one a chance.
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