*SPOILERS AHEAD*
I was in two minds on whether to watch City Hunter or not, so I decided that I would take a call after seeing the first episode. 30 minutes into the first episode and I already had goosebumps. I just completed watching the entire series and I cannot not review it.
City Hunter definitely is a very good show. The revenge plot is so extremely justified that as a viewer you actually squeal when the culprits are taken down one by one. But the fact is it does leave you wanting for more, it gives you the feeling that the end could have been better, and that is exactly why it doesn't become outstanding! Then again that doesn't mean its ending was bad. Yoon Sung knew his father loved him, yet there were times he doubted it. In the end though, that father, whom he thought did not love him after all, did make his last attempt to save his son.
The scene when Lee Jin Pyo falls on the ground after being shot and holds Yoon sung's hand..They had their differences, they had their own ways of taking revenge, but the fact remains that they succeeded because they both worked on it together.
The relationship between a father and a son who are not even blood related was depicted in an absolutely intriguing manner- They couldn't stay with each other nor without. For me, Lee Jin Pyo will always be Yoon Sung's real father. Whatever be his motive, Yoon Sung was precious to him.
It would have been so much better had Kim Young Joo been there till the end. His last words were that of Prosecutor Young jo and not Young Jo. For some one who devoted his entire life for the justice of the country, such a brutal death was heart breaking. He should have had at least unsolved the mystery of operation clean sweep before dying.
Kim Na Na seemed like more of a side character towards the end. I wish that had not happened given the fact that she really had some awesome chemistry with Lee Min Ho.
Lee Jin Pyu always knew how this was going to end, but he ensured his son got the happiness he always craved for. Only if he had understood long ago that in the happy world that Yoon sung dreamt of, he wanted his father too. Then again, I am so glad Lee Jin Pyo killed 3 of them :3
And finally, Yoon Sung the city hunter- Lee Min Ho was absolutely worth watching through out the show. His outstanding action skills were simply justified by the fact that he lived 28 years of his life learning them from a father, who appeared to be heartless from the outside. He loved his father, and in the entire show there was this one dialogue that made me fall in love with him-
"I will protect the ones who are precious to me and that includes you father." And he did stand by this statement till the end. He couldn't kill Lee Jin Pyo- he loved his father after all, so he decided to kill himself instead. The last scene leaves you teary eyed and shaken.
Only if there was a way for Lee Jin Pyo and Yoon sung to have a happy ending.
Watch this show for father-son relationship. Watch this show for the thrill and the emotions. It is worth it.
I must admin that I love how the heroes in k dramas are not killers in the name of revenge- Healer, k2 and now City Hunter. Blood for blood isn't always revenge. It is a never ending curse!
I was in two minds on whether to watch City Hunter or not, so I decided that I would take a call after seeing the first episode. 30 minutes into the first episode and I already had goosebumps. I just completed watching the entire series and I cannot not review it.
City Hunter definitely is a very good show. The revenge plot is so extremely justified that as a viewer you actually squeal when the culprits are taken down one by one. But the fact is it does leave you wanting for more, it gives you the feeling that the end could have been better, and that is exactly why it doesn't become outstanding! Then again that doesn't mean its ending was bad. Yoon Sung knew his father loved him, yet there were times he doubted it. In the end though, that father, whom he thought did not love him after all, did make his last attempt to save his son.
The scene when Lee Jin Pyo falls on the ground after being shot and holds Yoon sung's hand..They had their differences, they had their own ways of taking revenge, but the fact remains that they succeeded because they both worked on it together.
The relationship between a father and a son who are not even blood related was depicted in an absolutely intriguing manner- They couldn't stay with each other nor without. For me, Lee Jin Pyo will always be Yoon Sung's real father. Whatever be his motive, Yoon Sung was precious to him.
It would have been so much better had Kim Young Joo been there till the end. His last words were that of Prosecutor Young jo and not Young Jo. For some one who devoted his entire life for the justice of the country, such a brutal death was heart breaking. He should have had at least unsolved the mystery of operation clean sweep before dying.
Kim Na Na seemed like more of a side character towards the end. I wish that had not happened given the fact that she really had some awesome chemistry with Lee Min Ho.
Lee Jin Pyu always knew how this was going to end, but he ensured his son got the happiness he always craved for. Only if he had understood long ago that in the happy world that Yoon sung dreamt of, he wanted his father too. Then again, I am so glad Lee Jin Pyo killed 3 of them :3
And finally, Yoon Sung the city hunter- Lee Min Ho was absolutely worth watching through out the show. His outstanding action skills were simply justified by the fact that he lived 28 years of his life learning them from a father, who appeared to be heartless from the outside. He loved his father, and in the entire show there was this one dialogue that made me fall in love with him-
"I will protect the ones who are precious to me and that includes you father." And he did stand by this statement till the end. He couldn't kill Lee Jin Pyo- he loved his father after all, so he decided to kill himself instead. The last scene leaves you teary eyed and shaken.
Only if there was a way for Lee Jin Pyo and Yoon sung to have a happy ending.
Watch this show for father-son relationship. Watch this show for the thrill and the emotions. It is worth it.
I must admin that I love how the heroes in k dramas are not killers in the name of revenge- Healer, k2 and now City Hunter. Blood for blood isn't always revenge. It is a never ending curse!