Watching these 20 hours felt like a full working week. I know my opinion won't be popular here but there we go.
I did like the actors - in fact, I know most of them from other Korean dramas and they're great.
The beginning of the series was nice, although I found myself trapped in a typical high school drama with the typical rampant bullying from thousands of other Korean stories, typical loves me / loves me me not, and so on.
Then the story, with no warning, abandons the three kids and goes into a multi-hour flashback telling full, increasingly gory back stories of every parent and then some.
In the end, it cuts to present and plunges us into a convoluted, overly long, 3-hour "final fight" where the same people endlessly revive. I was literally skipping ahead, saying "not another fight between these two, they've fought at least twice already!"
And then the stereotypes...
I was so glad it when it was finally over.
I did like the actors - in fact, I know most of them from other Korean dramas and they're great.
The beginning of the series was nice, although I found myself trapped in a typical high school drama with the typical rampant bullying from thousands of other Korean stories, typical loves me / loves me me not, and so on.
Then the story, with no warning, abandons the three kids and goes into a multi-hour flashback telling full, increasingly gory back stories of every parent and then some.
In the end, it cuts to present and plunges us into a convoluted, overly long, 3-hour "final fight" where the same people endlessly revive. I was literally skipping ahead, saying "not another fight between these two, they've fought at least twice already!"
And then the stereotypes...
- Lying, treacherous Americans? Check.
- Brutal North Koreans, all living in bleak labor camps? Check.
- Russian mafia, speaking with the thickest American accent in the shadow of a giant Lenin statue? Check.
I was so glad it when it was finally over.