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Defendant korean drama review
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Defendant
1 people found this review helpful
by toldie
Apr 6, 2021
18 of 18 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
This review may contain spoilers

Amazing acting and poor writing

I’m so angry at this drama. Not because it was particularly bad. Because I had such high hopes for it I was just expecting more. And the truth is, this drama is average, but should be great. And ts was destroyed by poor writing and bad plot solutions.

First of all, casting was really good. There was maybe a couple of characters that wasn’t so convincing but the rest was truly memorable and could stand on their own. Ji Sung in main role was class of his own, even tough sometimes his shrieks were more comical than sad. But those were singular moments and wasn’t a big problem at the end.

But writing… especially in the second part was just bad. And basically only in one direction, which was sadly enough. Because let’s talk about villain and what we can do. Because apparently he can do everything without any consequences. He can lie himself away from every situation, he can kill anyone who tries to interfere with his plans and nobody would bat an eye. At one point I was sure he could just shoot the judge in the face and leave courtroom as a innocent man. No proof is enough to sentence him, no witness is enough and certainly not safe. When in doubt he can always use his trusty orange truck of death and problem is solved.
I’ve heard that chaebols can do a lot in Korea without consequences, but this guy just went too far. And obviously, when he couldn’t do something, be sure that his dad could.

This was so annoying that I was just praying for this series to end already, because his senseless impunity destroyed drama, that otherwise could be very good. And with it, it was average at the most.
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