Category: Crime
-
A Gripping Mystery Thriller : Adamas Review
Episode 1-7 Review Seven episodes into the drama, Adamas has to be one of the best mystery thrillers in the K-drama scene. It is all top notch. Right from the production, to the acting and the execution, the drama gets almost everything right. It is slow paced, yet is extremely intriguing. Adamas is all that…
-
Japanese mystery drama Ame ni Kieta Himawari is slow paced yet gripping
Review of the First two episodes of Japanese mystery drama Ame ni Kiete Himawari Based on the novel “Ame ni Kieta Himawari” by Eri Yoshikawa, Ame ni Kieta Himawari (The Sunflower the rain washed away) is a Japanese mystery drama written by Seki Erika and directed by Hijikata Masato and Iwata Kazuyuki. An 11 year…
-
P.S. I Hate You: Thai Series Review/ A Solid Suspense Thriller Packed with Brilliant Performances
Initial Review of P.S. I Hate You P.S. I Hate You is somewhat similar to the previous GMMTV series, The Player and Friend Zone. While The Player was about sexual intrigue, Friend Zone was about complicated human relationships. P.S. I Hate You also lies somewhere in the same zone. It’s about female friendship and the…
-
K-Drama Bigmouth is High on Suspense and Mystery
Review of Episodes 1 and 2 Big Mouth marks the most awaited comeback of one of the extremely talented Korean actors, Lee Jong-suk. Here, the actor plays the role of an incompetent lawyer Park Chang-ho alongside Im-Yoona and Kim Joo-hun. The first two episodes lived up to the expectations and the writing by Kim Ha-ram…
-
Cafe Minamdang is Your Typical K-Drama that Fails to Make an Impact
Cafe Minamdang, based on the critically acclaimed novel, Minamdang: Case Note, introduces its hero Nam Han-jun, a few seconds into the first episode. He has a charm that we see typically in K-drama heroes(we have seen this a lot) and his entry sequence shouts the very same thing out. We get to see an interview…
-
The Woman in the house across the street from the girl in the window: A genuine spoof of murder mysteries
Netflix’s series The woman in the house across the street from the girl in the window is a humorous spoof on murder mysteries. The protagonist Anna investigates a murder which occurred in the house across the street. The accidental discovery of the important evidence in the murder mysteries is represented humorously in the series. Anna…
-
Money Heist Korea: An Honest Remake which Offers More
This Korean reimagination of the much popular Spanish original is more complex and convoluted. It is extremely intriguing and adds its own twists and turns to the basic story line. This is what a remake should be. The makers have adapted the series well into the Korean cultural and political scenario. The heist happens in…