Duelo (2017)

Since watching Korean dramas for close to a year now, I gotta say Koreans must have special genes and lives like a cat because realistically the things that happened in this series NO real human would be able to bounce back from.

In the last few years I've become a binger-not a word, I know-but this is what I've become. I no longer have the patience to wait out another week for a episode to air. Luckily I've been able to do so with some of my TV shows and now Korean shows.

I was close to not watching this. I kept running into it while trying to find dramas w/o the romance and it's a very few. I recognized the main male actor from the Partners For Justice series and immediately liked his character. But I avoided watching this but bit the bullet and went on ahead and watched it.

This show isn't for the faint of heart. It actually reminded me of that Canadian series 'Orphan Black'. This series wasn't as deep as that series but it had me interested.

It does run slow and I watched only two episodes a day. I felt a little robbed because there wasn't a lot of backstories about any of the characters. I'm so use to backstories now that when I don't get one or get a little info I get disappointed. They did show a little about what the 2nd & 3rd male lead went through when they were kids. But it wasn't enough for me.

I liked the main male character because as the series progressed this guy was like a surrogate father to the 2nd male lead and other people who got involved with the plot.
I really didn't like the female prosecutor though. I'm not surprised about not liking several females in this as it always happen throughout the Kdramas I've watched.

The revenge aspect was a little weak but it was maintained a bit throughout the series.

It was a OK watch. The score was going to be lower but I decided it wasn't that bad. I do know I won't watch this again though.

Leia Mais

Since I love science fiction and thriller movies and series. TvN and OCN have a the most extended dramas what I have seen in acting with their story and I could liked it what this type of k-drama will be more famous worldwide and mostrate how k-actors acting is awesome at western society. I wish what this show and others of this channel will be airing on some private cable channel of my own country Spain.

The ost/soundtrack is pretty awesome, i liked so much the principal song.

The main leads and suporting roles was all fantastic on his work, i can still watch Duel like 2 times in a row and I don´t will boring of look at them.

The story is interesing with so much mistery, this drama have all. 10/10, I recommend to all k-dramas lovers.

Leia Mais

Easily the most amazing but terrifying kdrama I have ever seen

This one has a special place in my heart because it's the only kdrama I've ever seen that shocked me into silence... multiple times...

at least half a dozen times I had to stop watching to emotionally process what I had seen just to remind myself that it was acted and that it wasn't real. Yang Se Jong plays 3 different characters: a set of clones and a doctor, and his acting never fails across the entire series.

The main scenes that I find the most memorable include the first fight between the clones which was incredibly done and the effects for that were the best I had seen in any kdrama ever. They were subtle, but my god they were SO GOOD!

The other one was the final scene with the doctor where he was vivisected... This is the reason I couldn't raise the re-watch value any higher because this scene felt far too real to me. I know that's the point but it felt illegal to watch that and I couldn't bare to watch that scene again even if i did watch the series again.

I noticed that there were a lot of kidnappings, rescues, and torture scenes--more than realistically i think there would be if this actually happened but I wont complain because the series overall was a great watch! :D

take out the final vivisection of the doctor and I'd watch it every year!

Leia Mais

Amazing Cast for an Amazing Drama

If you are a sucker for dramas with a lot of action, injuries & crime, then this is 100% the drama for you.

This is one of the few dramas for me that has an extremely high rewatch value. The cast in this drama was perfectly picked with high class acting pulling off some difficult roles.

STORY -

As for the overall story, we saw a lot of actions scenes with the concept or cat & mouse chases. With the three main parties involved, there was action, injuries & development in every episode. There were one or two episodes in the middle where the drama slowed down, but that was purely to prepare you for an impactful finish.

With such an advanced concept, explaining everything was definitely a difficult challenge. However, to my surprise I didn't feel confused. A lot of information was given to the viewers over the episodes, so getting a clear understanding of how & why things happened was great. There was some information missing or didn't add up, but compared to other dramas in similar concepts / genres, this was explained amazing.

CAST / CHARACTERS -

Overall the casting for this show was great with a lot of the main actors executing their roles perfectly. To me, there were two main characters that stood out.

Playing identical twins / clones is always a difficult role for any actor. However, it was pulled off perfectly in this drama. Everything from the facial expressions, way of speaking and facial expressions was distinct between the two characters. It was interesting to watch throughout the whole drama and at times made me wonder how the scenes were filmed to be so perfect when the two characters met.

Another character that really stood out to me was the female prosecutor. And if you found her annoying you, then congrats, she played her role perfectly.

It's impossible for two people to have the exact same fingerprint and DNA, so her conclusion that that main MC was the kidnapper was justified as both DNA and fingerprints matched that of the crime scene. Apart from that, as you see in the first episode, Jang Deuk Cheon was out of his mind, so of course she'd believe science.

If anything, she was the most logical in all the situations while investigating the truth.


REWATCH VALUE -

This has and probably always will be one drama that I consider to have a high rewatch value. Every time I watch it I discover more information that I hadn't noticed the previous time. On top of that, the action & actors make this a great drama in general.

Leia Mais