The Escape of the Seven

OMG PLSS WHOEVER DIDN'T WATCH THIS DRAMA FROM EP 1 OR QUIT WHILST WATCHING IT PLSSSSS I BEG YOU GIVE IT A CHANCE OMG I'VE NEVER BEEN THIS SHOCKED IN MY LIFE LIKE PLSS JUST GIVE IT ONE CHANCE. THERE IS ALSO MANY SPECIAL APPEARANCE IN THIS SHOW AND I LOVE IT. LITERALLY GOT ME HOOKED UP SINCE THE BEGINNING AND I HOPE THE ENDING WON'T RUIN IT IT'S GOING SO WELL.(tbh I feel like I'm almost having a heart attack because of this show I've literally been screaming because of this ONE'S EP LIKE AHAHAHHEHRHRRHRRRRPLS GO NAD GET YOUR POPCORN OR ANY SNACK FOR THAT MATTER AND GET YOUR BUT DOWN AN WATCH NOW.

Korean Drama '' The Escape of the Seven : War for Survival '' is a thiller-melodrama.

The drama has a strong start, hooking the viewer with its frustrating plot and the truly evil main leads who will stop at nothing in order to satisfy their egoistic needs.

And yet, in the second half, things got too ridiculous, even for a melodrama. And it also got boring, as it lost its sense of purpose, and changed its story all together, but without a satisfying result.

Also, the use of technology was eye rolling and only there to cover up twists that either backfired or were too out of hand to handle.

The performances, finally, were enjoyable and just right for the genre.

So, overall, five out of ten.

17 hours of people screaming and crying. It's shock drama with no substance whatsoever. The show is so incredibly shallow it's hard to even describe. You are guaranteed every ~30 seconds someone is going to have a mental breakdown, scream hysterically, start crying, commit child abuse, or just generally collapse from too much drama. The plot is absolutely ridiculous and feels more like a random event generator. People will come out of nowhere to reveal some huge drama event and then everyone overreacts, repeat x1000. Watching this feels more like a punishment than something you would actually sit down and enjoy.

I often watch Korean dramas that are overly dramatic and cheesy, but this show is on a whole different level. It's way more over-the-top and cheesy, you know what I mean, it's shallow in so many ways. Every main character in this show needs to get their heads checked. Just a visit to a psychologist would solve all their problems. Everyone is so hot-tempered and angry, just like a bad soap opera plot where every character is either unrealistically good or ridiculously evil. There's no in-between. And you know, it's super annoying when people think they're being kind-hearted when really, they're just being plain stupid instead of being a 'kind-hearted person.'

I was really intrigued by the concept of the series, the first four episodes have been so good that I have been wondering how the rest of it is gonna go, right from the first episode, this drama already sets the stakes so high. You really cannot stop watching and already want to see what will happen in the next episode, I kinda wish I was binging this instead cause waiting a week for the next two episodes is mentally draining, you literally cannot guess what will happen next.

Whilst it is similar to the usual backbiting and manipulating concepts in Kdrama, this takes a whole new fresh look on things and puts things more into perspective. You can understand why each character's motive and actions, they are all driven by greed and selfishness. This is a really great drama, I am highly anticipating the rest of it.

I have had it on my watchlist since the first quarter of the year, and I have to say it has more than met my expectations so far.