Along with the Gods: Les 49 derniers jours

One of my acquaintance told me that the second movie is not as good as the first one. I.. disagree. It was heavy, yes. the story was great, a bit predictable but great. the first movie was like a fresh new idea for this kind of genre, but the second movie was like.. WOW If you love the first movie, you'll absolutely wanna watch the second one. Because this movie is the reason, the whole background story for the first movie. you wanna know how it happened, why and who is who. the 'who is who' part was a bit shocking for me :D wow.. it's been 2 hours since I watched the movie, I still have this.. heavy feeling. can't describe how much I love and adore the movies, and how great the story was. It's a must watch. *I knew it all along.. Yeomra*

The second movie of the Along with the Gods series was entertaining, but not as good as the first one. Whethere the first one was backed with emotions and twists, this one was just a good movie about two things, the trial of the last movie's lead's brother and the past of the three grim reapers massed up in the story of a young boy and his grand father. The story about the boy and the background story on the three main characters were interesting and kind of sad. The trial part, however, failed to impress. And when all the stories came together, it was a quick and awkward mass up, concluding everything so we could move on to the next chapter about the othe soldier, whose story will be presented in the third movie. I just hope that the last one will be the best one. Other than that, the performances were really well by all the actors in the film and they actually looked natural. The special effects in addition, were decent and enjoyable. So, 7.5 out of 10, because it was a good movie, but it could have been better.

Let's talk about the advantages and the disadvantages of the movie. The plot was unexpected but wonderful. The director connected the first with this film perfectly. In addition, the ending truly made me teary-eyed. It touched me a lot. Then I have to say some arrangement I don not understand. The first was the character Seongju God. I believed that director wanted to add this character to the second film to enrich the story. But this character was completely a tool man to promote the development of the plot. Moreover, the first half of the movie was full of low-grade jokes. They doesn't make me laugh, okay? ALL IN ALL, Sin-gwa ham-kke: In-gwa yeon was a good film. Its shortcomings could not cover its shining points. It was worth watching.

Do not watch this sequel without first watching the first one.

In terms of cinematics, there seems to be less compared with the first. Yet the drama, wit & humor are truly delightful.

After a surprisingly good first movie (with tear jerking story lines); I had high expectations on the sequel. It didn't disappoint me but it's not as good as the first one either. Bad Points: The movie is full of cliche, drama , and coincidences that I am really watching a typical Asian drama movie. Seriously, almost all characters in the movie are connected to each other somehow with the little twist and there. In addition, this movie didn't develop the side characters really well. I understand the sequel focus is on the three guardians and their past but somehow the side characters which supposedly have major roles are sidelined and seems to exist to cater to the major story line. It's not very bad as they still have their moments, but I am just disappointed on this part of the movie.

Good Points: Cliche and drama moments aside, this movie carries a great message that it suppose to give to audiences; human values and forgiveness. I mentioned previously that I am not disappointed because this movie still gives out a great story line despite the cliches. If the first one gives u heavy water works, then this sequel gives u deeper understanding on forgiveness and human sins. The visual is great ; and the acting here is amazing which blends with the great story line.

Conclusion: This movie is great if you get pass all the typical Asian cliche drama because it got great story line, promising premise which can set a great universe , good settings and great acting. It might not be as great as the first one, but it's still a great movie to watch.