Jongmalui Babo

I was so pumped for this release since I am a big fan of dystopian titles and watch a lot of Korean series. The premise of the story is really appealing, and they cast a lot of good actors.

Sadly the whole series falls apart due to too many side stories and characters. I'm usually helped by understanding basic Korean, but in this case, it got me nowhere. I still felt confused about many things even in the first episode. On top of that, the series fails to create a dystopian environment and general doomsday vibe that I was wishing for. Everything is too nice and tidy considering it's the last days on earth.

They did create a very nice opening theme with a good soundtrack tho.

First of all, unlike the majority of the reviewers on here, I actually watched the whole thing. Since South Korea has actually made some pretty interesting stuff in the past 10 or so years, I was was expecting something decent. Well, it was decent. But it was also tedious, confusing, dull and what's worse in an apocalyptic story-no literal BANG at the end to at least make slogging through this mess worthwhile. So, if you're expecting exciting scenes of destruction and mayhem, look elsewhere.

The acting was fine and photography fine. Everything was just...fine. But frankly this could have been done far more effectively as a regular movie than a miniseries. There's simply no excuse for this subject matter to be boring.

The premise of the story is quite interesting actually. You know you have about 300 days to live before the asteroid hits earth but instead of exploring how people plan to live out their lives or try to survive, they focus on child trafficking and seeking revenge on the traffickers...really? This is not what the audiences came to watch. U don't need an end of the world setting to focus on this very issue that could be told in any normal setting. What a missed opportunity.

Also, another typical man/father-hating netflix show. In one episode, we have a dad who is supposedly stupid and abusive towards his own daughter. Then another boy said "a good father is a nonexisting one" out of nowhere. Then a single mother with 2 kids.... cause netflix cannot allow to have any good strong protective male characters. Netflix, we can have strong female characters without trashing and dumbing down men. It's really getting old. I could even overlook this if the story was somewhat entertaining but it was NOT.

Not best or worst series watched,despite needing subtitles.

Unfortunately where it fell short was moments dragged,you felt as though you missed parts within an episode or dealt with no cohesiveness.

When I started the series at first felt by mistake hit another episode,because it didn't feel like the beginning in the story timeline.

I don't want necessarily to say it was boring,it could of had greater potential.

How the movie flowed it was hard to distinguish between,past & current events happening to the characters.

Was this human study on,end of world behavior? If so,would think it was more tightly focused to matters ahead.. But instead we get numerous side-plots that scatter about,12 episodes wasn't actually needed.

Also you didn't attach yourself enough to care for anyone,despite an impending doomsday.. You found yourself just wanting a conclusion,roll credits. Don't feel this was acting issues,so much as other mentioned reasons.

I love foreign films & even with subtitles or cultural differences,however the storyline felt everywhere or messy to enjoy.

Acting to actors chosen was ok,not really familiar with anyone listed & you will find clichés or even plotholes.

Cinematography was fine,but otherwise not a series I'd recommend or watch again.

I really thought I was going to like this one, but as other people said, it doesn't have much and it's pretty darn slow. I've really become a big fan of almost everything from South Korea, but this one is really the exception. Not sure if I'm gonna be able to keep going.

I'm only two episodes in, but the way they have set up the story is really disjointed and sometimes confusing. They start you off somewhere around 300 days before the asteroid hits. Then it jumps to 201 days before it hits. But then it jumps back again without telling you that it had jumped back. So often you're not sure what part of the story arc you're watching.

Not much character development either. Episode one starts with a little girl living alone because your mother has disappeared. They make it clear. It's after the announcement about the asteroid. Then after the main title theme plays it jumps right into the story. One of the main characters is a junior high school teacher, and I was almost to the end of the second Episode before I realized the little girl at the beginning didn't grow up to become the junior high school teacher. And I still have no idea who this little girl is or why she's in the story. Don't think I've seen her again.

And It feels like this with all the characters. You really only get a very basic idea of who they are or how they fit together. The same thing applies to a lot of the situations that arise in the story arc. Something will happen, then they continue on with the show and you're not really sure what exactly happened, why it was important, and sometimes if it even got resolved.

Definitely a mess.