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To clear an conceptions out of the way, the acting was rather perfect.

The movie started really strong and the things that Kiwan went through was super intriguing. I was invested and in the edge of my seat for loh kiwans in the first half of the movie.

Then, the girl's story came with its all sub-plots and forced drama. The gun gangs was weird and unnecessary. The love story was misguided and yeah Tragic romance is not my thing specially with this level of emo fanfic subplots?!! The drug scenes was a second hand embarrassment.

I CRINGED FROM THE VERY EXPECTED ENGING.

Ps: he was an ass hole with that factory lady and super forgiving with the female protagonist , it was irritating to watch.

"The amount of mid movies I watched for SJK should be studied"

Great events and historical overview. But, Felt like a filler kind of episode. At the start I thought that just a quick back story to this villainous man. But instead the whole hour was wasted in a back story that did not justify nor add any thing to the plot.

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. After the middle it was dragged and I was waiting for the episode to end or at least shift to the main storyline.

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After seeing all the 10/10 rating I understood it is a fan service and this is a k drama after all.

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All the themes was great and was explored in cinematic surreal story telling.

But the perspective from a side character lost my attention and failed to consist with main story.