Kai Duan (2022)

One of the best thriller drama I've seen this year

Not only the best, this drama doesn't have any major logical problems with its plot.

First, the chemistry between the 2 leads. It is perfectly built up alongside the plot. Their trust not instantly grew the moment they face eath other. They have to go through so many things that they can finally trust each each other. Also they're actually such adorable couple.

Second, the police's work isn't against any illogical way at all. Of course, policemen aren't perfect. But there are many dramas where the police are like a bunch of highschoolers who don't know how to conduct an investigation or even being outsmarted by ordinary citizens. In this drama, the police work according to what we expected them to do.

Third, all of the characters (especially the support roles) aren't there to be just cannon fodders. They exist with reasons. Moreover, all of the events happening in the drama can also be explained logically.

All in all, I don't have any major problems with this drama. There are only a few dramas that I gave more than 9.0 rating. This drama is one of them. Highly highly recommended.

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Clean way to reset your mind

If you're looking for a drama that's short and not a lot of episodes then this drama is a must watch. I first saw some clips of this drama on my Tiktok for you page and thought it was interesting and decided to give it a try. Totally worth it!!! This drama is about two people who goes on a bus and ends up getting trapped in a time loop due to an explosion accident on the bus. THese two work together to solve the mystery and try to save everyone in the process. an amazing drama that's written really well. Although this drama mentions a cycle of repeat, it never gets boring. Each new cycle is filled with more clues and situations that makes you feel like your apart of the crowd. Each cycle is different and provides different points and clues. The main leads chemistry was amazing. Even though it was a slow-paced romance, but you could definitely feel the chemistry was there. with only 15 episodes, the directors and production crew managed to tell a story in a short amount of episodes while not rushing the plot or the ending, providing the viewers with a sense of comfort. Throughout the whole show, you will never get bored and it is really amazing to watch. Thee ending was also very well done, because usually in a short-episode dramas, they tend to rush the ending to quickly finish the drama, but all the pieces come together and provides a very satisfying ending. everyone on that bus got an ending where they live their normal lives and their happy, providing each character with a sense of closure. I also love the way all the passengers of the bus helped even though they dont know eachother, which really shows the compassion of people when faced with dangers.

*A little spoiler!!!!!!*
The acting was also very well done by the whole cast, especially the lady carrying the bomb, hearing her story about her daughter and how painful it was for her.

Overall this was an amazing drama to help refresh your mind if you feel too overwhelmed by longer dramas or don't have a lot of time to finish a long drama. I finished this drama in 3 days, it was so addicting!!!!! <333333

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Binge worthy!

Wow! If I could just stop my review here, I would, but since a certain number of characters are required, I'll expound a little bit. First, the time loop premise - there are so many ways that it could have gone terribly wrong, the worst being feeling like everything is being re-hashed over and over. They did not fall into that trap, instead each loop was just a little bit different than the last, with us the audience, learning right along with the main characters. As I was watching, I felt that this was a really fresh take on the concept of deja vu.

Acting - the main characters did an excellent. As I find in most Chinese dramas, the ancillaries suffer from overacting and the terrible dubbed voices. I could forgive it here because the whole story just kept moving so fast.

There was a touch of romance to the story, and it, by necessity, took a back seat to all the action. I really felt like the main characters were drawn together because of their experiences, but their relationship was very believable. I felt like if they met under ordinary circumstances, they would still be drawn to one another.

This show gets you to thinking about, if you could go back and change things, or set them right, how would you go about it? What would you be willing to do?

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of watching this.

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So I will admit the ending was a taddd underwhelming but I absolutely love this drama and I literally had such a hard time balancing my schoolwork and this drama because all I wanted to do was find out what happened next. Definitely don’t start this if you have a busy week ahead. The storyline was (un)surprisingly repetitive, but I actually didn’t mind it one bit. The romance/confession scene could’ve been smoother but they were together in the end so that’s all that I care about. Overall, I loved how we got to see the backstories of most of the characters on the bus and really get down to the big reason why the bus was blown up in the first place. It was interesting to see how easy it was for them to survive the bomb explosion but how exponentially more difficult it was for them to save everyone else. Lovely drama, I 100% recommend to anyone, especially to my Happy Death Day fans.

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The most perfect drama I've seen!

This is absolutely one of my most favourite dramas by far! The characters were great, the storyline was amazing, and the overall performance was an absolute banger!

I only watched this because some of my friends had watched it when it first came out, but I didn't have the heart to start it until this year (because I wasn't a cdrama fan back then). But now that I've finished it, I have to admit, I do wish I had seen it earlier.

To summarize the beginning, the FL wakes up on bus no. 45. Seemingly frantic, she yells to the bus driver that there is a pervert on the bus (AKA the ML). She ends up pulling the ML off the bus, and then leaves him without any explanation. However, she hears an explosion in the distance, and a motorcycle ends up bumping into her, which gives her a concussion. In the hospital, she sees the ML, who had debris all over his body. When the police come in to interrogate her, it is revealed that she is in a time loop, where the bus she is on is always about to explode. As expected, the police don't believe her, and then it is shown that the ML has died. The FL falls asleep, and then she wakes up on the bus again. Unexpectedly, the ML also wakes up and finds himself in the time loop. After many failed attempts to get off the bus, the two end up making plans to prevent the bus from exploding in the first place. The two progress through all the difficulties they face (getting interrogated by the police, getting stabbed, facing the truth of those behind the bombing, etc), and no matter how hard it is to find the truth, they continue to fight to protect the innocent beings on the bus and around.

I really enjoyed this drama, as it was more focused on the actual storyline and the development of the characters, and there was no side drama involved. The plot was straightforward, and kept me captivated throughout, which is why I really liked it.

I hope Restart (if it'll be confirmed to come out) will be as captivating and as awesome as Reset!

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Un thriller incroyable !

L'année 2022 se poursuit avec un drama chinois époustouflant dont il serait vraiment vraiment vraiment dommage de passer à côté!!!! Sous-titré en français sur Viki, vous n'aurez plus de raison et d'excuse valable si vous passez à côté de cette perle! Je vous conseille vivement de prévoir de le visionner en une seule fois , un peu comme un long métrage...

Afin d'éviter tout spoil malvenu, je n'écrirai que peu sur l'histoire. Ce dont vous avez juste besoin de savoir tient en une seule et unique phrase : Li Shi Qing et Xiao He Yun se retrouvent piégés à l'intérieure d'une boucle temporelle les obligeant à revivre l'explosion d'un bus. Comme écrit plus haut, j'éviterai d'en dire plus, chaque mot pouvant vous donner des indices sur le déroulé du scénario, ce qui serait vraiment dommage.

Dès les premières images, nous sommes propulsés directement au coeur de l'action. Un drama d'action avec peu de temps mort? 

Que nenni.
Un drama incroyablement géré d'une main de maître alternant une action haletante à des scènes émouvantes en passant par une narration subtile impliquant presque tous les personnages du drama. Il n'y a pas de temps mort. Pas de passage ennuyant. Pas de flottement hasardeux. 
Le talent de la scénariste est de nous avoir impliqué, et ce dès le début, dans cette angoisse, cette tension qui ne nous lâcheront pas jusqu'au dernier épisode. Un marathon époustouflant.

Il faut savoir que le drama est un roman de Qi Dao Jun (祈祷君) intitulé "Kai Duan" (开端). Qi Dao Jun a d'ailleurs contribué au script, aidée en cela par Lao Sun, Qiu Yujie et Huang Kaiwen. L'auteur a travaillé minutieusement, jour après jour sur le scénario, prêtant une attention absolue à tous les détails visant à mener un presque sans faute au scénario. Le tournage a été deux fois plus long que ce qu'on voit habituellement pour un drama, 62 jours pour 15 épisodes, ce qui est ici un gage de qualité. Le réalisateur, loin d'être un novice, n'est autre que celui en charge de la photographie de "Nirvana in Fire". L'équipe de production a notamment été au commande de hit comme "Nirvana in Fire" ou "Battle of Changsha". Le producteur, Hou Hong Liang, n'est autre que celui qui a produit "Nirvana in Fire" mais aussi "Love me if you dare" ou "Battle of Changsa". Autrement dit, avec une telle équipe, peu de chance de voir un truc pourri...
Peu d'épisode, un format inhabituel qui aura accumulé depuis sa diffusion 2,1 milliards de vue sur la plateforme Tencent, rien qu'en Asie, faisant de "Reset" le drama ayant eu le plus d'audience pour l'année 2022, du moins en ce début d'année. 
A titre de comparaison, "Squid Game's" sur Netflix a totalisé 1,6 milliards de vue dans 90 pays...
Oui, me direz-vous, le nombre de vue n'est pas une garantie de qualité n'est ce pas. "Reset" est quant à lui un drama affublé d'un scénario complexe et de personnages charismatiques et attachants, faisant de lui indiscutablement, à mes yeux, d'un "must to watch".

Contrairement au livre, les personnages ont une importance qui non seulement font avancer l'histoire mais donne cette raison aux protagonistes de vouloir retourner dans cette boucle afin de les sauver d'une mort certaine. Loin d'être juste une décoration à l'ensemble du scénario, les personnages secondaires nous touchent de par leur passé et de leur trait de caractères tels que la dame aux médicaments ou l'homme aux écouteurs. Peu présentés et silencieux, comme l'homme aux écouteurs, ils participent activement le moment venu, à la montée d'adrénaline qui nous parlent. L'émotion nous bouleverse lorsque s'en vient à l'écran l'homme aux pastèque, l'homme à la valise, le chauffeur du bus, le streameur, la dame au faitout ou bien encore l'homme aux chats.....des personnages d'une telle simplicité mais avec un passé qui trouve étrangement écho en nous. Le spectateur est impliqué violemment dans ce sauvetage et nous nous surprenons à plusieurs reprise à retenir notre souffle, priant de toute nos forces que le bus n'explose pas pour la énième fois.

La force de ce drama tient aussi dans la qualité de l'écriture des protagonistes.
Li Shi Qing et Xiao He Yun n'ont rien d'exceptionnels. Ni force martial, ni intelligence hors norme, ni statut, ni richesse. Des personnes comme vous ou moi. Une étudiante et un concepteur de jeux vidéos. Ainsi, si leur passé ne nous est pas détaillé, si leur famille semble inexistante, c'est pour nous souligner la simplicité, voire la banalité de leur vie. C'est donc face cette situation d'urgence et de danger que Shi Qing et He Yun vont démontrer à travers leur action et leur parole de leur extraordinaire sens de l'humanité. La sensibilité et la force de caractère de Shi Qing complète à la perfection au raisonnement logique de He Yun. Leur lien a le temps de se développer malgré tout, par petite touche subtile et naturelle. La conclusion de leur relation n'en était que plus satisfaisante.

Mais le protagoniste qui nous aura le plus bluffé est sans conteste l'inspecteur Zhang Cheng ! Interprété avec un talent fou par Liu Yi Jun, la dimension rationnelle et humaine est aussi apportée par ce personnage. Son intelligence aiguë et son sens incroyable de l'observation, tenant ici pourtant d'un niveau élevé, n'est rien comparé à son humanité époustouflante et à la sagesse de ses mots. Si tous les officiers de police pouvait n'avoir qu'un centième de son esprit, le monde irait tellement mieux.
Liu Yi Jun est un acteur chevronné qu'on a pu voir dans "Nirvana in Fire" ou "Legend of Fu Yao" par exemple.

Bai Jing Ting, que nous avons récemment vu dans "Ping Pong Life" ou "You are my Hero" est un acteur qui progresse sûrement depuis 2014 et son rôle ici confirme son jeu talentueux. J'ai apprécié la logique de He Yun et le cheminement de son analyse. De premier abord mitigé et pris entre sa conscience et sa volonté de survivre, le personnage évolue irrémédiablement et permet ainsi un contrepoids à la sensibilité exacerbé et naïveté de Shi Qin, nous délivrant de fait un magnifique duo d'amitié et de romance naturelle et solide.

Zhao Jin Mai, adorable dans "A little thing called first love", est loin d'être une débutante, ayant déjà à son actif de nombreux drama, et nous démontre aussi toute la subtilité de son personnage, ses réflexions humaines et au final sa volonté de vouloir sauver avant d'être sauvée.

L'équilibre entre le scénario de l'explosion ainsi que la narration des événements permettent de suivre sans temps mort le drama. Le suspense est distillé de façon intelligente et est maintenu jusqu'à la vérité. Je ne suis pas une experte dans ce domaine, mais j'ose écrire que l'enchaînement logique a été exploitée de manière ingénieuse, nous obligeant à passer d'épisode en épisode, non seulement afin de savoir qui est le coupable. Mais aussi et surtout, car nous étions impliqués émotionnellement.

Un des meilleurs "thriller émotionnel" que j'ai pu voir, que cela US ou coréen ou whatever! A NE PAS LOUPER ! sous aucun prétexte !!

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Um marco, uma experiência.

Desde que eu terminei Reset, não tenho palavras para descrever o que foi tudo aquilo. Eu fico hesitando, indo e vindo aqui para escrever a review e é como se a mesma carga elétrica que se espalhou pelo meu corpo durante os episódios se espalhasse de novo e de novo, levando todo o meu foco. Esse drama é simplesmente eletrizante.

Emocionante na medida certa, lindo, sensível e com cenas de ação incríveis. A evolução da tensão acompanha o expectador e não o abandona, forçando-o a investigar junto aos protagonistas, um suspense tão bem feito que te deixa alerta e não angustiado.

Apesar de curto, a história e o espaço entre os loops foram extremamente bem aproveitados, deixo todos os meus elogios à equipe de direção e edição.
Mais do que tudo, as atuações são o principal destaque do drama, são tão imersivas que quando percebi estava chorando com o final, senti como se fosse parte de cada núcleo e compreendi silenciosamente as dores de cada personagem.

Definitivamente, um forte e quase que imbatível concorrente à melhor do ano. Recomendo de olhos fechados.

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Uma história bem desenvolvida, tensa e emocionante

Quando coloquei esse drama na minha lista, eu já imaginava que seria bom, mas foi ainda melhor do que imaginei. Reset cumpriu todas as minhas expectativas e ainda ultrapassou-as.

Com um plot comumente utilizado e que pode ser cansativo às vezes, o drama trabalha muito bem a questão do loop na narrativa, combinando momentos muito tensos, mistério e investigação.

A forma como o mistério do drama é criado é muito boa e cativante, do tipo que você fica ansioso para saber as respostas. Tem tantos momentos tensos que me fizeram gritar de aflição, foi realmente uma montanha russa assistir esse drama!

Os personagens são interessantes e bem desenvolvidos na narrativa, gostei bastante dos dois protagonistas, ao ponto de ficar aflita demais por eles.

Algo que gostei nesse drama é como ele mostrou os sentimentos humanos: seja nas histórias das pessoas do ônibus, na amizade que existe entre certos oficiais da polícia ou na cumplicidade e carinho que cresceu ao decorrer dos episódios entre Xiao He Yun e Li Shi Qinq. Mesmo que o foco seja o suspense, os sentimentos humanos estavam lá demonstrados nos detalhes, ao ponto de me fazer chorar com uma cena de pessoas dividindo uma melancia no ônibus.

De verdade, creio que não há nada que eu realmente não tenha gostado nesse drama. Pra tentar ser mais crítica, admito que o fato da polícia ser sempre muito "mágica" e descobrir as coisas em questões de segundos, ou a presença de algumas conveniências de roteiro me incomodaram um pouco. Mas não sei, talvez por eu raramente ver dramas desse gênero, e ainda, encontrar c-dramas desse gênero, resolvi não focar nesses aspectos e deixei passar, visto o tanto que foi empolgante assistir Reset.

Eu achei esse drama muito bem produzido, desde o roteiro, fotografia, a ost e as atuações. Inclusive queria destacar as atuações, pois foram incríveis e passaram cada emoção muito bem! Esse elenco foi ótimo.

Apenas um ponto positivo aleatório na minha opinião: não há aquele filtro esbranquiçado horroroso (que faz os personagens ficarem brilhando ou parecerem velas) presente em muitas das comédias românticas chinesas!! Essa atmosfera costuma me incomodar bastante nessas produções, pois as sombras e texturas da pele ficam muito estranhas, ao meu ver. Sei que é apenas um pequeno detalhe, mas isso fez ser mais "confortavel" de assistir.

Enfim, eu amei Reset demais. Recomendo muito! Com certeza um dos melhores c-dramas que já assisti.

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One of the best!

Truly one of the best C-Drama I have ever watched. IMHO, it also surpassed some K-Dramas. The story and the plot were concised and the time loop plots were not boring because they gave us more and new informations. Each episode also explored the different story about each passangers. It gave me suspense and made me curious that I kept wanting more. The drama managed to surprise me with the twists but it also gave a clear picture of what could really happen in real life (how onlookers are afraid to report, or how some cases were not investigated completely). All the actors did their best with their roles, but the victim's parents were the best! Bai Jing Ting and Zhao Jinmai killed in this roles! Definitely an underrated gem and worth to watch!

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