Hounds (2023)

Exciting Action Packed Adventure with Intense Fights, Evolving Relationships & Solid Performance

The story was an enthralling, action packed thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat. Although the plot itself was not extraordinary, the nail biting sequences made up for it.

The story initially revolves around two Male leads but as it progresses, several important characters come into the spotlight. The focus eventually shifts to the intense battle between Heo Joon Ho & Park Sung Woong's characters, with the latter being the villain. Both characters are determined to dismantle each other's gangs & inadvertently Both Male lead characters gets entangled in this conflict.

The action sequences were exceptionally well executed & exhilarating, although at times, the story might lose its momentum & become a bit monotonous.

I want to point out that this drama has a lot of violent scenes. If you're not fond of bloody violence, it might not be the best choice for you.

I initially loved the brotherhood between the two male leads but as the story progressed, focus shifted more towards the main plot & bromance took a backseat. Numerous new characters were introduced & received significant attention, which overshadowed the bond between two male leads.

Be prepared for the deaths of important characters throughout the drama. If you're not emotionally prepared for such sequences, you might want to skip this series.

In terms of acting, performances were outstanding across the board. Both main characters & even minor supporting roles delivered fantastic portrayals.

The action heroes were amazing in this drama & their performances were truly impressive. The action scenes were so intense that they made me really excited.

Episode no.6 & 8 were absolutely mind blowing & most thrilling of the whole series. The story takes a whole new direction in Episode no.7 with the introduction of some characters who had only appeared briefly in the earlier episodes.

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Action, pizzazz, bromance and a whole lotta stupidity.

As far as entertainment value is concerned, Bloodhounds does have a lot of it. The drama is full of hot oppas kicking ass and a wholesome bromance between Woo Do Hwan and Lee Sang Yi- who give you both Men in black and dumb and dumber energy at the same time.

WDH shines with his Alpha bunny presence and owns the role. The action scenes are snazzy, the comedy is great, it has a lot of interesting characters, the villain is charismatic, the friendship theme is at an all time high and it’s a very addictive and watchable bite sized show.

That said, the writing is painfully stupid. Like it’s just really fucking bad. The characters do such mindlessly idiotic shit just for the sake of conflict that you can’t take this seriously at all. It’s just 8 episodes of plot holes, meaningless deaths and 0.0001% common sense.

It’s junk food without substance and nothing too deep. However, it did bring me outta a super long slump and I did have fun watching it which is why I am not giving it a 4- which is where I think the writing’s at.

Cause what they are trying to sell you is essentially that a killer who is more or less the underground mafia who has killed samurais, hardened criminals, professional killers, gangsters and has the country’s richest and powerful in the palm of his hand can only be defeated by two goofy millennials who are still wet behind the ears and know how to throw a punch…

It’s hard to buy the BS, you feel me?

Anyway, overall a nice time pass and good for some swoons and giggles.

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