Bad Guy (2024)

Bad Guy & Angry/Sad Guy

Overall: this was difficult to rate. I really disliked the plot and the characters but everything was executed extremely well. 4 episodes about 10 minutes each. Aired on SUKFILM's YouTube channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYfaogVGCvwRtjaJ9-6V6InWnPJxR5z5U&si=sa6ViMn1SRginwgl Channel members get additional kissing scenes.

Content Warnings: non con kiss

What I Liked
- clear premise
- visuals
- acting
- production value*

Room For Improvement
- *they needed to turn down or remove the music when characters were speaking because it was distracting
- I actively did not want characters together, I had zero faith they would stay together happily ever after
- a character said the other queer character was pretending to be normal which implied that being queer is abnormal which I do not believe to be true
- it was understandable that a character was upset but saying they wouldn't let another character go was cliche and annoying
- the end was kind of open, wondering if they will do a part 2

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impeccable!

My special thanks to the social media channel I saw snippets of this series from. I wouldn't call it a series though, I feel like it's a movie. Four episodes of ten minutes estimate each, forty minutes of a movie.

I applaud everyone involved in the production of this movie. Those who picked the cast did a very good job. The cast, especially Park Luke (who realistically played the role of Jiwoon), aced their roles.

Heads up to the guy who played the role of the Tae Ha, our Bad Guy. You really made me hate and like you at the same time. Superb. But was Taeha really bad though, or just had an albatross around his neck he needed to put down? I loved his swift redemption arc, although I knew from the start what he was trying to tell Jiwoon.

And to the fiancee (please MDL, add her profile), your REAL acting in the fourth episode really hit my guts and reminded me that yes, this is really a kdrama. Lol!

Bad Guy is what I would call a tale of true love that fumbles along the way but recoils back to its true form, seen in the perspective of Jiwoon who felt what every human would feel towards their lover who does anything the way Taeha did. Alas, he wasn't really the bad guy Jiwoon thought he was, was he? Indecisive is the way to term it, maybe.

I really felt every scene. How they managed to capture a story that would've spanned 13 episodes of 30mins each into four short episodes of intensity is an art. Well done.

So, if you ask me if I'm going to rewatch this, I would look you up and down and be like, “Hell yes!” Needless to say I'll be coming back to check if new episodes or a new season is on ground, because some part of me just wishes for a background to the story (scenes of how it began) and what might happen next.

But! As I said earlier, how the production team managed to capture a story that would've spanned 13 episodes of 30mins each into four short episodes of intensity, with only three characters, is an art.

ps_ Sukfilm, on behalf of everyone who watched this film and loved it, we need more. Thanks.

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Who is Really at Fault?

Does this drama's production company have a penchant for portraying women as the worst characters? In their previous work, "BlueBoys," the women who appeared were depicted as truly unpleasant individuals. And now, it’s happening again.

The real culprit is the man who deceives a woman, pretending to be in love and even getting engaged, while hiding his true feelings. However, the drama doesn’t portray this aspect, so the woman appears merely as a villain.

The chemistry between the two leads isn’t particularly strong, and all the characters seem selfish. But I think the drama does a good job of depicting the struggles of being gay and the realities in Korea. Despite being a short script with just four episodes of 10 minutes each, the story is well-structured and cohesive.

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Exes with a future?

Do you want to be yourself or do you want to fit into little boxes as decided by the society? That is the conundrum Tae Ha faces. On the cusp of getting married, he contacts his ex boyfriend to let him know about it. But that is just an excuse: he is obviously forcing himself to be someone else and that is taking a toll on him. Meeting Jiwoon makes that crystal clear and he cannot stay away from him any more. He breaks off the engagement but that is not without consequences: his fiancée knew everything about his past and was testing him by meeting his ex.

No matter how many BLs and lgbt themed films and dramas asian countries produce, they are definitely not the best indicator of how tolerant and accepting the society really is. I'd guess that there are many in real life like Tae Ha, who is the prime example of such a man: lost between his real yearnings and the instilled notions of what is really acceptable. This is actually a tragic tale: even though they do end up together, the ex fiancées threats promise to wreak havoc in their lives. You know what they say: "Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned!". The ending can be considered open: either they get to live happily ever after or the ex make their lives a living hell (which is easy in the society they live in!) and they end up giving up. We do not know!

I watched this as a compilation on the producer's youtube channel without the18+scenes and frankly they are not necessary. The actors start kissing and then cut to the next morning with them sleeping in the same bed. The rest is left to imagination and most of the time, it is for the best. The make out scenes bring absolutely nothing to the plot since we know they slept together. The only jarring thing I noticed is that they slept fully dressed the morning after: I mean, one guy slept with jeans and a belt on. It must have been really uncomfortable and it made for a less convincing "we spent the night together" kind of vibe!

The actors were good and have decent chemistry. I just could not stop looking at Luke Park, the actor playing JiWoon, who beside excellent acting skills has the straightest and the finest nose I've ever noticed. Production values are the usual korean web drama style: empty sets and hollow sounds but the acting and the writing were good so it kind of balances out.

Who is the bad guy here? Is it TaeHa selfishly looking for his ex boyfriend and subsequently breaking off the engagement? Or is it Ji Woon who cannot or does not want to say NO to his ex? Or maybe both? Probably both on a different level. But still, both...

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La actuación es el pilar de cada producción de SukFilm

Bad Guy es otra historia corta de SukFilm, apenas algo más de 30 minutos de duración, en la que la productora hace gala de una capacidad soberbia para encontrar talentos poco conocidos que son capaces de cargar a sus espaldas historias que, de por sí, no son especialmente innovadoras.

Tanto Jeon Riu como Liuk Park son dos fuerzas de la actuación que te hacen creer realmente que se están enfrentando a un sistema hetero centrado que, de alguna forma, les obliga a separarse y reencontrarse hasta que toman una decisión final, enfrentando todas las consecuencias que esta pueda llegar a tener.

Creo que supera con creces la serie anterior de la productora, lo que augura un futuro interesante.

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selfish guy vs weak guy?

It's hard to rate this series, because:
The "bad" guy left the "good" gay to have a "normal" life, but when the "bad" guy is getting married three years later, he comes back to the "good" guy...
Is that realistic? If I were the "good" guy I would have moved on long ago.

In this story the "good" guy did not move on and is still yearning for the "bad" guy and as it happens they end up together. But not with some drama in the end where the ex-fiancé is threatening the "good" guy as in outing them and legal action and telling him seeing two man together makes her puke.

So this is not a happy story and the homophob ex and the selfish "bad"guy are a big minus for the story. The execution and acting was very good and a big plus. And after you have watched it, you will have a bitter taste left. So I guess, this short series was well above average, even when I don't like such stories.

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Moth to an ex-flame

This production company really loves to name their messy gays Tae Ha. Poor Ji Eun is completely powerless against his incredibly selfish ex-boyfriend Tae Ha who becomes a trauma to both Ji Eun and Soo Hee. While I felt bad for Ji Eun being the one getting threatened by the scorned woman, he also isn't completely free from the blame, but she definitely should have been aiming all that vitriol at Tae Ha. If only Ji Eun had any self control, he would not choose to be with Tae Ha, but alas he has no such thing. This is such a toxic soap storyline, but executed in a compelling way.

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