This is a Shaw Brothers production so the choreography was on point. I really loved the beginning fight scene with the rope action... VERY WELL DONE!

The Special FX are terrible even for 1984. I was going to give that a pass but I can't. I mean, the fake blood, the strobe lights...NO!

I really enjoyed the first 40 minutes of this thing but after that the story just didn't really hold my interests and I thought the secondary plot was dumb. I mean, a guy did sell his soul to the devil so what was I expecting? I don't know but I think b/c most of the good action and story happened prior I was just a little disappointed.

Also, inquiring minds want to know what the wardrobe/costumes department was thinking by putting the male lead in that damn clown costume. Just a weird choice. I did like the demon costumes though. There were some really funny scenes but overall very below average martial arts flick.

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This is a Carter Wong vehicle about a young man who has to fight the 8 Masters as punishment for his father's misdeeds.

When Chu is younger he is taken to a Shaolin monastary to protect him from his father's enemies. While there his training and studies begin, and he grows into a skilled fighter. When he's older he goes back to the village to find his mother and to live in peace but once the 8 masters find out he's left the monastary. They all still want to fight and make him pay for his father's misdeeds. He adamantly refuses and takes beatings constantly.

Ultimately, he fights the 8 masters and learns that one is significant to him. The fight scenes were really good.

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This is a story of a young girl out for reveneg for the deaths of her family due to ruthless gangsters.

The martial arts in this film were not so great, but I did really like the Lily Li the female lead. I loved the white outfit she rocked. I also liked that it was more realistic with the fights back in the day. When she got hit she would get bruised and injured. In todays movies she would be super human. I also liked the different fighting styles. One Foot Crane, Mantis Fist and Shaking Eagle.

I enjoyed overall. I however, did not like that one of the minor characaters dies at the end for no good reason and that pissed me

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Almost Everything I Needed in a Kdrama Romance

This was my favorite FL in a very long time. Yoo In Na was so damn good. The girl is a comedy genius IMO. She had me in tears the first 2 epsiodes. I usually hate the female lead and as annoying as she was in the beginning she really grew on me and I just loved her so much. Her character growth was great to see. I loved the ML as well but it is LDW.

The supporting cast, especially at the law firm were so good. Mr. Yeon, the CEO at the lawfirm, was hysterical and I loved every scene he was in. Oh Jung Se has so much talent he went from this to playing Sang Tae in IOTNBO. OML great actor!!

I loved the chracater of Se-Won too. He was an attorney at the prosecutor's office and ML bestfriend. Another super positive of the drama is that the villain storyline was over and done with in the blink of an eye.

Episode 15 bar none is one of the funniest episodes in a Kdrama I have ever watched. I was on the floor with mutiple scenes.

The OST is good.

The reason the show is not getting a 10 from me is that one couple didn't get a happy ending and honestly it pissed me off b/c every other couple got a happy ending and in my perfect romance fantasy everyone gets a happy ending!!

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I wanted to Love this...

It started out so well but in the end it was just another meh series for me.

Things I loved: Park Bo-Gum. This was my first series with him and I will watch everything else now.

Things I Liked: I really liked the theme song. Beautifully done and nostalgic!

Things I hated with a passion: Tae-Su, disgusting human being. Do Ha, what an infantile person. Kim Su Man, Damn Reporter!!!

Other things I hated: Yi Young terrible mother and way too involved in her children's lives. I hate too that Hae Hyo never tells his mother how she made him feel. Young Nam terrible father even with the back story. Hae Na and Jin-ju not fighting for their relationship. Tsk.

Annoying: Jung Ha and Hye Jun's relationship. I just felt like Jung Ha in the beginning was a strong character then she was flighty, especially when it came to their relationship. She wasn't even willing to fight for it and yes I get her backstory to and wanting her new career plans to take off but...Girl Bye!

The last few eps were a downer for me but the ending wasn't as bad as thought it was going to be. Overall the series ended up just being meh when it started out so well.

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Season 2 Still Good

In Asada We Trust!! That's my motto!

I really do like this series even though its formulaic and bordering on ridiculousness on some level.

I have to say my biggest gripe with the series is the constant , unnecessary, extra added bad to worse situations for the patient that is being operated on!!! They are already going thru so much so why does each operation have to come down to the wire and I guess that makes for good TV but not really IMO. It gets annoying when it's done almost every epsiode.

That being said, the cast is really strong and again, Sakaguchi Kenji is the main reason the show is enjoyable. More epsiodes that had me at the edge of my seat and I cried my eyes out episode 10. The Ijuin character annnoyed me again this season but I got past that. Dr. Noguchi still a world class d**k but his comeuppance was just as good this season as it was last season. On to the next!

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Best Medical Drama I Have Watched

There was a not a moment in the series that was lacking. From the great cast to the great storytelling. My heart was pounding each ep as if I was the one who had to perform the surgeries.

The lead actor, Sakaguchi Kenji is my favorite actor in a dorama at this point. This is the first thing I have seen him in and now I will be watching every season of Iryu Team Medical Dragon. The write up for the actor on his details page states "He has a unique blend of macho and irresistibleness..." honestly this is so accurate there is nothing more to say. He played the character of Asada to believable perfection. The remaining cast is great as well and my favorite character outside of Asada was Dr. Kito. The BOSS BITCH of the ER department. Exquisitely acted by Natsuki Mari; the woman owns her screen time.

This show also, has one of the best comeuppances of a character I hate that I have ever seen. Loved every moment of that!!

This was the best medical drama I have watched in a long time! PERIOD. I cannot think of a better medical drama than this and only early seasons of American drama ER come close!!

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Enjoyable Kids Movie

I enjoyed this kids' movie but really wanted to love it. I think kids will like it a lot, but it did get a little slow in the middle. I thought it was going to be a little more like the American movie 3 Ninjas, not that it's a great film but kids really like it. There was some heaviness about the boys and why some of them were left at the monastery with the monks. In fact, it was sad as hell to me. Overall, the cast was really good, and they found "real kids" to play the parts of the young monks.

Yoon Sung Woo as Piggy was fantastic, and he was a good friend to have trying to be supportive and listen. Really liked that character. I like the main child actor who played Jingu as well but my apologies b/c I don't know his real name and since I don't read or speak Korean, I have been unable to confirm any of his information. Choi Hyun Jin and Ham Hee Soo both fit their characters as well.

There were some genuinely funny moments between the kids and one of the villains.

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Be Prepared to Cry Your Eyes Out

Damn!!! I cried a lot with this drama. So many scenes that broke my heart and so many children carrying heavy burdens placed on them by their parents. Goodness!!

I liked the series overall. Really great cast but especially Oh Jung Se as Sang Tae. The man should have won all the awards the year this came out!!This drama ended up being totally different from what I thought it was going to be about. Seo Yea Ji is stunning and once again the Kdrama wardrobe and costumes department was on fire with her looks. However, her character, Ko Moon Young was not easy to like. Once we get her full story, we can see why she behaved the way she did. It was actually quite refreshing to see her development throughout the series.

Moon Gang Tae is one of the most heartbreakingly, tragic characters I have ever watched in a drama, K or otherwise. The amount of things this man had to endure was too much for me to bear and like I said, I cried a lot. The man couldn't catch a break.

One of the best things about this drama was the use of the well-known fairytales and the ones created by Moon Young that show the parallels of the characters lives.

I also really loved the animated scenes from the storytelling. Just phenomenal. OST is good too!

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Really Good JDrama Procedural

I really enjoyed this remake of an American series that I really enjoyed.

The cast here is great led by Yoshida Yoh. Great, strong, FL sans the last episode but I guess they needed to do that so she could face off with the serial killer who was played very brilliantly by Yusuke Santamaria. I don't know his other work, but I look forward to seeing more.

My main gripe with the show, however, is the song choices in every episode were questionable to say the least. Not even sure why they couldn't have chosen Japanese artist and/or songs. Probably something to do with the contract with Warner Brothers. Anyway, the songs choices at the end, at least in the American version, were typically used to evoke feelings of closure and satisfaction that the case was solved and usually tried to have some connection with the victim. In this series many of the songs seemed in opportune or outright inappropriate for some of the scenes.

I look forward to watching season 2 and 3. I hope they are just as good.

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Below Average Drama Great FL

This is a below average drama with too many makjang elements thrown in. Thanks goodness this was not one of those 120-episode makjangs as I would not have finished. The cast is really good, especially Ha Hee Ra as Kim Sun Young, playing a woman who is mentally challenged with grace and aplomb. This is the first drama I have watched her in, and she was outstanding. Young actress Ahn Seo Hyun playing the 2nd FL daughter Dat Byeol was great too. She carried her scenes and was very believable.

I actually really disliked the 2nd FL all the way up til the last few episodes. The character is extremely unlikeable even though she is supposed warrant our sympathy, but I just didn't have any for her b/c I 100% did not like the way she treated the FL. Plus her arrogance also made it hard to like her.

Shin Hyun Joon as Choi Go Man gave us the comic relief these dramas tend to love. His yelling and screaming really got on my nerves but the scenes where he was giving sage advice to the other characters and even starting to fall for the FL were really endearing and the character started to grow on me even though he was really annoying at first.

2FL husband and his mistress were trash, and I couldn't wait for them to get their comeuppance.

Park Hyung Sik really good in this even though it's a small role. Loved his character.

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Good Crime Drama

This was overall a really good series with a great and enjoyable cast however the last episode was nonsensical, stupid and unnecessary. Not sure what the hell the writers were thinking but whatever. I would still recommend watching at least once for the brilliant acting performance of Lee Joon Gi and Kim Ji Hoon. Moon Chae Won was good to and she has really great chemistry with Lee Joon Gi. There were some really great comic relief scenes with Seo Hyun Woo as Moo Jin including a scene where he is broadcasting live via a Facebook live type app. The young actress Jung Seo Yeon was really good as the daughter of the main leads.

The only other really negative mark on the show is that they should have given us more back story on Do Min Seok the father of ML character. We were given some nuggets but never enough. Plus, in an episode we learn that ML couldn't remember anything before turning 10 years old WHY?? Why bring this up if we were never going to know the answer?

This is the 2nd drama in a row that I have watched where the literal last episode is nonsense. That sucks for me but again overall a good series.

This has nothing to do with the review, but Kim Ji Hoon is hot AF and when that guy would put his hair in a ponytail/manbun I could not think straight!!

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