Hounds (2023)

It's a 100/10 for the friendship between Geon Woo & Woo Jin, the excellent definition of their muscles, and the red shorts. Although overall this is a very violent kdrama, the two of them brought so much warmth and humor. I loved how Geon Woo remained true to himself. I was not expecting his character to be so precious!

I watched this in two days, driven by the fast pacing and intensity. Choi Tae Ho, Hyeon Joo, Yang Jung, Doo Young, and Da Min were all so lovable. The entire cast was amazing, and Park Sung Woong plays a very formidable villain which made it a high stakes story. Although I fast-forwarded through the violence sometimes I did feel like the fights were choreographed and executed really well. The reason why my rating is lower is for two reasons:
1) It's sometimes baffling when the good guys underestimate the threat they're up against. Some of them should've known better!
2) The plot of the last two episodes was underwhelming (but bless those red shorts & training scenes). Choi Si Won's character especially felt like a missed opportunity; he really fell flat.

But overall, so glad I watched this because I'm an even bigger fan of Woo Do Hwan and Lee Sang Yi now.

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I'm not one for action dramas, but this was a really good watch. There were a few things missing or a few things that happened that I felt shouldn't have and that's why I gave this a 9.5. It's super good, but not perfect.

One thing I really enjoyed were the actors. Both ML's are so good in their characters and I really started to enjoy every scene with their little family they were making. I also loved the FL and I was really disappointed when she left the series towards the end. That was one of the things I felt shouldn't have happened. It didn't really make any sense to me plot wise and although it wasn't awful without her, I just felt it didn't fit with her character and she definitely would've stuck around to avenge her grandfather as well. She spent most of her life learning this trade with him and then dips right after?

The other thing that I thought was missing is I wish we could've gotten more of the ML's real boxing matches. Just a handful would've added a lot to the story I feel instead of them just doing it the one time when they meet. I don't think it could've been used for plot any, but it would've been nice to see more of it since they rely so heavy on them being boxers.

Overall, the story was incredible and I couldn't wait to get to the end and see how they would wrap things up. The last 2-3 episodes were a little slow with getting to the climax, but it was worth it.

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Good start but poor execution

At the beginning it was interesting and unique, but got meaningless towards the end. Just fights, too many, over and over and with the same outcome. The story buildup was screwed over when they suddenly decided to wipe off more than half of the characters and toss away the main female role for no reason. The male leads are hot and their acting is good, but unfortunately their characters are too naiive to the point it gets annoying. Overall in the second half the plot is very boring and monotonous, they just fight all the time and repeat the same mistakes. For some reason, at the end the main villain's actor is replaced with a double, and the ending is quite plain and weak.

I the 4 stars are for the amazing male leads and the good filming.

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A very promising start that couldn't hold on until the end.

I'll try to make this my simplest review ever.

This is actually a good show; it's very easy to binge watch and the show itself is very enjoyable. These types of shows can easily reignite your interest in dramas if you haven't felt like watching any.

Things I liked:
- I liked the cast
- Comedic scenes were actually very funny
- Bromance in this drama is topnotch
- The fighting scenes were really good for the most part

Things I didn't like:
- The acting of some people kind of looked awkward. I'm pretty sure there were a few mistakes that were overlooked
- Majority of the series was fine, but towards the end, things started to go south plot-wise
- Maybe because this drama is based on a webtoon, but it kind of felt more like an anime towards the end of the series
- Again, towards the end of the drama, I felt like the writers lost their touch and became ambiguous

If I were incharge of finishing this drama, I would've gone a different route and made things a bit more interesting.

Overall, this is still a good watch and I would still recommend.

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AMAAAZZINNNGGG

ITS PERFECT.... The action is top notch. The story is immaculate and impeccable other than the fact that they shud have shown a final scene of the girl in Italy or something. Other than that this is my new #1 show. It is a hook. If u don't watch it your missing out. Some sad moments that i was hoping would never have to come ... but then if they didnt this drama would be like the manty other cringy dramas where eveyone gets up like an immortal being after getting shot or stabbed.
Overall this is definitly worth evryones time.
Looking forward for a S2 if they make it. 💯
Happy binging!

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Série com 8 eps, que consegue entregar o que promete, muitas cenas de ação bem feitas e eletrizantes. Além de contar com bons personagens, e um bom desenvolvimento em um tempo curto.

Mas devo dizer que até o ep 6, que diga-se de passagem, foi um grande ponto de virada, a trama estava perfeita. Porém nos dois últimos eps, o roteiro decaiu, e se tornou bem conveniente. Isso me fez abaixar um pouco a nota, mas ainda achei um drama bem acima da média, e que conseguiu me prender, me emocionar e me fazer ficar apreensiva pelos personagens, e ah, o final, o final... foi bem satisfatório.

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It was so good! ((YALL HATING FOR NO REASON) (its kinda valid but idc))

I liked the plot and characters. Sometimes the story felt a bit out of place.. I really wonder what happened with their boxing stuff yk, it felt like they kinda forgot about their passion and in the end they didnt show what happened.. Anyway i would say this has one of the best duos in any series. Also i like there was no romance because sometimes it just feels out of place (in a genre like this).

Kinda odd the girl just left and never came back, probably because of the incident but still, it felt like the archery girl just replaced her (as she should)

WATCH IT THO

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Entertaining Action Drama with Great Bromance

This was a well-rounded mini-series that used its eight episodes to create a well-paced action plot that was very entertaining to watch. Mini-series tend to be my favourite K-dramas because they, the good ones, excel in pacing; creating a story where we as an audience have a clear end goal that we want the main characters to achieve.

The first episode itself is gripping and had me hooked the whole time, within one episode the main characters, and great friendship, are introduced. From the get-go, I was rooting for Woo-Jin and Geon-Woo because they had personalities that complemented each others strengths well. A clear motive is even set for the main characters by the end of episode one with the main villain and company as the antagonists of the story.

When watching this show I was reminded of John Wick, and yes I am a sucker for those movies, and the fight scenes within those movies. The shifting angels and intense shift of close-up to full-length shots make the scenes very immersive and feel realistic. The boxing by both Woo-Jin and Geon-Woo felt very smooth and I was never taken out of the action scenes. Each punch and fight is strategic and effective, the two characters do not engage in unnecessary fights. The element of a logical and calculated fight made the scenes feel intense but also exciting. Throughout the drama the fights, as the main leads get stronger, also intensify and create a sense of power towards reaching the end goal of the drama.

If you're looking for a drama that has great action scenes, while also maintaining a lovely friendship that grows stronger, then this drama is perfect for you!

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I have never watched a more frustrating set of idiots go through so much and learn nothing

Some people have commented that the plot is wafer thin, but really the most frustrating thing about watching 8 episodes of this was watching a huge ensemble of characters make the same mistakes over and over again and learn absolutely nothing. There is no character development arc to speak of, everyone ends in the exact same box they started in. Maybe Myeong In learned to get more ruthless but truly this show was nothing but an 8 hour long boxing fight. I mean nothing wrong with that but at least make the boxers a little more interesting than sexy cardboard cutouts. Or maybe that was the plan, idk.

I guess the action was good. And by action I mean the parts where Gun Woo gets his fists out. The rest was mediocre trauma porn, watching overly buffed guys beat up people with knives and sticks. These specific scenes lingering on for longer than they sit down and actually strategize towards a plan to do something other than drink and eat in random places and celebrate things they haven’t really accomplished.

The MOST frustrating part? Kim Sae Ron dipped out. Like completely. She caused a whole bunch of shit, SHE was the one who started them on that whole road, got lulled into false safety nets constantly while thinking she was badass and then just left with her arc incomplete lmao what a waste of time.

I believe the creators might say that moral of this story might be “good guys always stay good regardless of how tyrannical and brutal the overlord” but over the course of the show, watching ALL the “good guys” take shortcuts, be sloppy and careless, make lazy assumptions and work in extremely ineffective ways, one can safely assume that what they’re really trying to say is “Bad guys are just more hardworking.” Myeong In might have been demented but he covered ALL his bases. He didn’t stop to celebrate victories he didn’t win and he sure as hell didn’t assume that just because he had money and good looks, everything would fall in line for him in life.

By the time the series end Gun Woo says “I’ve really become a bloodhound” — I’m just left speechless. Like, bro. You were hired as a bodyguard and the body you were guarding dipped out. I thought you were on a quest for revenge? When we’re you hunting for money? And like, IS that what they were doing? What does that say about the characters if that was their motivation? My god. Lol. I can’t even.

I’m not even sure how I’m giving this show a 5.5 but I genuinely liked the acting and the visual polish so I guess it was entertaining enough to balance out the sheer frustration of watching weak and old people suffer because no one could get their sh*t together.

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