#Kim Hyun Joo

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DRAMAS in 2024: 04 | The Bequeathed (2024) — dir. Yeon Sang Ho, Min Hong Nam

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Kim Hyun-joo as Min Hye-jin on Hellbound season 1 (2021)

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Hellbound (Season 2)

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Hellbound (Season 2, 2024, South Korea)

Director: Yeon Sang Ho

Writer: Yeon Sang Ho & Choi Gyu Seok (based on their own webtoon)

Mini-review:

I feel like I'm one of the few people who loved the first season of Hellbound. It used an original and terrifying concept to showcase a fascinating exploration of themes like religious fanaticism, sectarianism and media manipulation. And this second (and final?) season delivers the goods once again. Yeon Sang Ho continues to be a master director of action scenes, plus the performances he gets from this cast are simply superb. On top of that, the CGI is much better than it was in the first one; I'm glad they made an effort to improve on that. I'm sure many people will stay mad at the show for refusing to give clear answers until the very end, but I think that makes the viewer feel the same chaos as the characters. If this is really the end, I have to say I really enjoyed what this dark fantasy had to offer.

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2024 Watches

The Bequeathed

"That's what families are like. Like family...like strangers."

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Hellbound 2 - 2024

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The Bequeathed (2024), dir. Min Hong-nam

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JUNG_E (2023) Yeon Sang-ho

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HELLBOUND 2

GENRES: Drama, Supernatural

SUMMARY: What does it mean to be a sinner? What does it mean to be forgiven? Is it possible to survive Hell?

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Cults, hanboks, live-streaming, scheming governments, adorable orphans, solar trains, redemption, nightclubs, hiking, prophecies, and overdue reunions.

HOT TAKE: I tell ya, I'm so grateful that both seasons of this show are so short--these episodes are intense, emotional, and full of action that I'm not sure I would be able to handle the normal 16 ep run.

The stakes are so much higher, our organizations have had time to improve their craftiness and deceit, and the citizens of the world are that much more wary that their time for demonstration is nigh.

Although we are not graced with the acting prowess of Yoo Ah In, I will give credit where credit is due--Kim Sung Cheol did an outstanding job and really made his character his own.

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Rewatching my favorite korean drama ever.

This has everything - absolutely everything I want in a drama: intrigue, morally questionable protagonists, mystery, suspense, love triangle where the third person isn't really a threat, second chance, ANGST, crackling CHEMISTRY, villains who are multi-dimensional, so much CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT, some comedy, outstanding actors and actresses, love and so much LOVE. Ahh. It's so good and it's 50 episodes of delicious push-and-pull where characters take turns being wrong. Even the parts where the focus is on the company - it's like a chess match where you don't know who will win. But it's the romance that gets me every time.

It's not perfect, nothing ever is - but it's excellent. Still holds up!

TW: cheating, suicide

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Kim Hyun Joo for W Magazine Best 10 Performances Special Issue.

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Kim Hyun Joo - DAZED Korea (2023) Photographer - KIM YEONG JUN

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Hiii! New chapter of Make It To Me has been posted in AO3. Thank you for being patient. It would be a long read, but enjoy! 😊 x

Here: Make It To Me Chapter 24

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The Bequeathed (2024), dir. Min Hong-nam

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JUNG_E (2023) Yeon Sang-ho