Karn La Krang Neung…Nai Hua Jai (2016)

Super cast but wasted by a really rotten script !

I watched this lakorn for the ML=MIK -super hot :) and the great comments.

The 1st episodes are bearable even if you can see that the action scenes are not of Hollywood level. They make it up with a lot of gun shootings from all sides ;)
I hung on based on the good reviews, and hoping the quality of the show would improve.

BUT I cracked around the 10th episode and started skipping.
Why ??
I'm a little used to lakorns and I manage to bear the super melodramatic side of some series, but I've never seen such a rotten scenario. The story and the characters are badly written... The production is super slow at times.

Examples:
- The FL is a walking cliche: the nice and super innocent girl, who preaches GOOD to mafia gangs, while a deadly shooting is happening ??? Seriously ?
- The mobsters (except the bad guys who are dead) will all find redemption?
- The ML who tries to give up on his love for the benefit of his ex-best friend?

In short, for me this drama is a beautiful mess. With actors of this level, they could have made a great drama...
As you will understand, I will not watch it again (even with a lockdown of several months :)
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J'ai regardé ce lakorn pour le ML = Mike -super hot :) et les bons commentaires.

Les 1ers épisodes sont supportables même si on voit bien que les scènes d'action ne sont pas du niveau Hollywood. Ils se rattrapent en canardant de tous les côtés ;)
Je me suis accrochée en me basant sur les bons commentaires, et en espérant que la qualité de la série allait devenir meilleure.

MAIS j'ai craqué vers le 10eme épisode et commencé à zapper.
Pourquoi ??
J'ai un peu l'habitude des lakorns et je supporte le côté super mélo de certaines séries, mais je n'ai jamais vu un scénario aussi pourri. L'histoire et les personnages sont mal écrits... La réalisation est super lente par moments.

Exemples :
- La FL est un cliché ambulant : la fille gentille et super innocente, qui prêche le BIEN à des gangs de mafia, quand des balles lui sifflent aux oreilles ??? Sérieux ?
- Les mafieux (sauf les méchants qui sont morts) vont tous trouver le droit chemin ?
- Le ML qui sacrifie son amour au profit de son ex-meilleur ami ?

Bref, pour moi ce drama est un beau gâchis. Avec des acteurs de ce niveau, ils auraient pu faire un super drama...
Vous l'aurez compris, je ne le regarderai pas à nouveau (même avec un confinement de plusieurs mois :)

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Its a wonderful lakorn
Fahsai is incredibly cute. I fell in-love with her character.
Daniel is handsome and dangerous. Together they look beautiful.
I wish this lakorn was longer
I never skipped any parts.
LOVED the show.
But...


The only reason this lakorn is completely unbelievable
firstly fahsai is dating P'itt for 10 years and she after meet Daniel two days is completely in love with him
Am i the only one that found it weird that for a shot person Daniel did not show much emotion but I kind of understood him he was supposed to be this cold hearted Mafia leader but still pain is pain
another thing the episodes were rushed necessary character development for anyone but Fahsai was not included.
Daniel needed a good ass whooping.
We are never told wether daniel is in love with botan or Fahsai her shadow. Daniel never gave botan up the way he was ready to give Fahsai up to chen ming
He never fought for his love.
Daniel was a cold character but i guess it came with his character.
ChenMing was adorable his dimple made me all warm inside.

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I wasn't sure going into this drama what I should expect. The overall acting was good. The heroine's acting on the other hand was mediocre. I was luckily able to ignore her okay performance by focusing on the main story plot that drew me in from the start. I haven't been able to come up with a comparison for this drama so as for originality I couldn't decide between an 8.5 or a 9. Once I started episode 1 I couldn't stop and ended up binge watching till the end of episode 12.

I was fast forwarding thru some parts and some of those scenes were parts I didn't feel like I would miss anything from. When it came time for the ending of episode 12 I can say it was bittersweet I didn't want it to end but at the same time I'm glad the ending had the right amount of sadness and happiness (if that makes sense). I find that stories that end with all the characters problems becoming resolved is a cliche. I was hesitant to start this drama specifically if it was going to have cliches in it throughout all the episodes (I was in the mood for a drama without the overwhelming cliches taking over the plot) I'm happy to say the ending was not one I was expecting but I overall enjoyed!

So glad I started this drama! :) I need more recs like this one ??

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First of all, this lakorn doesn't make any sense to me.

I started this drama only because of Mik and continued also because of him. But he really made me disappointed. Even his acting was not good. I didn't like his character as well.

The story of the mafia part was quite decent. But if I have talk about the story of the main leads, then I would say it doesn't make any sense.

About the chemistry between the main leads, I am sorry to say but I didn't see any chemistry between them. Every time I would watch them together I would think the Daniel is taking her as a replacement of his ex, because come on... if Fahsai didn't look like of his ex he wouldn't have bothered to look at her. And as for Fahsai..... I don't know... may be she just fell for his handsome face.

Second lead syndrome is a thing in dramas. But in this drama I actually felt chemistry between Fahsai and Chen min. Even their story made sense to me, not like Daniel and Fahsai. To me the story of Daniel and Fahsai seemed forced as if just because they are the main lead they have to fall in love with each other.

The FL is one of the most pathetic FL characters I have seen so far.

The parents of the Fahsai.. Oh boy... They are the most hypocrite parents of all time. The whole drama they disapproved their daughters relationship with ML.. but at the end of the lakorn... BAM! They just immediately agreed to their marriage, not to mention when their daughter was lying in the hospital because she got shot because of Daniel.

The only thing I liked in this lakorn is the second lead couple and the underlings of Daniel. Only the part of them made me smile.

I have watched a lot of dramas but this is the only drama which I fast forwarded every episode.

In the end, whenever I thought to myself that why is this happening in this lakorn, the only answer I get was 'The director wanted it to happen.'

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Meh...

I personally didn't like this. It was not bearable. The story has potential but it wasn't portrayed and carried out well. I really like Mik but I didn't love him in this. There were many points of the drama when I supported Chen Ming more than Daniel. The female lead's character, Fah was kinda pathetic in my opinion.
I wouldn't recommend to watch this show unless you love gangster genre and the actors. I was totally rooting for Chen Ming. Daniel might value her life but not her heart. Any sane woman would choose to run away from him. He can only cause pain, willingly and unwillingly. You cant blame him for the situations that is out of his control but on many occasions he chooses to hurt her. I mean he even sexually harasses her in one scene. At the end he should be begging and grovelling for her forgiveness but that doesn't happen either.

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Poor Acting By leads

●I started it because of Mik and the mafia synopsis where i expected to see some good action and mafia romance. But I was disappointed with the story and leads. I continued this because of the second couple(fai and biao)and second male lead(chen ming).
●Story- girl entangled in a love triangle with a leader of mafia organization. Hence she becomes a target from those who want power. Gangster really don’t have ethics, involving woman to hurt someone, bad script everything was revolving around her. Second couple story was good, their simple yet adorable romance with limited screen time couldnt suppress them.
●Acting- mik as daniel tried his best but his charming face doesn't let him look like a mafia. He didn’t suit the role. Only his fighting sequence were watchable. He looked at fahsai as if looking at his ex.
Pimprapa As fahsai was terrible. Her expressions were same in every situation. Only when there is tears and laugh, then she looked different.
They had no chemistry, it seemed their story is forced just because they are leads.
I rated the acting,excluding main leads.
Mek as Chen biao was awesome. His sadness,pain and healing were conveyed well. He actually looked like a mafia with his cold gazes and amazing fight sequence.
Naamwan as Puifai was cute, flirting with biao and very strong supporting character. Her chemistry with biao was sizzling.
Boom Chen ming also played his part well. His character was slow wit. He had more chemistry with the fahsai than daniel.
●Music- the only song I remember I pleng rak pleng raek. This song little enregetic and played in BGM during the chen biao and puifai scenes.
●Rewatch- NO

●Criticism- ah this would be the first drama where I disliked main lead they had no chemistry. How did the directors say OK to these terrible acting.how did the casting directors cast them. I felt a need to drop this but I liked second couple and second main lead more.
Supporting cast was more better than the Leads.

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It was a very enjoyable Lakorn. Romance, action, mafias and misunderstandings. Very good acting as well, which I appreciated greatly because many lakorns have handsome/beautiful actors that are there just because and cannot act to save their lifes...
It has some angst but it's soft taking into account the fact they are mafia. There was not much darkness in this drama, they keep it pretty light considering.
I'm pretty biased though because I like both slap and kiss and angsty mafia and this was just too mellow for me. I watched this lakorn because the summary remminded me of Haou Airen By Mayu Shinjo but it has nothing to do with it.

The story is interesting and drives you in. There is a lot of action, betrayals, love stories intermingled and the very lovely parents of the female character.
The main couple has a ton of chemistry and the story is beautiful. The secondary couple won my heart though. They were very rounded characters with more depth than the main characters and having them as such would have been awesome. That couple had SO MUCH POTENTIAL it broke my heart to see how easily it ended.

All in all, a very recommended watch if you like a beautiful romance with some angst, action, mafias and an interesting story.

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I liked it but it was missing things

Okay, it was cute, I normally really hate mafia stories. I mean, I guess as far as the 3 male leads they weren't bad people they just defended themselves when others would shoot at or attack them, I just find them a bit stupid, maybe cause I'd never date a criminal especially a murderer. The acting was good. Was the female lead wearing contacts to make her eyes lighter? Her eyes were beautiful. That head shot they have on this site is super unflattering and makes her look about 10 years older than she really is. Male lead was pretty as well, his hair was ridiculous, it looked like an ice cream cone or a swiss cake roll. But he's really cute, those lips, ugh! I liked the relationship between her friend and his assistant, IDK if they know this and I don't have a lot of experience myself, but you can move your lips and faces when you kiss. I don't mean go crazy and be all over each other it's just placing lips on top of each other is so weak, that's barely a kiss, I can make Barbies do that, left me wanting more. Watch the 2 leads they are actually kissing!

Things I would've liked to see- They never addressed the fact that the MLs loved her because she looked like their 1st love. I'd be like you are interested in me because I look, sound, and act like someone else? I'm not her! I mean I do feel like they both truly fell in love with her, for her but I'd have some reservations if I were her like do they love me or Botan? They should have at least addressed it because that's a normal reaction. Uncool! I also felt like the ML, especially after breaking up with her, putting her in danger, almost marrying someone else, and trying to push her onto his best friend needed to say I'm sorry! I mean sure he got back with her and saved her life multiple times, but I still feel like an apology was in order, like sorry for making you upset for weeks and breaking your heart! Also, in the end he was like you can't live without me. you love me, I'd want some reciprocation on his end, cause that's all well and good but I'd want to here that he loves me and he can't live without me. The girl who he almost got married too as well, were they enemies in a past life? That would be the only reason I can think of as to why she might feel she needs to take 2 guys from the FL and upset her. She really had no cause, she was the other woman and stole her BF of 10 years, then when the FL moved on was like actually I've changed my mind I'll take him instead. In the words of the great philosopher, Cardi B, "What was the reason?!" Anyway I'm glad he and his mom saw through her in the end. Also his mom was the MVP! Honestly, I loved her, she could've done much better than his dad! I'm glad the evil lady got hers in the end and realized she needed to focus on herself and her job before getting into a relationship. I felt like it was showing that she started on the path to growth and that made me happy. Also the evil guy was defeated. I was happy the Male and Female lead were together in the end and that he had reconciled the 2 gangs and everything was peaceful and good. If it were me he'd have a bit of splaining to do and for a short bit I'd be wanting him to work towards making atoning for what he put me through.

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I loved this drama
Especially on the specific episode where Mick was shirtless and Pimprapa asks him to wear shirt and he asks "why am i that handsome????"
Then she answers with a cute expression like god wahhhhh
I really love that expression ????????????????.
And the sad part was Mick wants to give her to his friend as sympathy without considering her feelings towards him.
But in the end eventually they will reunite.
Mick's assistant and pimprapa's friend love story is actually cute.
And the sad part the other assistant who wants to meet his wufe and kid will die.
Overall this drama is very good.
Worth watching it.

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I'm wavering between 6 and 7 for this one but ill just stick to 7. Because while I enjoyed it its no good for a rewatch for me. Mainly because there was something about the fl that I had to really push myself to keep going. But what I loved was their cute and bickering romance and lets face it Mik looks sexy. The second couple was good too i enjoyed their story and that one death really made me sad. So, yes it has its moments for sure but just a one watch thing for me. Also generally I just wasn't too keen on the idea of falling for your ex s lookalike. Like it just doesn't feel like true love, just my opinion. So, its not bad and pretty enjoyable.

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Nice drama

I love watching love stories and this drama has two love stories and very beautifully executed but one story has the love triangle but anyways they do not make it too emotionally so not felt bad to watching this .
Story about Mafia's and their love story .
I like second lead couples love story more than first lead couples because their love story face many problem and they hardly get much scenes together and last scene of last episode they get reconcile. And second leads are look more cute together ,Chen Biao acting is too good . He is my favourite among all .
Ending I don't like . Very fast they reconcile and shown that they happily get married but I want to see more , I want to see second leads marriage and they have beautiful kids because they both shown orphan ,so want to see good ending .
Rest is good.

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