My Name (2021)

Not as good as expected due to some huge flaws in the logic.

1/ STORY:
After her father, a notorious gangster, is assassinated, Yoon Ji Woo goes to take vengeance on the killer. She is helped by her father's best friend to learn how to fight and enters the police where the killer is hidden. The plot is thin like a paper of cigarette. But there is a huge twist and then a huge counter twist which lead to a very predictable final. The fights are the best part. They are bloody but the choreography of the violence make them very enjoyable. Overall the story is nothing surprising. It would be good enough if there was not a few illogical things:

- Why a 17yo girl would decide to avenge her father who was a gangster for16 years and made her life miserable?
- Why she was trained for years and sent as an undercover gangster among the police for a task that only needed a killer just like for her dad?
- Why the bad guy was accused of stabbing the thug to death when he was shot dead by a cop in front of another cop?
- How come the ex junkie helped the FL out of the blue?
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There are some weak points in the script that made the drama look not very well written for me. But in the midst of the action, it is less noticeable.

2/ CHARACTER/ACTORS:
- The FL: Loved her fighting spirit. She looks weak but she is resolute and ready to suffer to achieve her goal. In another hand, she is a bit reckless and naïve. Han Soo Hee did a good job here. She is surprisingly good in this action drama too.
- The bad guy: A scheming and ruthless guy but also a little bit psycho behind a nice facade. The actor was impeccable.
- ML: Not a very smart cop. I found the actor was not so good as he looked a bit bland or the character is supposed to look like that?
- Bad Guy's right hand: interesting guy. He should have had a bigger role.
- Gang Jae : a little bit too crazy and not realistic for someone who wanted to climb the gangsters ladder.
Other characters were ok.

3/ OST:
Good enough but a few songs were a bit too loud just to give a style.

4/ REWATCH VALUE:
Not the whole drama but some scenes are quite fun especially towards the end where the pace is faster and the action is particularly savage.

5/OVERALL:
Despite a few flaws in the writing the drama is still enjoyable because it is only 8 eps long and the vengeance is well told in the end and makes it a guilty pleasure. 7.5+0.5 because it is an easy watch.

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Bad-Ass Bloody, Beautifully, Bloody, Blood, Blood... with a side of cuteness and a lot of REVENGE

Prepare yourself for a lot of blood splatter as you get up close and personal with some of the underworlds most gorgeous and interesting people...

This drama surly has it all from hot steamy bloodbaths to hot and steamy other stuff... twists, suspense and gorgeous visuals. Making it hard to know who to root for and seemingly blurring the line between the usual good-guy bad-guy type of deal. I found myself hoping some pretty bad criminals would get away and actually think oh no how how are they going to make up for that loss of pretty dangerous drugs that are really bad for you...

I also found myself thinking oh he is so cute... accompanied by aww that must hurt... and oooh they are so cute... and awch, awww, how the ***** did they survive that... and D*** she is so cool... still human but oh she is so cool... and WTF happened here...

in only 8 too short episodes, my nails have been bitten, my heart has fluttered, I have laughed, yelled and almost cried and looked a way a lot...

The characters are well casted, well written and have 0 annoying tendency's. I would not say this is easy to watch because of all the raw fight scenes but it is highly bingable (even though I watched it with my husband in the evenings after my kid had gone to bed)...

I defiantly recommend this to any action lover who does not mind some blood splatter...

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I just binged on this yesterday. I was all for seeing another bad a** female fighter! It's about doggone time!! Korea needs to portray Korean actresses better than they do. I grow tired of the cliche sappy romance from a love sick, stupid, and poor actresses. I do believe that's not what Korean actresses who portray ordinary females are like.

My rating for this quickly dwindled by the 8th episode. Once again we have the boy hates girl motif but then all of a sudden he turns out to like her and then they have this fling and then something stupid happens because of love. Ugh....I HATE HATE HATE dramas like that!! It ruins the whole atmosphere. I didn't see anywhere where there was any type of romance in this which was another reason why I eagerly watched this.

I liked the female lead. I'm always for a Korean actress who's tough as nails and take no junk. She was relentless to the end!

This story hit home for me because it's something that happens in real life which happened to me last year. The scenario is different but the turn out was the same. The plot was all about revenge and it didn't stray. I did get confused by the 'who dunnit' factor because of what was said in the last episode.

I'm glad this only had 8 episodes. I don't think it would've been strong enough for the usual 12-16 episodes.

Will I watch this again? Most likely no. I do love action though but this won't hold the same feelings if I watch it again. Maybe somewhere down the line I may watch it again. Maybe.

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If you're looking for action then this is the right place.

The action scenes in this series is really good. And the background music just hits on point. Soo Hee ofc nailed her role.

Plotwise the story is pretty much predictable. But if you see this as an action drama, it delivered it. There was enough blood shed to make me happy.

Park Hee Soon is a great actor. The dynamics between Moo Jin and Ji Woo was well written. Ji Woo riding her bike was a great pleasure to watch. I loved each and every scene of her bike riding.

Also I didn't want Tae Joo to die. May be end up in hospital but not dead.

Overall it's 8/10 for me.

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Amazing & Must Watch.

If you like revenge drama you should see My Name.

The Plot is very similar for a revenge drama. But the performance of all casts especially Han So Hee is great. The Action scenes was great.

I loved the performance of Park Hee son as Choi Mu Jin. He was the perfect villain till the end.

Ahn Bo-hyun as Jeon Pil-do was the perfect partner. His death was unexpected but for the sake of drama it was needed. It fuelled the urge for revenge of Yoon Ji Woo.

The transformation of Han so Hee from the Nevertheless's Na Bi to Corporal Oh Hae Jin (Yoon Ji Woo) is just magnificent.

The soundtrack is also great.

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The best korean series of 2021 so far

I was excited for My Name when I heard it would be directed by the same person who directed Extracurricular and boy did it not disappoint me. I watched all 8 episodes in one sitting and by the end of it my emotions were so chaotic and all over the place and that's why i loved it.

Likewise to Extracurricular, the characters in My name are morally ambiguous and its this ambiguity that allows for the plot to avoid the cliche route. If ever there was a point where I thought I had figured out something this drama somehow managed to destroy every assumption and make it even more interesting.

I absolutely loved Jiwoo, she was badass and intelligent without the need to be arrogant.
And can we please take a moment to appreciate the acting! Literally in Awe! especially Han so hee. Her whole scene in episode 6 made me feel like my own heart had been pulled out of my chest and i cried along with her.

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Action/Thriller Romance

This drama was worth of waiting the story was awesome Han So Hee's acting was really good and the fight scenes were also super cool and blood was every i love this. Getting to the middle were Ahn Bo Hyun comes in that was also really good.

And Lee Hak Joo again did a good job at his acting i find him really cool when he is acting in action/thriller. So coming to the and i find the scene where Ji Woo and Pildo are fighting ey not really fightning Pildo want to stop her to leave and cuffs himself to her that a good scene and the after coming scene is the best worth watching but nearing to the end i really felt heartbroken when Pildo dies in was i really sad scene for me.

Please give many love for the drama "My Name" and please give many love for the actors and actresses.

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Great Action teamed with compelling story

My Name is a brilliant take on Action/Thriller involving gangsters, a woman seeking for vengeance and the hunt for the mole. The action sequences are done superbly and Han So Hee did a tremendous job with her part.

Clocking at only 8 episodes, My Name is shorter than other K Dramas, but it is definitely filled with amazing action and outstanding OST. It felt like every beat matched perfectly with the given scene, which made the overall show compelling and worth watching.

This Netflix original was good for its story, the attractive OST, the great casting along with commendable performance by Han So Hee, amazingly shot sequences with more than decent fight/action sequences and an overall violent atmospheric setting.


My Rating : 9/10

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How the majority of MDL feels about Squid Game is how I feel about My Name

I loooove watching a mediocre drama where you'll know everything before the first episodes ends. By episode 1 you just know where the story is gonna go but it's also supposed to be an epic thriller action revenge story. I'M LIKE WHEEEEREE IS THE MYSTERY? And don't even get me started on all the plotholes (even my highway has less holes than this drama).

So much makes no sense, just no sense at all. Ahn Bo Hyun's character was initially very suspicious of Jiwoo. He was like wooaw she sus, I don't trust her and literally one second later he was threw everything out of the window. Pildo truly went like YEEEEET I trust her now because she got hurt. Somehow he magically didn't hear another character revealing her identity but he was like BIBBIDI BOBBIDO BOO u got hurt so now I trust you.

AND OMG I'M TURNING AGAINST NETFLIX MADE KDRAMAS (while I used to be a hoe for them). All because of once again a fucking useless stupid sex scene. Like this ain't it sis. Why is Netflix suddenly like let's make our kdramas more like western shows? But it even gets worse since the DUDE LITERALLY DIES A FEW MINUTES LATER. Why ... oh.... why...?? I literally fastforwarded when I was like they're about to do it. I normally don't care about movies or shows including sex scenes BUT IT MAKES ZEEEEERO SENSE HERE so I was like I'm not wasting my time on this shit. My friend told me that the creators decided to put this scene in it as a way to show Jiwoo's humanity. But there were literally a bazillion better ways to show that. Besides, they alreasy showed her humanity so much. Jiwoo is in a gang but has never killed someone until one dude from her past past, who she bested in a competition which troubled his fragile masculinity so he tried to rape her by drugging her, and she only shot him because he was about to expose her. The very same scene where Jiwoo killed the dude, did she became haunted by what she did. She literally was in shock about killing him. Furthermore, she also saved a girl from a drug overdose and protected her, only fought people and kicked the shit out of them if they started it or didn't let her peacefully pass, etcetera. She could have hurt so many innocent people but she never did. Besides, she was already determined to not kill her surrogate daddy before they (Pildo & Jiwoo) were like oeeehh lalala. So to me it was very unnecessary. I've also seen other action shit that was western and was like let's show a killer's humanity without having unnecessary sex scenes. Even a kdrama about a hitman showed that hitman's humanity without whipping any dicks out.

Besides, Pildo also died so fucking funny. I literally got tears in my eyes from laughing. He was like van I'll be by your side, which already had me like lol no you won't, and I KID YOU NOT ONE SECOND LATER AFTER HE SAID THAT A FUCKING MOTORCYCLE CAME UP TO THEIR CAR and just shot him in the head #HEADSHOT. I mean how predictable was this?

I also have to repeat how there was no mystery element in this show. If I already know where this shit is gonna go before the first episode ends, you have a serious issue with predictability.

However, in the beginning of the show I did like some things. I initially liked her beating up all the guys and winning against every odds (I mean unrealistic but I still loved it. I mean John Wick is also a tad bit unrealistic, but I still love that and she is basically sort of a female John Wick) but even the amazing fighting choreography got boring after a while since that was basically the only good thing that was left. It couldn't save the show.

Also, the most badass bitch crime lord is like YOOOOOHOOO I'M HERE YOU CAN KILL ME! He literally made it so easy for her to kill him and we're supposed to believe he is an epic ruthless crime lord that has been able to escape the law for 16+ years. But he is literally brought down by a 23 or 24 year old girl who was on his side for the first five episodes or so. I understand somewhere deep deeeep deep down that Pildo's death caused her fit of rageeeee. What I do not understand (not even deep down) is that she literally walked into surrogate daddy's crime den a few minutes after Pildo's death WITH ZERO PREPARATION. She was all by herself and just fucking slaughtered everyone the came in her path -__- Jiwoo also has a lot of wounds that haven't really healed but none of these wounds were a hindrance to her beating the shit out of everyone.

I'm still not over how easy surrogate dad made it for Jiwoo to kill him. The crime edge lord wasn't even trying to make her his successor or like him. He was just like ..... I have a death wish without really having a death wish but I still make everything super easy for her and the worst thing is.... that the crime lord was literally the second person she killed.

I'm still mad about the sex scene man. Like Nevertheless didn't do the deed like Squid Game or My Name. In Nevertheless it was like very much a sex scene that could have been in riverdale or shit. To me it just screams Netflix' influence on my name.

Also, Han Soo Hee is good at action scenes & one emotional scene when she finally found out the obvious was really good. But girl literally burns her gang tattoo of and literally was like dead inside WHICH IS FUCKING UNREALISTIC! There was no indication of pain (as in tears in her eyes, wiggling or any facial indication, or pain sounds) just an empty look. I mean only if you have that rare disease of feeling no pain would you be able to do it because even though you're numb because of emotions IF I FUCKING STAB MYSELF IT STILL HURTS AND BURNING IS EVEN WORSE. Even more unrealistic is how the wound also didn't get infected or gave her a fever (veeeeery like truly a representation of real life). I dunno if that's bad acting or bad direction but me don't likey.

However, a plus was like the father-daughter relationship she had with her dad's killer until he was like I don't want her to kill me (I'm a ruthless man, I killed my best brother, hurt other people like I'm smoking my cigarette #veryunbothered) but I will make it very easy for her to kill me. He did not even feel remorse for killing her dad or lying to her about him being the killer. He even whined about how unfair it was that everybody he cared about betrayed him wheeeeheeeee sad face sad face. EVEN SOMEONE ELSE ON HIS TEAM WAS LIKE DAFUQ BITCH. She was like you're letting her go so that she can come to you but you're not really gonna do anything to stop her but you don't want to die either?????????? Besides, his right hand man literally wanted her dead from the moment she joined the gang because he knew the truth and was like this can only end in disaster. So yeah surrogate daddy's character makes no sense at all. He's really wishy washy. At one time he even wanted her to go into hiding but later on he's like I'm not gonna let her kill me BUT YOU GUYS CAN'T KILL HER EITHER. He also got her out of jail. I'm just confused and mad. SK has better stuff to offer than this. There are so many better revenge stories out there.

Also, Ahn Bo Hyun really needs to pick different projects. He never ends up happy. In Itaewon Class his character was just miserable, in her private live he was the second male lead and didn't end up with the girl, and if Yumi's Cells ends like the webtoon he'll be alone once again, and here he died. Dude needs some chill (or his characters at least do).

Go watch strangers from hell or something else because my name ain't worthy of any trophy.

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