My Lethal Man (2023)

Main Lead’s acting range is fantastic!

As is typical in dramaland the acting can often be subpar and a monotone, not the case here! The range at which the main male lead plays is expansive, from his cold ruthless revenge beginning there is a complete 180 with his expression of trauma and vulnerability so on pointe later in the show. I have to say it us impressive and a welcome change. So much more depth from him and the leading lady in My Lethal Man. Storyline is ok, the main thing that kept this show from being a solid 10 for me. There are a few plotholes and the flow of the business side of things doesn’t really make obvious sense, but to flesh that out it would have needed more episodes. The emphasis here though is not an office drama, which I did appreciate ultimately.

The chemistry between the leads was incredible and there is no shortage of passion, sexual tension and kiss scenes. It rates up there as one of the better cdramas for romance, I’d put it in ky top 5 for sure.

This is certainly a rewatch for me. 9.5/10.

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A perfect blend of everything that you need in a drama to enjoy

This drama has an exciting plot, thrill, mystery as well as excellent leads and their amazing chemistry. Overall this drama has everything that you need in a drama to enjoy. The plot is neither cliche nor tok dark. It has balance that will make you enjoy the drama a lot and also hooked to each episode.
The actors did amazing in their respective roles. I really like both the leads performances. They portrayed their characteristics very well. After watching this drama I'm now a fan of Fan Zhi Xin. I hope to see him as lead in more dramas. The other actors were also very good.
The OST are so good. All the OSTs are matched with the plot and you would like to hear them more and more. Specifically the two OSTs are so amazing that it will make you addict to them.
Overall the drama is a good watch. I highly recommend watching this. I'm sure you won't disappoint.

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Just watch it for the chemistry!

This drama is your average, thriller, a bit of mystery, and romance drama. The story is full of plot holes and the mysteries are like in a loop, they keep repeating themselves and there is not much explanation behind it UNTIL the last episode. So, it gets really draggy in the middle, and many episodes become really bland.

The plot is actually quite interesting at first, but it gets a bit boring as the story goes on. There are several meaningless breakups, bad guys, and useless plots mixed altogether that create a really confusing drama. On the whole, the story is just an amalgamation of many side stories that can be cringe-worthy.

The couple, on the other hand, is the only thing that makes the story interesting. Their chemistry is very deep and the romantic scenes are beautifully depicted. Surprisingly, the leads have a great connection, and the kiss scenes are wonderfully shot. that's the only part worth mentioning in this drama. but they have meaningless breakups and lies, etc.

The soundtrack is so average and boring at times. I didn't like the repeating songs and glamorizing the scenes with rather irrelevant songs.

Overall, a pretty decent drama. But, i suggest FF many scenes and get straight to the couple's interaction. The mysteries and plots all unravel in the last few episodes so you won't miss a thing.

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SMN : Do you love me? YXC : What do you think?

Started this one when I feel bored with my CW list. I was immediately hooked by episode 2.

What I liked :

✅️ Enemies to lovers. I'm a sucker for this genre so can't help enjoying this one.
✅️ Sizzling chemistry between leads. 10/10. You could feel like their love is real not just acting.
✅️ Spectacular acting especially from male lead, Fan Zhi Xin. His facial expressions were so on point! When he feels angry , sad , depressed, confidence, satisfied , happy & love it was all shown in his eyes, face and the way he acted. Watching him here feel like when I discovered Ryan Cheng in A Familiar Stranger. I wonder why he is not getting popular when his acting was this good?? I hope he get cast as ml in many drama in the future because his face & his acting deserves it.
✅️ Addicting , intense & angsty plot: 9/10. Watching this drama quench my thirst for angstiness .The last time I feel so much angstiness like this was when watching TTEoTM 4 months back.
✅️ Perfect OST :10/10. My favourite song is Parallel World by Jin Guicheng.
✅️ Good cinematography. I like the way some scenes being filmed helped provide meaning & more depth to the scene while watching.
✅️ Easy watch . Each episode roughly had 30 +- minutes excluding opening and ending credits. So it didn't take long to finish one.

What I liked the least:

☑️ Okay mystery & revenge plot.
✖️ The fact that fl has the same face as ml's sister. But I can forego that fact considering ml and his sister been separated since they were child and didn't even meet when they're adult.
❌️ Boring second couple story. I skipped all their scenes.

Overall, MLM was one of the best short C-drama I've watched this year. If you like what I liked, enemies to lovers, good looking male lead with great acting , sizzling romance , angsty story and all that watch this & you might enjoy it!

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Who said this was 2023's best cdrama?

It made no sense from start to end. I was in the mood to watch a really nice fluffy trash drama, and that's the only reason I made it through all 24 eps. The writers were high on somethig serious, and ended up putting in every single drama trope in existence - illegitimate children, car accidents, murderous family members, corporate warfare, old rich grandpas, doppelgangers, supposed dead people coming back to life, spoilt rich psychos, idiot women who blindly chase uninterested men, drowning, ML trauma, underwater CPR, computer-savvy and hottie bodyguard sidekicks, lies, noble idiocy, crashed weddings, childhood trauma, parental favoritism, endless fighting for the CEO position, kidnapping attempts, weird foreign actors -- you name it, the writers managed to stuff it into this.

I'd say the most exciting parts were the first 6 eps and then directly skip to ep 16. The FL starts out dumb, is hella cool in the middle, then gets a little dumber, then becomes better, then finishes off with one last airhead move. The ML was by far the most interesting person in the show, but they mellowed him down so badly toward the end that the entire "lethal' side of him disappeared. However, ill admit it, the kissing scenes were GOOD. They were really, really good.

The second couples werent very interesting. The SML had one expression on for the entirety of the show.

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This is worth the watch!

The ML (Fan Zhi Xin) Bravo!
The storyline was interesting, The ML acting throughout was quite impressive. If it wasn't for the best friend and father being literally 'forced' into scenes, it would have been almost perfect. How the ML cared and protected the FL was an intimacy that truly makes you understand how she could not only fall in love, but also want to protect what was important to him. Some of the dialog after the warehouse scene didn't acknowledge the warehouse reveal which made the pace afterwards slightly off. OST very nice. The 2nd hospital scene was trying especially when ML and FL had their phones and were on the same floor. Staging could have been better on that part. Struggling to see each other really wasn't a task. However, that is just being picky. I can take that instead of the over-the-top scenes with the best friend and father.

I appreciate the fact that the story didn't drag.
Very nice flow from scene to scene. Very strong cast. OST is very nice.
With a cleaner edit of some the 'forced' scenes with support characters this would have been 20 episodes and a SOLID 10.
Must watch!

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ONLY WILL LIKE THIS IF ARE INTO SHITTING AND CLICHE DRAMAS WITH OBESIVED MAN AND SUBMISSE WOMEN WITHOU SELF RESPECT. AND IF ONLY WATCH BECAUSE THE ACTOR IS HOT. IF NOT THEN THIS INST FOR U

PLOT
SHIT AND SHIT, VERY CONFUSING AND THE ONLY THING GOOD IS THE ACTING OF ALL CAST AND OF COURSE TEHIR BEAUTIES TOO. THE STORYLINE SUCKS AND IS FROM A NOVEL OF WATPAD OR A FANFIC THAT WENT WRONG. IF YOU ARE A TEEN AND LIKE TOXIC STORIES THIS THE CUP OF TEA.

STORY AND BY RANT HOW I HATE THE FEMALE CHARACTER :

I don't understand why people like this drama. For me is a solid 6. Yes everyone is good at acting, that isnt the problem.. The story and female lead character are. First since when woman going to start love themselves more and stop been okay with everything a man does. This female lead is weak, selfish and suffers all drama. The main lead treats the female like shit , physical assault her all time lets not forget he is the one that forces her to enter a house and gaslight her because she has the eyes of his sister.... Then he dumps her and instated of her trying to accept he wants the one for her she literally forgets herself and start having stalker and manic behaviour she even humiliates herself I am sorry but its time to stop with this kind of toxic love teams, because young teens can be influence and believing love between tow people need to be harsh and full of physical assault and gaslight. PS: The second main leads are cute and very good , I stay for them .

THE BROROMANCE IS VERY GOOD IN FACT THEY SHOULD ALLOW A GAY COUPLE BECAUSE THAT TOW MAN ARE THE BEST TOGETHER.

SO YA 6 OUT OF 10

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Simply Put

You all I just want to say that the ML, put everything in to this role, when I say he protrayed every emotion, I was there for everyone of them, from mad, to awe, to jealousy, to love, and sadness.... I will definitely be looking out for other works from him, cause he did that, in this drama..... also I'm not say the other cast member were bad or anything, they had a great cast the FL was consistant all the way through, she did a wonderful job.

I'm more of a main couple person, I'm really not into side character relationships because it always seem like they move really fast and the main couple has to go through a struggle, I rather see that struggle, then to see side characters going out to eat, but thats just me.

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Great drama a must watch

Great drama..I loved it at parts and hated it at parts as well. Why ML didn't just tell FL he loved her was beyond me. And at the end I half expected her to say she was pregnant. I like the male leads rough nature at first then he softens up for her.

I've got to many questions like why didn't Yan YI's mom ask about her father or her daughter? Or even ask about the fact that her son was in love with her daughters doppelganger? And what's up with the fighter? On the stairwell it looked as if he wanted to tell her he liked her as well but stopped as if on second thought I'll just pass her to be busy?? Or how Shen Manning and Tang Lin's could bury the hatchet so to speak without actually speaking? Or how you can break a car window with your elbow. It unlocking a door by knocking the door kept off? Or Yan YI's remedy for allergies. ALL these questions and NOT enough answers.

But it really shocked me on how Tang Lin's brother is not only the president of not only his company but LH Star as well, when he admitted he was behind the corporate espionage.

Plus wouldn't it be weird to sleep with someone who now has your sisters eyes and looked exactly like her?? It'd make me feel like I was sleeping with my own sister.

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Fan Zhi Xin nailed it again!

After watching hundred+ drama, it makes me feel bored, but with this drama, my excitement watching cdrama came back again. Each episodes wanted me to watch for the next episodes. It gives you feel that you wanted to solve the puzzle that entangled for the Main lead. Though the character of FL's best friend is quite annoying, she acted like a teen-ager not with her age. But of course you can skip those scenes.
The OST is repeatedly played in lmany scenes, even sad, happy, main leads moments and for the other couple's moment.
I just thinking how will you fall in love with the same face of your dead sister?

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Main actor was captivating

There was a lot to like about this drama. There always seemed to be something going on (sometimes too much), yet I still felt the need to fast forward through a bit of it, mostly because of the storylines that bothered me.
Liked:
1) Fan Zhi Xin as the male lead. Cold, powerful, driven. I didn't like his bent toward physical abuse at the beginning, but luckily, they got rid of that. I enjoyed watching all of the changes he went through as he fell in love. I also appreciated that the ruthlessness that he portrayed didn't completely disappear when he met her. He still had that going on, just not with her.
2) Chemistry between the leads was excellent.
3) Awesome kisses. The Chinese dramas are starting to get better about this.
4) Interesting storyline with some twists and turns and something that I didn't see coming.
5) Redemption of the 2FL. Up until then, this is where I fast forwarded a lot. She was unbearable, she overacted, and she was more than just a little crazy.
6) Happy ending, though it was pretty flat.
7) Fight scenes were good.
Not so much:
1) FL. Well-acted, but I vacillated back and forth on whether I liked her or not. She wasn't your typical simpering female, which I loved. The song "Stand by Your Man" kept playing in the back of my mind. She believed in him throughout. But wow, did she make some stupid decisions!!! SPOILERS: going into her house when it's been broken into, following the bad guy. And the biggest thing that bothered me about her, she bit the ML, twice!! That was just so immature. END OF SPOILER.
2) Plot loopholes. There was a lot going on, but some things just didn't get wrapped up, explained well.
3) FL's friend. I am so tired of seeing clingy, stalkerish females. Trying to act cute, but they are just irritating.

So, overall, if someone asked if they should watch it, I'd say yes, but I don't think I'd go out of my way to recommend it.

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