[ There are No Spoilers Below so, even if you haven't watched the Drama yet, Read freely. ]


OVERVIEW —

"You think what you saw is all there is. You're so wrong. You see what you want to see because you don't have the guts to face the truth. Just because you don't remember doesn't erase the past."
— I was fascinated by this dialogue.

I was actually not aware of this drama when it already started airing but bumped into it when @Saarthak mentioned starting it in the feeds. What attracted me here was not the hype or the poster or the plot. I was curious about the name (The Veil). I know it's strange to think about it as often names turn out to have no connection with the plot in the end xD… but here's it's not the case. The name actually represents here how many layers this story has. How every little incident and every not-so-crucial-looking character is also connected is the thing. The 'VEIL' which seems to have risen up finally is yet to rise in the next episode. I couldn't help but doubt every character here.



STORY & SCREENPLAY —

This is an intriguing story of a NIS agent (Han Ji hyuk) who loses his memory during a mission and returns back after a year. Now many twists and changes occurred during this year are ready to confront him. Except that he also has to face challenges from inside the organization. Ji Hyuk was always stated as the reckless and crazy agent of NIS as what he only cares is for the mission. He was blamed for not caring for his own colleagues but he's actually nice. Yoo Je Yi and Seo Soo Yeon are two more characters who will play a crucial role here. There are many conspiracies yet to be revealed that will impact Ji hyuk and other NIS agents… the highlight that revolves around Ji hyuk is that "Don't trust anyone."

I did like to appreciate the first few episodes that I enjoyed totally. The creators behind are the Director(Kim Sung Yong), the writer (Park seok ho) and the creative director (Kim Ji ha). It's 12 episodes with 1 hour 10 mins each. So, is it long? No, it's not compared to the usual 16 no. Of episodes in K-dramas and it's a thriller with cliffhangers at the end of every 2nd episode so I easily binge-watched 2 episodes in a day as I started it later than it's airing date… but the 2nd half went draggy and I watched 1 or half episode in a day…

Then, look at those action scenes. I was so thrilled. Every action move deserves a Rewatch. For the first time ever in a drama, I feel like keeping a compilation of all the action packed clips… the (Action) theme here is not for the name sake. It's actually a main part of the drama. This drama without action would have been like Ice cream without cream!

The 1st half of drama is more better and it's more about internal conflicts in NIS, blood, revenge, lots like really lots of blood spits, tortured makeup(they don't show any torturing methods lol, they will rather show you the result of the torture by the makeup xD)

2nd half is like stable which makes it less interesting as earlier it was full action-packed. So, when it turns smooth, it feels slow… In 2nd half, I was predicting things already (but I wasn't correct in all cases though xD). The drama also deals with psychological issues and how your mental health affects your work & decisions, the trust issues between people…

& its time to Move on to some defects —
•⚝• I don't like it that they didn't had any tough job to get most of the clues… all they did was Log in, in the NIS server and ta-da the Clue is there… seriously?!
•⚝• the middle plot seemed draggy… a good starting going off somewhere down…
•⚝• there were some non logical thing that is under spoiler in the 1st comment ↓↓… (only read, if you're done watching this)
•⚝• Some characters are totally same like just different face & name… their motive, works etc were all the same thing repeated…


CAST —

✦ Han Ji Hyuk (acted by. Namgoong Min) — His action skills are Fabulous. Oooh this man! The style & all scenes were so smooth as if it's actually done by some Agent. Not only the action but his Gaze. Oof he looked so damn violent and wild at those action scenes.

✦ Seo Soo Yeon (Park Ha Sun) — I love her hairstyle. She played the rigid outside but soft inside character of agent nicely. She is having a rather interesting character here but how? Watch the drama to know lol

✦ Yoo Je Yi (Kim Ji Eun) — she has a cute personality and the character is also the cheerful kind. So, she was really suitable for the role. Then, I should mention her acting. It's good. So she carried up this mixed role. Now keep guessing what my "mixed" means here haha.

Role of NIS agents and other major roles was carried by supporting actors like
✦ Director Do (acted by. Jang Young Nam) – again, I love the hairstyle. She is gorgeous and especially with that lady boss vibe around…
✦ Lin Wei (Ok Ja Yeon) — I didn't quite understand her profession through the drama. Like MDL says she was there as "China ministry of state security agent". I hope she was given some intro in the beginning… after all, many important clues and details came through her… so stating her position & how's she related was important…
✦ Chief Ha Dong (Kim Do Hyun)
✦ Kang Pil ho (Kim Jong Tae) – Sorry… but he's bad at acting. At least in this character, he didn't act good. I mean his expressions were confused. The situation is clear so act like that. Why are you making the same confused face in every scene.


MUSIC —

The OST list ➳
❥♪Stay with me♪ — Elaine
❥♪Get ya♪ — Lee Jeongmin
❥♪Reason♪ — Yoari ~ (Oof. This song is so perfect for thrillers especially cause it's in English… it's the opening theme… and now I want to praise this song more… but I will reach word limit if I continue now haha…)
……Using ♪Reason♪ behind that car chase scene was the best decision taken here. No idea, who suggestion it was but I really appreciate that whole scene and this song is just ♡♡


REWATCH VALUE —
Hmm… how could I give this a rewatch. The twists were so different that I could only forget them if I have amnesia like Han Ji hyuk lol. So, can't rewatch the whole drama any soon… but yeah I will be rewatching the particular action scenes later…



OVERALL —
A watchable action thriller. Watch it for the beginning I would say and staying further or not is up to you. I won't say that they ruined the 2nd half but it was not as good as 1st half especially from 5-10 Eps. Potentially amazing base concept but the elaboration of the story was weak. Could have been far more better and enjoyable.
(Sorry for making this so long, I had a lot to say on this lol) …… Ok. I am done stating the things from my point of view… now the decision is yours to watch/not watch…