Who's five years late to watch and review? Meeeeeeee
I got this drama as a recommendation in the app and holy guacamole this was the best recommendation ever.
The story.
If you liked the 2010ish film Inception, you'll like this drama. Hypnotising people and entering their subconscious to solve crimes is pretty unique. The setting in the historical period gave this drama quite the charm in terms of costumes and ways of crime solving. No recent uber action defying laws of physics (which I became tired of in the recent action films). Crime series, if written well, are always good and this particular one had kept me in suspense throughout all 36 episodes. Hats off to the writers.
The costumes, setting, camera.
I always love historical costumes. I especially loved the steampunk touch when Jiang Shuo and Qin Yi Heng were in the subconscious world. The subconscious world was also designed amazingly. The only thing I missed in the story and setting was the fading out of the Feng Shui as the episodes progressed.
The cast.
Neo Hou is always incredible. Zhu Xudan and Liu Dongqin felt a little stiff at times, but they embodied the personalities of their characters well. The rest of the cast was great too, especially the actor who was Bai Kai.
The music.
I LOVED the intro song. You don't hear a rock/ metal (I hope I got the genre right) opening theme often. Instant love.
Overall, I really loved this. When the story got to episode 35, I thought I would not like the ending but it was still incredible. 11/10 would watch again.