The Tyrant

I love Korean movies and series but this one????

I give up!

What was that???

A lot of people are killing a lot of other people and I really did not understand why they did it and who these people are at all. There is no story there, I liked none of the people, nothing. They used a lot of flashbacks and some non-linearity but only to cover up how bad everything is.

Okay, when you have no story but only mindless action then at least that should be good? No, what is worse than the nonexisting storyline are the fighting and shooting parts. They are always the same, very amateurish, lack any originality and they are extremely boooooring.

Not only that, since I didn't know who these people are and why they are killing each other, I didn't care at all who wins or who loses.

Honestly, I don't know who makes stuff like that and why there is nobody pulling the plug on something like this during production.

Or maybe this is a new cinematic artform: no story, just mindless and boring murder and mayhem for hours.

Honestly, I give up!

Wow, what can you say about Park's new show! The pacing, acting, script and plot were all TOP NOTCH in the first 3 episodes.

The main heroine plays it cool: fits the role well. The govt baddies all seem 3 dimensional, and also including the Black ops team. The only criticism is Paul, whose English is kinda bad and unbelievable. His Korean acting is a lot better. All other supporting characters have a great script to work with!

Usually for many K dramas, lines are repeated, actors OVER act, and the action is slower paced. Not with Tyrant... layers & layers of tough-as-nail characters that play their roles superbly. Nothing is predictable until we hit the last episode. Some lazy script writing complemented by a vial/virus as black as... Venom from Spiderman comics/movies! A bit disappointed but still a thumbs up.

For some who may not be aware, this series was created by the same director who brought you the Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion (an excellent movie) and the Witch Part II (a terrible movie). All three share the same premise and can be viewed as different parts of a same franchise. This third offering in this franchise lands somewhere between the first and second movies, closer to the first movie I suppose. If you are a fan of this franchise or just the first movie, the chances are pretty good you will like this 4-episode series. However, I do want to warn you that you have to pay real close attention to understand who's working with who and what factions are fighting against each other. As mentioned in another review, the lighting is inexplicably poor. I can go on and pick out couple of other annoying points.

However, the fact of the matter is the series is very compact (total running time of maybe less than 2 hrs) and is quite entertaining.

Why did you feel the need to write bad comments with such long words? Did the script have too many references to you?

Did you say fun Tarantino films? If you call putting together (stealing) the most enjoyable scenes of many films and adding a pornographic subtext and aimlessness fun, I agree with you. Tarantino films are fun.

Stop trying to sell your culture. The king is naked all over the world now.

Korean cinema and TV series are moving in the right direction. Maybe they should not get caught up in Netflix and Hollywood pollution. Of course this is my opinion.

I congratulate the producer, screenwriter, director and actors of the series. Thank you for your hard work.

Korean Short Drama '' The Tyrant '' is a mini-series that serves as a side story to the movie ' The Witch ' and it unfolds into its universe.

The drama is indeed short, but it manages to handle its story nicely and it progresses smoothly.

Even though there were plenty of bloody scenes, the drama somehow didn't feel that disturbing, but everything fitted well with the atmosphere, the story, and the fighting scenes.

Still, another episode would have allowed the story to breathe and not feel that tight and compact. Or maybe they shouldn't have included that many characters.

Finally, the performances were all great by every actor and actress in the cast.

So, overall, seven out of ten.