Saturday 9 February 2019

Korean Drama: Dokgo Rewind

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안녕하세요 
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We're back to South Korea today for my newest drama post, this time it's for Dokgo Rewind which is a web drama/film, which is written by Meen and Baek Seung-Hoon who wrote the webtoon Dokgo, as well as Oh Young-Suk and Lee Se-Woon, and it's directed by Choi Eun-Jong. It aired through Kakao and Oksusu, being aired on the 7th of September 2018, on Viki, it's been split up into 4 episodes, with each episode running just short of 50 minutes.

Main Cast:
Oh Sehun as Kang Hyuk
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Kang Mina as Kim Hyun-Sun
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Ahn Bo-Hyun as Pyo Tae-Jin
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Jo Byeong-Gyu as Kim Jong-Il
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Supporting Cast:
Shin Wonho as Choi Jae-Wook
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Kim Chae-Eun as Jo Ho-Ram
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Lee Beom-Gyu as Goo Bon-Hwan
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Kim Hee-Jin as Jo Kang-Hoon
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Lee Je-Yeon as Kim Sung-Gyu
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Yoo In-Hwan as Kim Kyu-Soon
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Oh Sehun as Kang Hoo
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Dokgo Rewind Trailer

I thought the soundtrack worked really well with the scenes, characters and show in general, but I do have my favourite tracks from from the soundtrack.
H2ADIN - Dirty World

Taeil & Jaehyun (NCT) - New Dream

Kang Hyuk is good at fighting, he has dropped out of school and hangs out with his two friends, who have also dropouts. One day, Hyuk saves Kyu-Soon from some disorderly students, Kyu-soon then requests that Hyuk teaches him how to fight and explains that he wants to protect his younger sister Hyun-Sun. Hyuk accepts the request and they become friends, later Kyu-Soon is beaten to death and Hyuk decides to take revenge on the students responsible for his death. Jong-Il and Tae-Jin are also sick of the violence caused by the high school students and join Hyuk in his fight.

I absolutely loved Dokgo Rewind, the first time I saw Sehun acting was in Exo Next Door and I found the acting pretty cringe worthy, but that wasn't just from Sehun. With Dokgo Rewind I found that Sehun's acting had improved quite a bit. I loved seeing him in the roles of twin brothers Hyuk and Hoo as they both had very different personalities, which I think Sehun pulled off pretty well. Even though Mina didn't seem to have much screen time or lines, I thought she did really well in her role, I definitely felt for her when she was the one that comes to find her brother lifeless. I loved Shin Wonho and Lee Beom-Gyu as Hyuk's friends Jae-Wook and Bon-Hwan, I think they added the comedy value to something that has a pretty dark and violent plot and concept. Personally for me though I don't think the casting was right for all the cast that appeared throughout as it's meant to be set in a high school and a lot of them looked out of place and way too old to be in high school, when looking into the cast members background a majority of the cast was late 20's, early 30's. I need a moment to talk about Ahn Bo-Hyun and Jo Byeong-Gyu I really liked both their characters, I think they're your typical fight for the right cause character's showing that they will fight for what they believe is the right thing, while everyone else is against them trying to stop them. At times the violence did make me feel uncomfortable, like the gang of girls pouring bleach down Hyun-Sun's throat as well as the scene bullying the deaf student to get Jong-Il to break his promise of not fighting ever again, knowing he will defend him.
Overall I really enjoyed Dokgo Rewind, it had me crying, laughing and holding my breath in suspense, the fight scenes were well rehearsed and choreographed making them pretty awesome scenes. Dokgo Rewind serves as a prequel to the webtoon Dokgo and I hope Dokgo comes back as a drama, with Sehun returning as Kang Hyuk.

Have you watched Dokgo Rewind?
Were you a fan of the cast?
Let me know in the comments below.

See you soon!


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