Retaliação (2019)

Action series

Great show lots of action and suspense, acting very good. A bit slow in the middle. Some good fighting scenes and some not so realistic car chases and bullet scenes.
If you are an action oriented person watch this series.
I usually watch a few episodes at a time, but this one popped in my Netflix preview and I clicked on it. After watching the first episode i was hooked as the story is intriguing. Did binge watch this series it's worth it.


Spoiler:
Where or when is second series, the cliffhanger at the end indicates a second season. With so many unanswered questions the second season is required.

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Every life is important

This is a story about a man who lost his nephew because of a plane crash incident and there is something wrong with that incident. Then, there is a woman who only does her job as National Intelligence Service (NIS) agent until she meets the man that changes her perception about the jobs that She's doing. In this K-Drama, there are a lot of plot twists that make you think about who is behind all of this and it's going to be interesting when you found out who is the root of that plane crash incident.

Vagabond teaches us that everyone can change their mind as long there is a big opportunity. We can be greedy when money and power are involved but not the personality of a person. As long as we are still conscious, we can choose where is right and wrong even our actions. Do not trust everyone, trust yourself and several friends that really helped you during the crisis moment.

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Nearly perfect

Not gonna lie, this was my second try to watch Vagabond, first time, one year ago, I’ve just watched first episode any for some reason decided to drop it. I don’t really know why, probably I was just not in a mood to watch action drama. This time, I’ve made it past first episode and that was one of best decisions I’ve made this year, I swear. This drama has everything and in perfectly balanced proportion. There’s action, drama, romance, even a bit of comedy, just name it.
Story is simple at the beginning and then throughout the series it gets more and more complicated. Cha Dal Geon, our main character takes care of his nephew when the boy dies in an airplane crash. Dal Geon is devastated but soon discover that a simple plane crash might’ve been a terrorist attack. He allies with Go Hae Ri, young agent for NIS and together they try to solve the case which will take them to the very top of Korean politics.
First of all, the plot that we get is from the start very multilayered. Very quickly we’re introduced to vast array of characters that represent both sides of the conflict, so we have broad view of the situation. This gives us more or less full picture of what’s going on on the surface. Because the case quickly turns out to have a lot of layers that we’ll expose them together with main characters.
I’ve quickly put my attention to the characters. Of course, there’s a lot of action, but the characters build the scenery here very well.
So we have Cha Dal Geon and Go Hae Ri, our main characters who in fact know the least of what’s going on, but are in the middle of the action and they are the reason plot moves forward.
Then we have, let’s call it, second circle, where I’d put Gi Tae Ung, who appears first with security audit when things start to get hot in NIS and Min Jae Shik, Hae Ri’s direct supervisor. They both represent group that’s in the middle. They know a bit more than Hae Ri and Dal Geon, but are often limited by their bosses. Right away we get where they stand on the moral compass. Gi Tae Ung may be stickler to the rules of an asshole type of guy since the beginning, but he’s kind of right. He doesn’t trust Hae Ri, which he admits openly multiple of times, but he has s good reason to do so. She shortly proves that she cannot in fact be trusted in this line of work by giving all the information to the Dal Geon, who is certainly out of the investigation, as he’s in no way connected to NIS. She’s too impulsive and in this line of work this is not a trait to be proud of (especially in the eyes of her supervisors) since it may mean risking somebody’s life. By the way, I love Shin Sung Rok’s (playing Gi Tae Ung) acting in this series. His character is not completely good, but in his rough honesty there’s very interesting, true to his beliefs character.
And we have the highest circle, characters that we should be the most beware of. They include villain but also the higher ups in NIS hierarchy. We soon discover that even among “good guys” there’re some shady figures.
As the plot is multilayered with characters it’s also multilayered in terms of action. Viewer doesn’t get rest for long here. Crime in this drama has so many layers, that after uncovering one, another one emerges.
And there’re some comedic reliefs as well. In drama with so much suspense and action, they work as a good pressure valve. It was nice to see infantile rivalry between Dal Geon and Tae Ung in some scenes. It wasn’t pushy or important motive, but it was an interesting add on that took a bit of pressure in a rather action packed series.
Let’s talk about acting, because this was for me drama of reception for some actors. I’ve already mentioned Shin Sung Rok, who’ve done amazing work with Gi Tea Ung.
With Bae Suzy I’ve had initial problem, because I’ve first seen her in Big. The drama was so bad and poorly written that I’ve wanted to forget about everything that I’ve seen there, including Suzy’s acting. Since then I’ve seen her in While You Were Sleeping and Start Up but finally here, in Vagabond I’ve regained trust in her acting, she delivered perfect portrayal of her character.
About Lee Seung Gi. Well, my first encounter was in King 2 Heart, which I still remember with a dose of cringe. His acting wasn’t that bad there, actually he was one of good elements of that drama. Here, with better written character, he truly shined, and I’m so happy about it.
Overall I have absolutely not his bad to say about vagabond. Everything, from music, through characters to the plot was on its place as it should be. Viewer get’s a solid dose of action with strategically placed comedic motives. Absolutely perfect. With one exception, so far there’s no news about second season. And that’s very bad.

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" Vagabond " was action packed, but had some parts of it that it wasn't that good.

The drama started strongly, with two emotional episodes that shoot the interest high with the whole action and mystery plot. The action continued till the very end, but the mystery was pretty much solved or got uninteresting half way through. So, the rest of the drama was just an extremely thinly spread plot that was left open in the end, probalby suggesting a second season ( ? ? ). The romance, in addition, was just unecessary. The couple had not one moment together and the whole thing looked forced. The performances, however, were pretty good.

So, overall, six out of ten.

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I CAN't believe that there's season 2!!! I'm not mad and such but I was actually wasn't expecting to have another season. But! WHEN!! when's SEASON 2!!
HOLY THE ENDING MADE ME CRY SO MUCH!
this is my first time watching a Korean drama with less romance in an action drama and I actually like it. There is romance and such but little but I still like how they incorporated it even though the main focus is action.
Omy!! It took me a while to finish this drama because I don't like to wait every week for the episode and right now I am watching Crash Landing On You and I am loving it. But I'm scared I might stop again cuz I might get lazy to wait HAHA.
But anyway, sorry for the spoilers but I recommend this to someone who loves ACTION, TRILLERS, and PLOT TWIST.
It's so GOOD!! <3

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12/28/19 9:16pm

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Where should I start?!

Okay before starting this show I had mixed feelings about it but as the story progressed with each episode I was hooked to this show.
The best part it's not just typical Korean Drama; it has all the right elements Story, Cast, Plot, Action, Music.. EVERYTHING is so ON POINT.

Lee Sueng Gi as Dal-Geon and Suzy as Hae-Ri are awesome and I'm in love with them after this show. A phenomenal job done by every actor of this show. With a good amount of humor at the right time and place. Action sequences and cinematography was so top notch that it kept me in a nail biting position throughout.
I really hope we get more shows like this in the future because it just increased the standards much higher.

Lastly, the way they wrapped things up IS SO GOOD everything just fell in place. I'm impressed and so satisfied with the way things ended and I really hope they make Season 2 of this show. WE NEED IT!

P.S The song 'Open Fire' has to be my favorite.

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Okay so I saw this coming but I wanted to believe otherwise. Edward park is a conniving bastard and I hope he gets what he deserves, excuse my French.
This was one of the best drama I've watched in a while. I went on a drama hiatus a few weeks ago because I have finals coming up soon and I needed to focus on those instead of dramas so I haven't watched any in a while but I had to break that hiatus because of Vagabond. First of all Lee Seung Gi played Cha Dal-gun like a champ, I was captivated by that character on the first episode. I knew that stubbornness was going to bring him to places and I was right. Lee Seung gi is generally an amazing actor but I think this was hands down one of his best role, it was played amazingly. The drama in general was well written, well produced, the scenes captivating and heart arresting especially episode 12, that was hands down the best episode of the entire drama, they did such an amazing job with that episode. Now I knew eventually those conniving a-holes would turn my Cha Dal-gun into a spycho and I was right. I loved it tho. He became such a badass yo and I think the only person who really understood what Chal was made of was the president when he said "I don't think you'll be struck dead even by lighting." My mans is undefeatable and won't go six feet under until he kicks they asses to hell and back. Lowkey looking forward to the second season. As for Edward I knew that evil son of a gun was too helpful, I saw it coming a mile away, especially with Micky but I was living in denial, I really hope Chal ends up kicking his butt to hell like he did with Jerome. I cant' wait to see what's coming but I'm still protesting that ending because it was utter bull.

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This is not k-drama as usual. I love this k-drama in action, business, politic, romance, and little bit thriller (for me). I really love the story about the linkage between business and politic, it reminds us about the fact of this fucking life. Business and politic are very close, one each other. It depends on how do you run both of them together that can be run in clean or dirty way.

You may watch this k-drama movie as well and i suggest you to pay your attention from the beginning until the end. Actually, you can predict the next episode if you really have your understanding in each scene (who is the actor, what are they talking about, how is the reaction, etc). Even you can predict who is the real culprit on this case before the episode shows you about Samael.

What i get in this k-drama: sadness, anger, hatred, grudge, emotion, lovable. They got me into sadness even in the 1st and 2nd episode for the citizens, meanwhile anger for business and government politic. Anger, hatred and grudge in next episodes that talking about power and money as the king of life. Emotion and lovable until the end of episode that has shown by Cha Dal Geon, Go Hae-Ri, Ki Tae Woong, and the rest of people that still has justice in their heart.

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Best show i've ever watched

This is a very underrated show. This is the best show i've ever watched. It is fully action packed, and there's plot twists regularly to keep the show interesting. There's some romance too.

The show is about Cha Dal Geon wanting revenge for terrorist attack plotted by a company where his nephew dies in the plane, but the entire government and NIS is corrupt and covering it up. So, Cha Dal Geon, along with another NIS Agent, Go Hae Ri, is trying to expose everyone behind the terrorist plane attack.

There is lot of interesting politics too. In this show, allies become enemies and enemies become allies. I highly recommend it to everyone.

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Every episode felt like an awesome journey that's worth the watch

Before watching this series, I actually received a lot of recommendations for it years ago telling me how awesome this series is. (Not that I didn't believe them, I just kind of have a LOOOOOOONNNNGGGG list of series to watch and I'm glad I finally had the time to jump the Vagabond ride.) When I started watching it, I also had worries and doubts because I've also read a fair share of comments about how the ending is so much of a cliffhanger and how much a lot of people is still waiting for a 2nd season. (Specially worried because I hate series without closure.) But still went on and started it. The first episode didn't impress me, it took me some time to continue on the next episodes and boy this is one of those series I'm glad I took the chance on.

I was worried the story will feel draggy with me having to watch 16 episodes just to find out what really happened to this air crash but I was completely wrong. Every episode was an adventure that literally kept me on the edge of my seat and blew my minds off. At some point, I was like however the ending goes, the whole journey spread out across those 16 episodes is already enough for me. And it is. (Although, the ending gave me mixed emotions, this series is so giving that I still love it the way it is.)

Cast-wise, I feel like everyone executed their roles to the best that they can. I can't imagine any of the characters being replaced by someone else. However, despite the fact that some scenes gave me butterflies in my stomach, I can't seem to find Suzy and Lee SeungGi having 'that romantic' connection really. (Or maybe I'm just more invested on the Action-Thriller side of things, I'm not sure.)

Anyway, OST-wise I don't remember anything notable although that doesn't bother me anyway. If a second season comes up, I'll definitely re-watch this series. I definitely recommend this series, this is one of those that I never expected to love this much.

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Trust No One

Is there anything project that Lee Seung-gi decides to do that is bound to fail? The man is seriously talented and keeps going from strength to strength. Each new series gets darker than the last! Vagabond offers something new to the Kdrama genre. You can see it has a massive budget behind it through the gorgeous cinematography, international locations & visual effects which are all very impressive. The action is literally non-stop! We have the winning combination of Lee Seung-gi & Bae Suzy, previously seen to great effect in Gu Family Book. They work really well together. I would have loved to have seen more romance but I guess that will come with the sequel (whenever that maybe)! What's strange is that at the beginning he is portrayed as a loser stuntman & she is seen as a femme fatale spy but then their roles switch and he's suddenly an amazing stuntman that is mistaken for a spy owing to his amazing abilities and she has zero skills as a spy who is just doing the job to support her family...no doubt to reinforce gender stereotypes. Usually in Kdramas you will find at least one token American who acts badly...but in this it's slightly better...we have Jessica who speaks English quite well, the Moroccan police inspector who was quite good as well as the other Moroccan cast members only Michael was a bit off. Every time I see Hwang Bo-ra I'm instantly reminded of Joan Cusack, I think she's a great supporting actress and gives great comic relief. Another great supporting actor is Shin Sung-rok, who I thought could have been better utilised, as he is very talented but his part did get better as it went on. What struck me about the story was how brutal it was at the start, I mean...spoiler alert....a young child is killed and this is what the whole story hinges on. All of Lee Seung-gi actions are out of love for his nephew, which really does give new meaning to 'the power of love', he becomes the everyman underdog fighting corruption at every turn. The ending...if you can call it that, is left open for a sequel, which was very risky as there was no resolution, now what with the Covid delay and conflicting actors schedules I don't see it happening any time soon, which is a real shame particularly because it is in the Action genre, you can't wait too long as the actors won't be able to do the scenes anymore...look at Indy 4!!! :)

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A great drama with unsatisfying cliffhanger ending

This drama is a great drama. It has a good story and the acting is also very good. I love the cast because of Nations first love (Bae Suzy). I kind of fell for her while watching this. But the thing is, this drama has an unsatisfying ending. Cliffhangers are what I hate most. Eventhough I hated the ending, I kept waiting for a second season. The reason why many love kdramas is because they wrap the story within 16-20 episodes. But thanks to Netflix we have lost the uniqueness of kdramas and we have American-type multiple season kdramas.

As a summary, these are the questions we had while watching this drama.

When the drama started
1. Who was behind the plane crash?
2. Will they reveal the truth?
3. Will Cha Dal Geon and Go Hae Ri date?
4. What will happen to the corrupted government?

When the drama ended
1. Who is the real culprit behind the plane crash?
2. Will they reveal the truth?
3. Will Cha Dal Geon and Go Hae Ri date?
4. What will happen to the corrupted government?
5. Who is the real villain?
6. Is Jessica not guilty at all?
7. Will Dal Geon reveal the truth about Kim Woo Gi's Death?
8. Will the leading couple have a happy ending?
9. When will the second season come out, or will there be a second season?

As you can see, nothing has been solved. And the questions have grown. Everything is tangled. This really pisses me off and leaves me with an empty heart. It is very annoying when I want another season, but it is not confirmed or denied. This is a really good drama and if you want to live with the greatness of this drama, miss the final episode. I am writing this in 2022 and there is no detail about Vagabond season 2. So I agreed to live with an imaginary ending and I will keep hating NETFLIX for ruining precious k-dramas.

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