HIStory3: Armadilha (2019)

KinnPorsche2...bella l'idea sulla carta, pessimo il risultato nel concreto

Che dire... Una serie che mi ha fatto rivivere - purtroppo - la triste esperienza di KinnPorsche. Buona l'idea di base, un protagonista che è a capo di una banda criminale non lo si rifiuta mai, anzi. Che l'altro protagonista fosse un poliziotto, era una bella novità.
Dicevo, sulla carta molto bella, ma lo sviluppo concreto è tutta un'altra cosa. Partiamo dai personaggi principali: Tang Yi viene dipinto come un gangster dall'animo innocente, e già qui non ci siamo. Puoi essere buono nel senso di essere un cattivo che se la prende con i cattivi - per citare ancora il caro Vincenzo - ma pur sempre cattivo (anche nel senso buono) rimani. Shao Fei invece è proprio irritante, una macchietta fastidiosa e inconsistente. Mi vengono in mente almeno dieci personaggi nel ruolo di detective di altri drama che sono più seri e credibili di lui, e dico dieci senza fare troppa fatica. Flop sulla caratterizzazione dei personaggi, dunque. Ma passiamo alla trama. Plot? What plot? Qui è proprio il caso di dirlo... Non so se è peggio non avere una trama - come in alcune serie in cui tutto è in funzione della coppia protagonista - o avere una trama che grida all'incoerenza. Qui sono stati legati assieme elementi sparsi del mondo criminale, in un susseguirsi raffazzonato che mira a fare da storia, ma che di fatto è un insieme di passaggi sconclusionati e senza senso. Non c'è filo logico, i fatti potrebbero essere rimescolati in ordine sparso, che tanto la credibilità resterebbe la stessa. Non si capisce perchè certe scelte vengano fatte dopo quando si potevano fare prima, perchè certe ovvie soluzioni non vengono prese in considerazione... La storia, dunque, è un altro flop.
La dinamica di coppia, se possibile, da poi il colpo di grazia, unendo la pessima caratterizzazione dei personaggi a scene appositamente allestite, con il risultato di offrire siparietti stucchevoli di cui davvero non si sente il bisogno. Se nei primissimi episodi i toni sono ancora accettabili, in quelli successivi c'è proprio un'escalation glicemica, dove le pistole vengono sostituite dai mestoli da cucina, le minacce a sangue freddo diventano melensaggini con il cuore di panna e gli sguardi truci prendono la forma di occhi a cuoricino. Esattamente con in KinnPorsche. Di questo passo mi chiedo se riuscirò mai a vedere una BL ambientata nello spietato mondo criminale strutturata come si deve... Di certo, non è HIStory3: Trapped.

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An Enjoyable Series

This series, although I wasn't sure what to think of the secondary and tertiary couples, was definitely worth watching. I thought that the characters were well built, and the chemistry well thought out. It also has an interesting story, that I; personally speaking, haven't seen elsewhere. Sure there are probably other dramas alike to this, but does the story flow as well as it does in this drama? Although I'm often not very fond of some of the History series due to the coupling, or stories. I thought this worked extremely well. And I would never hesitate to rewatch this, even if I know the entirety of the plot. Definitely worth watching.

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I am so, so obsessed with this story. I haven't watched any of the other HIStory series (this was my introduction to BL), but I can't wait to try them. I loved the actors in this series and the storyline was really interesting. I liked that it wasn't just the two couple's stories, but there was a lot of drama going on in the background. Honestly, I didn't expect the surprises that came in the last 2-3 episodes. I thought it was a really well-crafted story.

I LOVE TANG YI. He's so handsome, and I love his tortured but lovable personality. Meng Shao Fei's ability to blow through that cold exterior and get to Tang Yi's warmer and caring core was my favorite part of the whole show. I could watch an entire season just on them being domestic and learning more about one another. There will never be enough hot Tang Yi/Meng kisses for me to be satisfied. Jake and Chris are great actors with so much chemistry and I think they really made this series shine.

However, I can't leave out Jack and Zhao Li because I lovelovelove them. Their start to finish storyline was just so cute, and I love how Zhao Li learns a little bit about himself in each episode and comes to realize how much he likes and wants to be with Jack. Also - who could resist Jack? He's equal parts terrifying psychopath and adorable boyfriend. They picked the perfect actor for Jack because I don't think I can imagine anyone else playing him so perfectly and complimenting Zhao Li's naive, gentle character. I would also watch an entire season of them being domestic, especially because Jack is living with Zhao Li now.

This was just such a fun drama and I'll probably rewatch it a few more times. I'm a huge enemies to lovers fan, and I think that Tang Yi/Meng have such a great relationship that develops over a lot of time and experiences. I wish there was more fan fiction out there in the world because I think I need more Tang Yi/Meng and Jack/Zhao Li.

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I just finished watching this series. I absolutely loved it. I saw it’s the highest rated, but I was in mood from some BL and I thought the prior seasons will work for me as well. Boy, I was wrong.
From HIStory 1, I managed to watch only the last episode. HIStory 2 – last 4 (teacher-student taboo not my thing). HIStory 2 missed in what I was looking for. From the main couple, I only liked and felt the attraction from Yu Hua. Zach Lu as Qui ZI Xuan was really trying to deliver, but he didn’t convince me. Maybe I’m just too pretentious this way.

And finally, reached HIStory3: Trapped. Jake, Chris and Andy, I absolutely love you guys.

Chemistry between the two main couples was exactly to my taste. For the main couple, the story wasn’t dragged, it had on the table the issues, the feelings, the trauma. Secondary couple didn’t have enough screen time, sadly.
Jake and Chris, while a bit forced in acting – but just a bit, nothing to rub me the wrong way – put their hearts in their performance and in their steamy kisses. Good script as well, since it allowed their characters to express their emotions and fears. I am also a sucker for both character types of Jake and Chris – one giving his love and support, unconcerned, not asking for anything in return and the other tough on the outside and hiding extreme sensibility.
Maybe my liking of Andy’s performance is overrated – he is definitely very cute and his character is extremely cool. Cute, but psycho. Since he is the bodyguard/hitman of a mob boss, one can definitely assume there is some killing done him – never showed, though. But Jack (Andy Bian) is always smiling, with a minimum of expressions changes – like a psycho.

Story…underdeveloped, IMHO. I am talking here about other story lines, not the love story. There was potential there, but felt like most important turns were glazed over. Of course, most reasons for characters’ actions are given, most decisions explained… I just think everything could’ve wrapped up much more enjoyable.

Love story – I believe feelings started to develop before we start witnessing their interactions. There is definitely an inclination for the main guys to help each other, right from the first episodes. This inclination is more towards personal decisions as opposed to professional ones (I am helping you cause is my cop so I have to save lives). Everything that happens between them is still beautiful and as mentioned earlier… without any hiccups and misunderstandings (nice change from other dramas). But then again, men are more straightforward and their relationships are different from my usual romcom ?.

I will rewatch it, definitely. I will not watch HIStory3: Make Our Days Count, since I trust the ratings given by MDL users.

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Totally topped the past HIStory's

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Honestly, I didn't know what I was expecting when I first began the drama. I felt like it was going to be way too concentrated on crime, yeah, but I didn't expect THAT kind of crime. It was just stories within stories and it was all so confusing that I had to keep bullet-pointing the story at whatever faces they were linked to. But I regret nothing. That was actually the most interesting part - after the ships.


*analysis*
STORY : Every HIStory drama has a moral it teaches us and is most definitely unique. You don't expect what's coming for you, and this one definitely kept up to the mark. This particular one explored the feeling of love and belonging. The pacing was brilliant. I feel no scene got wasted throughout the whole series, maybe a few here and there but those just explained emotions and backstories a little more to get the gist of what was happening and why. The episode length fed to my needs. I always try to look for shorter episodes so that I can finish off the drama to my own pace. Usually longer episodes bore me easily because I feel the director is just trying to long out the drama for no reason. And I mean this generally. The love scenes were the best; whether they were confessions or rejections. I loved all the ships and this is probably the first drama I've ever watched where I felt the ships were perfect and I was excited for every couple moment.

STORY / ACTING : Jake Hsu's acting in the beginning just seemed a little too far-stretched, like an amateur's would be. Every movement, every line, everything would just be over-exaggerated. But his acting got way better after the first, maybe, 3 episodes so that's why I didn't rate it too low. Chris Wu had his moments too but- actually, it was only one moment... But all the secondary actors performed exceptionally well. I never came across any secondary character where I thought "oof calm down" or "okay no, that would never happen and we both know that". It was a real boomer I had to feel this way with one of the male leads honestly, but it really does stop after the first few episodes.

MUSIC : Okay, so I watched this drama on YouTube by BL Everywhere. And there were around three long intervals of unrelated music so there were moments I couldn't hear the genuine track in the drama. But overall I found that all the tracks were decent; not exactly the type of music I'd listen to, however. Despite all that, the reason I rated it so high is because the tracks were played beautifully and at the perfect moments throughout the whole drama.

REWATCH VALUE : To be honest, I do see myself coming back to it because it's an easy watch that I could complete in a day if I ever felt like binge-watching a BL. This has to be one of few I'd put at the top as priority. I even binge-watched it last night and got no sleep, knowing fully well I had school to attend to today. Major oof because now my eyes keep closing.


*recommendations*
I would definitely recommend this to a friend, especially if they want a little bit of everything - genre wise. There's crime, action, mystery, and it also gives off a few thrill vibes here and there because of the dark aura of crime the drama is practically drenched in.
If you'd already watched this, then I'd recommend watching the rest of the HIStory dramas, especially 'Crossing the Line'. These two are now my favourite HIStory's.

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OK. So, maybe I like dramas (I use to watch telenovelas a lot, OK). I don't know. But something compelled me to watch this. I was a random trailer in YT. That kind of video that came from a rabbit hole of hours of nothing and boredom.

So, I was saying... Maybe I love telenovelas. But they are so silly and dramatic. Most times the acting is bad and so on. But this. Oh baby let me tell you. This is shit, but this good kind of shit that you scream at with rage and you see yourself being invested and very much engage with the characters. How? I don't fucking know. But I was rooting for this people so hard and I was screaming at them. They were my friends for many hours (And the second hand embarrassment was there. It was present and strong) . But I was giggling. I am a ass grown woman and I can watch any TV show but here I was watching this in one afternoon and evening.

Oh man. I don't want to write a review. I don't know anything about BL dramas. I only know that sometime they kiss with theirs mouth close. So close. They are like 8 years old kissing in a birthday party. But I don't know, dude. I liked this. And I have to tell everybody here because my friends expect the worst from me. Not this. Cute little asian twinks kissing? Nah man.

This shit is the good shit 10/10 I would not watch again but I would remember and tell my friends about it because they are going to laugh so hard.

But. BUT I am going to watch another one.

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ASÍ es como se hace una serie de mafia gay

He visto esta serie más veces que a mi propio padre.
Toda la parte 3 de HIStory parece que fue dirigida por una luz que logró que con dos historias que, al no tener nada que ver entre ellas, fueron creadas para destruir psiquis...
HIStory 3: Trapped debe ser, creo, la más famosas de todas (y con razón) dado que trae a la mesa una historia que hasta el momento no era muy común de ver en pantalla: gente adulta haciendo cosas adultas e interesantes.
La historia se centra entre Meng Shao Fei, un policía que quiere a toda cosa descubrir que sucedió con el crimen de su oficial a cargo y Tang Yi, un líder mafioso que Shao Fei piensa es el responsable de todo lo sucedido. Oh, pero sí la trama se espesa luego. En el medio de toda una serie de enredos que empuja a ambos personajes a no solo buscar el hilo de aquello que los aflije en sus vidas, sino en permitirse ser vulnerables alrededor del otro y poder darse el lugar para amarse.
La dinámica entre Shao Fei y Tang Yi es hermosa de ver, al mismo tiempo que también te compenetras con los personajes de Jack y Zhao Li An que son polos opuestos pero no pueden funcionar mejor juntos.
Trapped es una serie que la primera vez que la ví no podía creer estar viva como para que mis ojos hayan sido agraciados con la historia que acababa de presenciar. Y si bien la historia de ellos dos era mi foco principal, en un momento te encontrás TAN inmersa en la historia de conflictos que cuando se estalla todo empezas a putear del shock.
Detesto decir que a veces hay BLs que fallan en contar una historia porque no saben balancear el foco de las relaciones con el argumento, pero pasa y eso a veces peligra todo el proyecto porque podés plantear una premisa pero si no cumplis con eso desarmas toda la idea. Pero por suerte Trapped no hace eso. La serie comprende que ambas relaciones se construyen en base los sucesos de la serie avanzan, dado que cada nueva cosa que se va descubriendo lleva a que los personajes se unan más entre ellos hasta que llega el punto que entienden que no pueden estar el uno sin el otro.
Si no la han visto está más que claro decir que lo hagan porque van a salir rejuvenecidxs una vez que la terminen y va a pasar un tiempo y se van a encontrar mirandola de vuelta y descubriendo cosas nuevas con cada repetición, siempre fascinandose en cuanto a lo que la historia y ellos pueden develar.

HIStory 3: Trapped, gracias por existir (y nunca sabremos si habrá una segunda temporada pero en base al final es de cada unx pensar si la historia merece avanzar o quedar donde quedó).

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I absolutely adore this. It frequently tops recommendation lists for "Best of BL" and I can see why: it's got a stellar cast, some fantastic acting -- I even love the secondary couple in this drama, though those can frequently be hit or miss for me. This is my first mob boss/cop romance that I've seen, so I'm not familiar with what is specific to this piece vs tropes to the genre, but I feel like either way my enjoyment was pretty thorough.

For me the only big thing that I think needs to be pointed out is that the show needs a major trigger warning for sexual assault (not between any of the shows pairings) for episode #14 (if you're watching the shorter episodes) and #7.

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storyline:

there were no moments that i got bored. The plottwist the intensity the relotionship developments... just all spot on for me. No unnecesarry angst or drama, which is nice in BL for a change. Trapped is not the typical cheesy BL anyways, story wise its more mature and the relationships develop naturally. The main focus is also not really on the relationships. It is very much about the plot. there was action and character depth all balanced out very nicely. meng shao fei's police officer job is a bit sketchy like: what is even going on in that police department at times. That is maybe a bit weird to me (but we can excuse it)

acting/actors:

i think Chris as Tang Yi is just perfect. his composure and calm demeanor really made the character for me. super stylish as well but thats just a bonus :p . Actually everybody did a great job. they all had so much personality which makes all of them so likeable. Jake's efforts to understand the role of shao Fei is really admirable. really makes him shine at the right moments,

rewatch value is high on the HIStory series. but especially trapped, it just doesn't get old.

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Um tiro certeiro

Eu sempre acompanhei todos a saga HIStory. Eu inexplicavelmente amo e espero por mais bls.

Esta série eu poderia ver milhões de vezes que nunca me cansaria. Sinceramente foi uma das melhores coisas que já vi. O policia, na minha opinião o ator não é muito bonito e nem tem um grande carisma como o ator que fez de Tang Yi. Mas eu nem vi a série só pelos atores, eu vi mesmo pela história que carregava.

Na altura que eu vi este bl, eu tinha visto poucos. Eu amo séries de mistério e policial e na altura começava a gostar de séries bl, então foi como juntar um mais um. E foi assim que surgiu a minha paixão pela série. Eu irei roubar e afirmar que ela é nota dez, mesmo tendo falta disto ou daquilo., mas eu não me importo.

O casal principal divinamente tem muita química, mesmo os dois não tendo um contacto físico, eles já têm química só pelos olhares. Eles combinaram muito. Nem sempre um policia fica junto com um criminoso, mas mesmo com esse obstáculo eles conseguiram criar a sua história e escreveram um "viveram felizes para sempre".

Mesmo com a função de investigar um casa, ainda existiu espaço para o amor, eu achei isso muito lindo, mas mesmo assim em certos momentos parecia que a investigação tinha sido colocada de lado, porque o Shao Fei seguia e perceguia Tang Yi. Mas aos poucos as verdades começavam a surgir.

Uma coisa que me deixou um pouco triste, foi saber o que acontece depois que o Tang Yi é solto... antes disso deveria referir que no final ele decide entregar-se pelos crimes que cometeu e assim ele se tornava uma pessoa mais justa para com a sociedade. Mas eu gostaria de saber o que aconteceu sobre o casal principal e o secundário. Talvez essa minha curiosidade não seja relevante... talvez.

O casal principal sempre me deixava com um sorriso largo, como o casal secundário, que inicialmente achei um pouco forçado, mas com o tempo eu fui aceitando.

Considerações finais.

Eu amei, achando mesmo o Shao Fei um pouco feinho, mas ninguém no mundo é bonito, porque a beleza é relativa, penso que todos os atores combinaram com os papeis, além disso eu depois de ver a série eu li a novel e achei fantástica. Recomendo a série sem pestanejar, para aqueles que são como eu, amam um série policial e um bom bl.

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Really a worth watching

Currently I m watching tha history all series.....I have seen so many clip related to all the history series part ....but the one I have seen clips the most is history 3 trapped....at first I was really very excited to watch as I started to watch it kind of get dull and boring bcoz I have already seen so much clips nd spoiler and thought to dropped the series.. but after 15 ep the story changed completely ...the person that I thought to be villian is not ....the ending is so satisfying bcoz it provide perfect ending to everyone....the series fulfilled it's name...i e trapped bcoz both the leads are trapped in the four years ago . ..the most interesting person is jack everytime is on screen I have a smile... I kind of feel bad for a -de and cheng wen hao too .....overall the series is really good and have a perfect plot,cast.i m glad that the ending was not uploaded in the Instagram or YouTube shorts....
Babye..plz give this series a shot😅

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