Mate-o (2019)

Wonderful story, acting, ending but some major plot holes

This drama was amazing. I liked almost everything about it, but after watching it, I am still confused. Though it seems like the show is wrapped up, some things make absolutely no sense. Like, I loved the story, it was compelling, the acting was great but there were some things just missing. I kind of wish they made it at least one episode longer to address some parts of the plot

Overall, I loved the main characters and their acting. Su Hyeon is a wonderful assassin-wooden log. Nana is so great as Do Hyeon jin, although really, some more exploration into the depths of her character would be wonderful. I would have liked to see more about her childhood after she was adopted. How did she meet the reporter man?
Seul gi is adorable really, and so was Philip. I wanted to see more of Philip.

Plot holes:
1) Ko Hyeon Woo mentioned that Seul gi is Su Hyeon's daughter... How? Never explained again, apart from that one line. I was waiting for them to explain that uptil the ending credits.
2) Why did Hyeon jin's reporter boyfriend die? What is his connection to Seul gi's grandfather, and what happened there? It was never explained why he died near her grandfather, as he lived in Seoul and Seul gi's grandfather did not. Even if we assume that it was ordered by Do Jae Hwan as a pre emptive measure for the article, why would he get Pavel to do it, and why was the notebook burned?
3) What is with the Blue eyes thing? We see sometimes in the starting of the drama, that the kid ML had blue eyes. Why? It was never expanded on.
4) Somehow, Philip was doing something shady, like playing both sides of the field- both with Karimov and the client, but somehow it was never explained why? I guess money, but they really could have put one scene in explaining that whole part.
5) Yoon Ji hye's sister is not a plot hole, but really they told us absolutely nothing about her.


Things I would have like to see more of:
Philip and Su Hyeon's backstory. Flashback of how they met.
Pavel and Su Hyeon
Su Hyeon and Do Hyeon jin's mother

Leia Mais

इतने लंबे समय के बाद, कहानी आपके दिल को छू सकती है
"अच्छी तरह से किया फिल्माया , कलाकारों और चालक दल" को मेरी तरफ से वाहवाही।
मुझे ये कहानी बहुत अच्छी लगी | मतलब यह नाटक कमाल का है । आपको इसको जरूर देखना चाहिए |

किम सू ह्यून एक पशु चिकित्सक और एक पेशेवर हत्यारे के किरदार को बखूबी से निभाया है | मुख्य महिला पात्र का किरदार कमजोर है,

यह मेरी व्यक्तिगत राय है ~ इसका कहानी या किसी देश से कोई लेना-देना नहीं है
पुलिस कभी भी किसी भी देश में स्ट्रांग पॉइंट क्यू नहीं रखती हमेशा टॉप मैनेजमेंट की कटपुतली की तरह दर्शया जाता है जो की सही भी है |
पोलिटिकल और पैसे वाले नाचते है असल में भी |

After so long, the story can touch your heart, "Well done filmed, cast and crew" applause.
I liked this story very much. This play is awesome. You must watch it,

Kim Soo Hyun has played the role of a vet and a professional killer perfectly. The character of the main female character is weak,
This is my personal opinion ~ It has nothing to do with the story or any country
the police never holds strong point i don't know why? in any country it is always shown as a puppet of the top management which is also right. Political and money people dance actually.

Leia Mais

this drama caught my eye because of the visual pair and because i myself am really into thriller/action/mystery so this was a easy pick. The cast was amazing. The storyline had a few loopholes and reading the comment sections for some episodes, I could tell people were confused. Many of the comments focused solely on the science and the artificial seminization/cloning however, that's not the important part haha i encourage everyone to focus on the present plot because otherwise you'll get confused yourself and start questioning the logical reasoning of the script/plotline. I'm pretty surprised to say that I did not skim through/skip any scenes of this drama. it was that captivating o.o Besides having almost no romance, I really enjoyed the two MCs relationships. It would have been nice if they had some form of romantic gestures (?) but i guess the main part was the focus on the plot and character growth. The ending....oh boy... all i can say is get ready : ) mentally prepare yourself because I bawled like a baby .

Leia Mais

Good story killed with last episode.

The drama was enjoyable. The writers sugested how will it end so, you could guess that the male lead will get punished for his crimes. This is cliché, but at the same time it could be understable. But how they did it, it is close to retarded at best. The best killer goes through front door and starts shooting everybody (first WTF), then when he is about to kill main villan. here comes famale lead with SWAT team and they kill MC ( second WTF). He didn't even point gun at them. Earlier the police released villan because of lack of evidence. So sombody tell me why she went there again, and with SWAT team? This clearly means that she killed him !!!
The villan didn't call thw SWAT team. She did it on her own. And this "timing" when police arrives, What a garbage writing.

Leia Mais

I made sure not to watch sad ending for some personal reasons.. It didn't come to me that this will have such ending. But I manage to pull myself together and watch it thru - that's how good it was! I am hooked that it was an action film and the lead actor really looks hot! Though there are unanswered things like how did the female lead get in the orphanage when she was young and she has a name, also I don't know if English translation was not precise but I read somewhere where Suel Gi's biological father is Soo Hyeon? What??!! But over all it was a good watch! Of course all because of Jang Ki-yong and the female lead was also very good! They are well blended together even if there are no lovey dovey moments!

Leia Mais

Wow. This show was amazing, it's right up my alley for a shows I'd like to watch in the future. Firstoff when I read the synopsis about a killer turned vet and a detective who is trying to capture a serial killer to where their relationship builds from having known eachother in the past and then meeting again, I was very intriqued to watch it and my god am I glad I watched it. I've put this drama off for about 2-3 weeks now and I thought I would watch it.

With the male lead Soo Hyun I loved his character, the actor Jang Ki Yong who played did an amazing job doing the role. Jang Ki Yong is probably one of the actors to depict characters who have a dark side to them, his facial expressions work magic on the on screen and his psycotic smile he gives off makes him perfect for these kind of roles. Soo Hyun's character was quite pitiful in this show though, he was only born to donate his bone marrow and didn't even get named and got thrown away to some russian killer to be taken care of. To be honest, killing people is always bad but I couldn't help but support him throughout the show and be exited to see what he's going to do next. His relationship with Seul Gi is quite ill fated in the fact that Pavel killed her grandfather and then Soo Hyun ends up looking after her in which she realises who he is and forgives him because she knows he's a good person at heart. I can understand why he only confided in animals and that was because they can't really betray you and hurt you compared to humans who follow human nature. His whole goal to finding out his past and then saving the children was quite pitiful to watch at times because he couldv'e just lived a normal life but they mattered more to him than anything else untill he got attached to Hyun Jin and Seul Gi.

Hyun Jin's character was also a pretty good character. She didn't really do much for me compared to Soo Hyun but I liked how she wished it wasn't Soo Hyun who was the serial killer because she had hope that he was the same kid who she knew as a child. Her relationship with Soo Hyun was ill fated because she was the person trying to capture the serial killer and it just turned out to be Soo Hyun, I did like thier interactions but I'm glad there was no romantic actions involved because it would of been a lot more messier than it allready was for them. I could tell that they both had some sort of feelings for eachother due to thier actions throughout the show.

The OST was standard but what stood out was the instrumentals that added a felling of tension and axienty to some scenes. Out of all the shows I've watched this show might be out 3 shows in which gave me a churning feeling in my stomach and a fast heartbeat and I don't know fully why but some of teh reason would go the atmosphere that this show created.

If your looking for an action, thriller show that has an emphasis on the relationship on 2 sides of the same coin, Soo Hyun on one and Hyun Jin on the other and how see how thier story pits them against eachother pyschologically even though they like eachother I highly reccomend this show.

I will most definetly rewatch this show one day as it's a short show in which was a great watch and I loved the main leads especially Jang Ki Yong and NaNa.

Leia Mais

Story seems interesting but you"ll have to put with it

I have watched this title cause i love Jang Ki-Yong and based on excellent reviews. Well, let's say i don't share popular opinion
Episode 1 - Already some incoherences & ridicule scenes
The ML character is cold, charismatic, mysterious and straight forward.
The FL is as often the caricature of the rude, reckless woman. The 1st introduction between ML & FL is beyond ridiculous. Not the set up itself, but the FL actions ... WTH was that scene ? How the scenarist wants to show she is compassionate and loves animals as ML, when she plays darts on a baby deer? That scene wanted me to drop the drama already.

I am at episode 2, and the FL is moving in same building than ML & second FL .... what a coincidence :/
I will continue 1 or 2 episodes and will edit my review if my opinion changes.....

Leia Mais

I was intrigued by this drama because the MVs were so intriguing, but after watching the first 2 episodes, I just wasn't feeling the story enough. I decided to look up some spoilers about how the story turns out in the end to decide if I wanted to dedicate all the time in watching the drama all the way through based on how the ending turns out. I'm so glad I looked into the spoilers because I am most DEFINITELY not happy with the ending (regardless of whether certain characters deserved their ending or not).
The story was dark from the beginning and I am not one to watch dramas if they are dark, so for me, it would never work unless the plot is simply AMAZING (like the drama, Tunnel - I just couldn't put it down, no matter how dark and horrific the events were). Anyways, for me personally, the drama was not intriguing nor enjoyable enough for me to keep watching, and then with the way the ending turns out, I just couldn't justify continuing to watch it. In my opinion, this is not a drama meant for everybody.

Leia Mais