La vengeance vaut-elle justice ? Eternelle question...
Je l’ai beaucoup aimé, surtout la première moitié, durant laquelle la réalisation se calque sur un style manga, ou webtoon, avec poursuites effrénées, bagarres homériques à 1 contre 30 et c’est toujours le 1 qui gagne, avec un ton assez parodique qui ne se prenait pas trop au sérieux.Par la suite ça change, la réalisation s’alourdit, et le propos devient plus dur car, il faut bien le dire, le pitch de base, c’est : « La vengeance est-elle de la Justice ? » Avec une pareille thématique, le ton ne pouvait que devenir plus sérieux, et, si, dans le principe je trouve ça normal, là, la réalisation perd de sa nervosité et on commence à sentir et à être gêné par les énormes invraisemblances qui, autrement, seraient passées comme étant « ce genre d’histoire de style manga » Si on se prend au sérieux il faut que le scénario suive et j’aurais bien aimé savoir comment le type jeté en pleine mer dans un tonneau scellé a pu en sortir et se retrouver dehors à s’essuyer les cheveux avec le copain censé le repêcher sur la terre ferme 1/2 heure après ! Surtout que le copain est censé pêcher à la ligne sous l’œil constant de la police ! ça pour moi, ça casse complètement la magie de l’histoire ! Pareil pour les bagarres à 1 contre 30, le scénariste aurait dû au moins réduire la troupe des assaillants à 10 ou 12 !
Bon, ceci mis à part, ça reste passionnant de bout en bout, car le cheminement intérieur des « justiciers », qui vont en venir à admettre que la vengeance ne sert qu’à appeler d’autres vengeances, est très intéressant à suivre. L’affrontement entre la procureure jouée (très bien !) par Esom et le Justicier en chef (Lee Je Hoon) est la concrétisation thème central : la Justice est-elle suffisante ? Peut-on s’y substituer sans y perdre son âme ? La procureure se heurte sans cesse à la pusillanimité de sa hiérarchie, quand ce n’est pas à sa corruption ou son népotisme, le chauffeur de Taxi veut lui prouver qu’il n’a pas à affronter ces obstacles. Mais cette liberté engendrera le chaos et « il vaut mieux libérer 100 coupables que de condamner un innocent ».
Les personnages sont attachants, très bien interprétés, particulièrement les « gentils » Lee Je Hoon, Esom et Kim Eui Sung (le président Jang), et la très vilaine méchante Baek Sung Mi (Cha Ji Yeon). Ce sont des gens qui ont tous vécu de graves traumatismes émotionnels, et si certains croient se battre pour la justice, d’autre ont basculé du côté de la haine, et pourtant au final ils ne font que chercher à se venger, la vengeance étant le seul moyen à leur portée pour assumer une douleur intolérable !
Les seconds rôles, comme toujours sont excellents dans le bon comme dans le mauvais…C’est parmi ces derniers qu’on peut trouver les mauvais par nature. On a là une belle galerie de ce que la nature humaine a de pire, représentée par chaque « cas » traité par le taxi premium Arc en Ciel… A la fin de chaque épisode, le N°d’appel à l’aide est donné, comme si le drama, en plus de placer des produits, voulait aussi placer un certain sens civique, et pourquoi pas ?
Le dernier épisode conclut très bien l’ensemble de l’histoire, sauf les toutes dernières minutes qui m’ont dérangées car elles remettent tout en question et on a l’impression que c’est seulement pour le plaisir d’une jolie scène qui va à contre courant de tout le drama ! Mais c’est la spécialité des fins de dramas coréens !
Au final, je le conseille, je ne l’ai jamais lâché, j’ai aimé les dialogues, les personnages, la musique très bien adaptée (sans les paroles qui souvent ne cadrent pas du tout avec la scène) , mais il y a quand même quelques scènes un peu difficiles… Avis aux âmes sensibles, bien que ce soit bien moins difficile que « Voice » par exemple !
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SOMEONE GET ME SOME HAIR CLIPPERS STAT, THAT PERM GONNA DIE TODAY!
So before I say anything else about this drama, I need to say....on no planet is a pushing 40yr old whole ass man gonna pass for a high school student complete with a school uniform....even in flashbacks. I forgive him for dressing in a school uniform though, but only because little dude has such a peaceful and calming voice. Other actors can for sure pull off the bleak and aloof good guy, but not everyone could do it with such a beautiful relaxing tone.This drama is classified as Action, Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Crime, Drama....but what I can't figure out is how it's not classified as a comedy. The lead actor is hilarious. I mean...dude is badass and haunted by his past, for sure and he does an amazing job playing the silent brooding type, but 50% of this drama is him doing overly exaggerated caricatures of stereotypical side characters. Little dude must have studied super meticulously, he nails every absurd aspect from the nerdy dude's awkward blinking and mouth shapes to the flashy thug's spread legged saunter. Ridiculously funny physical comedy.
That aside, gosh this drama was good. The stories were so compelling, the acting was great, the fight scenes were badass, all the action sequences were so well done. Whether it's the lead dude beating up a room full of badguys or spinning his taxi about to inflict wild maiming chaos, dude definitely comes through in every scene. The female leads in this are really well done too, the lead villain chick is brutal and evil to the core, the sidekick rainbow chick was exceptionally well acted and her character was written super well without relying on typical kdrama female character tropes. The prosecutor was also very well cast, and it was fun to watch her character's journey throughout the show.
I will say...whoever permed that comedic side character's hair needs to lose their cosmetology license. The bowl cut was also terrifying, but that perm should have had its own entry in the credits. I cringed every single time that poor dude came on screen (except the few times they styled him differently). The travesty of this show is definitely that no one murdered that perm with a nice pair of sharpened clippers. The characters were good, but whoever tf made the decision on how to style their hair is for sure on my blacklist from now on.
The ending was being pretty boring, sadly...like the last 2 episodes really drag on. They pull it off at the end with an appropriate level of baddassery, but you can't give your audience 14 episodes of constant action and then dip them into mediocrity for entire two episodes and expect them to retain their excitement. I was, honestly, pretty annoyed with the little old dude taxi boss guy. Like ok, you want revenge but you don't want to kill people. So what, you try to play god by locking people up and "reforming" them? His character got pretty dark and I was disappointed that he didn't receive more punishment for the choices he made, especially when his choices put literally everyone else in danger. BUT...I guess grieving people are allowed to be a little crazy and make mistakes here and there.
I never thought an "action" drama about a taxi driver could be even remotely interesting, but this one somehow made taxi driving cool. I don't usually rewatch dramas, but I might revisit this one again in a few years just to watch the crazy action scenes. ....providing I can stomach the perm situation....
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Obsessed
It's been like a month since I watched seasons 1 & 2 and I'm still reeling from the high.Obviously every scenario was made convenient enough for our dream team to come in and steal the show, so you have to suspend reality a lot of times but I feel like that's what made the show special - making the impossible seem possible.
All of the acting was really good, the characters all had great synergy and each of the stories told in the episodes were super entertaining.
This definitely goes up in the hall of fame and I can't wait to rewatch it!
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You can’t keep yourself calm and cool while watching this. Extreme angriness dominates you!
It has an interesting storyline –a number of people who lost their loved ones' lives from such crimes, group together and seek revenge for their client in their service called Rainbow Deluxe Taxi with a tagline that says “Don’t die, get revenge. We’ll do it for you.”Each case makes my blood boil! The amount of destructive emotion I felt is enough to fly into the fit of rage silently. I AM ANGRY AND ANNOYED for the intense and suspenseful drama, and have a weak heart for such brutality. But I still felt the satisfaction I needed after finishing their missions. The rainbow after a storm is only for a brief moment since sooner or later, another terrifying case will be taking into vengeance.
Kang Maria’s abusive and inhumane employer lights the raging flame within me. The first case presented in the show signifies the monstrous situation of the laborer with a disability that leads her to live like hell in that place.
Case number 2 was about the bullied student and how those bullies deserve the consequences they faced upon their actions. Another ups and downs scenario that denotes that young age does not lessen the weight of the sin and it may just be a small part of their teenage years, but to others, it may be a life-and-death situation. I just wished that they would give us a glimpse of their present circumstances in the final episode.
The Udata case talks about the evil businessman and how he controlled his employees in a patriarchal way. It is a good thing for me that he died but I am still salty on how minimal his injuries were compared to his employees. I am so irritated to him that I wanted Kim Do Ki to tortured him more.
On the other hand, the Voice Phishing episodes were my favorite. It has a different kind of revenge that isn’t vicious and gives good vibes all throughout. Kim Do Ki flexing his good looks for a use. He and his body had a new purpose during that time; to attract the scam leader and make her fall in love. This one is absolutely light, entertaining, and a hilarious one. Using the same tactics of the scammers, Kim Ki Do betrayed her trust given to him and resulted in the destruction of her business along with her people. Madam Lim was so whipped up by Wang Tao Zi (Kim Ki Do) that she was even ready to forgive him any moment.
Chairman Baek, the twins, serial murders, organ trafficking, and the unison of their past caught-villains that turns to be their biggest mission to overcome. They’re totally at a disadvantage and suffer great losses, each member of the Rainbow Deluxe Taxi was severely injured. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. Revenge will bite you back.
Plot after plot. The big fat man that actually turns out to be twins. Second, the death of Mr. Wang ignites the provocative behavior of Prosecutor Kang that leads her to consume the service of the Deluxe Taxi. Also, Chairman Baek stabbed their back and concluded as the boss behind all illegal business that was thought to be an independent act of one of the twins. But the most arousing moment in a despicable manner is when all of the prisoners held in the private prison escaped and joined forces with Chairman Baek. It was a superhero-like concept in which the protagonist and his team had to fight once again with these monsters in a fast and contemptuous way. After fulfilling their previous missions, one thing is for sure, their team is great on catching them but negligent on the idea of trusting an outsider to handle the hell-like facility of the catched villains. I can’t blame them but it was still an agitated feeling, they should heavily tortured them.
The final case is about the serial murderer who turns out to be the one who killed Kim Ki Do’s mother. To the man who was falsely accused and took his 20 years serving in jail was so agonizing, specially that this story was inspired in a real life scenario of a man who forcely admitted the crime because the detectives tortured him. The poor victim who was a little girl and her family suffers a lot too from blaming the false suspect. Why do such evil people exist? The police, detectives, and the government have to blame for their dereliction of duty and abusive use of power in society. The lawmakers should adjust the Statute of Limitations and give proper justice to these heart-rending victims.
To sum it up, the drama was a great one indeed. I came here for Lee Je Hoon and he never fails to amaze me. The role really fits him; a hot, cold, cute, sexy, handsome, charismatic, hunky, and lovely character. Too many positive adjectives can describe him. Kim Ki Do supposedly have a quirky attitude if only he doesn’t experience losing her mother in a murder case. His dream of becoming an actor was showcased in every mission they did. Loving every single detail of witnessing a smiling and laughing Kim Do Ki passionately despite this side of him was purely an act for the success of their mission. He became so cold and less talkative after the unfortunate event happened to his family that completely changed him as a person. The only thing I can’t take seriously is the superman strength and stamina of Kim Do ki. He can take too many critical hits without fainting (except for the udata case), and he even beat a bunch of big hired gangs all against him alone. I know he flourished this skill and built it in the army but the human body has limitations too. Sometimes, it is proven that people acquire extraordinary strength when on the verge of danger but Kim Do Ki takes it to another level.
Another flaw is that it is a gunless action and thriller drama where the characters were against several law breakers and hid under the dark side of the world. For a show of explicit extreme savagery, the usage of guns was almost unseen except for that time when Prosecutor Kang utilized it during the arrest of Chairman Baek people. Instead, they prefer to use knives, hammer, fist and kicks during the fights. But the thing that made me scream impatiently was every time Do Ki had to walk very slowly chasing the devil on the run. He is giving them a chance to escape, attack, and defend themselves against him. All for the sake of a cool-action-shot typical in most action genre dramas.
Thank goodness that they didn’t include any fancy romance in the story. They mainly focused on the concept of revenge and consequences which were executed marvelously. Plus, the arrangement of the arcade game, karaoke room, and the atm bank machine as the platform to blow the final decision of the customer in using their service was done creatively.
Binge-watched this for days and never got bored. This was really a great and explendid drama!
“Even if we lose 100 guilty criminals, let’s not punish a single innocent person.”
Justice is served!
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Give it a shot
I tried to watch it last year but i dropped it. I picked it back few days ago because i fell in love with Lee Je Hoon in Move to Heaven and wow, i didnt know that this drama is so cool.I dont know why but i got like some anime vibes from this drama. Its like watching an anime! Incredible fight scenes that would take your breath away, stunning camera work, outstanding production.
This drama lack in-depth character (which lost some point from me but hear me out), its okay! It has its own uniqueness. Like what i said before, the fight scenes, THE FIGHT SCENES IS NO JOKE. ITS GDAMN AWESOME YALL.
Okay, speak about the story. This drama based on true story which terrifying, but imo its unrealistically realistic. I cant explain it but this is what i mean by its like watching an anime.
Hey, im a teribble reviewer so just go and try to check it by yourself 😭❤
Ah, mention to the main theme song, man its so cool i love it sm
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A good ole revenge flick
If you're having a bad day and want to watch some baddies get their ass kicked, this is the show for you. Good acting with great fight choreography. Plot is fairly straightfoward as it's basically a feel good story of vigilantes helping victims get revenge. One gripe I have of the show is Esom's character, which i feel was not really well developed, it was like the writers did not know what to do with her. In the original comic her role didn't exist so that is probably why her character did not really get much development. Without her character the show would not have made much difference but i guess the producers wanted to show somebody on the "right" side of the law.On the other hand, I reallly really liked cha ji yeon in this show, she was so charismatic and embodied her character so well despite not usually acting in dramas (she is a musical theatre actor). Looking forward to more of her work.
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Not for everyone...
I agree with the other reviews. This can be a hard watch. The things you see people go through can be heartbreaking. And, they go enough into detail to show how society goes out of their way to protect the guilty and care very little for the victims or, those left behind.I chose to use the fast forward button when it came to seeing the crimes - I don't need that kind of detail to understand the story. I did watch how they took care of each case and brought them to some kind of conclusion. Being made for TV, I even started using the fast forward button during some of the build up scenes, fight scenes, etc. Being that they are already set for a season 2 - I knew nothing would happen to the core cast.
Definitely, a mood watching series. When you want a thriller - then, here you are. Not sure but, want to see a revenge story? Go for The Glory first as that is better put together and has less over the top drama.
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Revenge Tastes Hella Good.
Truly one of the dramas that put other dramas out of business. Taxi Driver is a whirlwind of a story, with the storyline building within smaller plots and slowly unveiling itself as the drama progresses. A satisfying story that makes you wish that Rainbow Transportation existed in our own society (or maybe it does!) with our corrupt legal and justice system, letting horrible criminals out and innocent bystanders in. The drama perfectly describes the feeling of disgust and disappointment: sitting back and watching those who tortured and ruin you getting a tiny slap on the wrist. And the inevitable question everyone is faced with in the industry: Should those who punish bad guys be punished too?The cast is unbeatable. From Lee Je-Hoon to Ho Chul Lee ( can we talk about how he played 2 different personalities???) to the craziest villain Cha Ji-Yeon, the producers and directors knew what they were doing when they cast each role. Also, love the fact that Lee Je-Hoon is on a roll this year! If you haven't watched Move to Heaven with him, please do so immediately. Every episode had its own special story which had Lee Je-Hoon evolving into different characters. Let's just say he understood EVERY assignment. The creative detail for the Rainbow Transportation service is also insane...the way the animation perfectly resembled a video game and had a different location in each episode.
Overall, this drama is a must-watch. If you like revenge, violence, and Lee Je-Hoon, start this right now.
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Revenge drama that will make you finish it so quick.
One of the best drama for this year.Lee Je hoon acting took this drama to next level, I loved his acting the way he manage to switch between several personalities and then return to his main character really made me say wow. His facial expressions, his voice, the way he speaks so perfect.
The cast did amazing job and the story; this kind of revenge drama test my patience and make me finish the drama so quick. I highly recommend watching this drama even if you don’t enjoy revenge dramas the cases and the acting will make you enjoy it.
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Decent show. Great action. Hilariously blatant advertising
The show itself was pretty enjoyable. The acting and action is the stand out by far.The story was more compelling at the beginning, particularly when the focus was on individual cases. The main plot was wrapped up with a couple episodes of the season left so the extra plot felt like it came out of nowhere, was rushed and didn't have the same impact as the main plots or even some of the one-off plots earlier on in the series.
I appreciate the attempt to shine a light on where the system fails in supporting victims and protecting those who are guilty, including excessive force used by authorities to force confession or statutes of limitations. I don't think I've seen that tackled in a show before - especially with the post-credit real life stories of those affected.
Also I've never seen such blatant advertising in a show - I genuinely burst out laughing in the final episode with how many ads were back to back.
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If you are looking for romance this drama is not for you
I believe that taxi driver is the best prepared drama of 2021 all the stories that make up the drama are very well worked and the way they were told is amazing, taxi driver in my opinion it's the drama of the year, everything in this drama is perfect i wouldn't change a thing and it ended perfectly well, the characters were written very well too, and each selected actor did an impeccable job. I look forward to seeing Lee Jee Hoon acting in more dramas since, this role was made for him I can't imagine another actor playing DoKi besides Lee Jee Hoon.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
If the law won't help, do it yourself.
A story about people helping other people take revenge. An action packed show with stories that tugs your heartstrings combined with laughter and funny moment and a soundtrack with 80's vibes is how I would describe this show.It starts of strong, dark cases with lots of violence but with some funny scenes to cut the heaviness. It does go downhill for me in the middle but goes back up towards the end, even if the heaviness from the beginning that I really liked never truly came back. It went from individual cases from different characters to cases involving the team, which isn't a bad thing per say, but I really liked learning the different stories and then see the team help them take revenge. That and seeing the gratitude after the case is done. That being said, the cases involving the team aren't less dark and gruesome, but you can feel the shift in the show.
The acting was superb the whole way through. Lee Je Hoon is great as the main lead and Esom did a really good job as Kang Ha Na (a character that for some reason got a lot of hate, which I do not get). Though all the actors did a great job Cha Ji Yeon really stood out. What a great performance.
I really liked the soundtrack on this one. When the synth part comes on, you know you are in for a ride. A taxi ride. (I'll show myself out)
Though the show had its up and downs I think it ended on a really good note which is why I still rated it quite high. And since it ended with an open ending, here's hoping for a second season!!
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