Gangster and His Boyfriend (2024)

too many characters/love rivals

Overall: though I was excited for a gangster romance, this vertical mini series was a let-down. Watched unsubbed (have to switch language on the app to Korean to find it, once favorited you can switch the language back and find it on your favorite list, but there aren't English subtitles) on ShortMax (also has Kiss Me With Unspoken Love and My Uncle, My Ex-Boyfriend). 70 episodes under 2 minutes each. Episodes 1-5 were free.

Content Warnings: murder/death, blood, sexual assault, non con kiss, beaten up/violence, non con picture taking, blackmail?, past murders, kidnapping/held against will, torture

What I Liked
- the tie pull
- sweet moments
- a few actual okay kisses
- good he didn't kiss him when the other guy was passed out in ep 27
- visuals
- good ending

Room For Improvement
- way too many love triangles/love rivals
- several camera blocked/cut to black kisses
- jumpy between episodes at times
- one character needed to stop drinking

App Information/How to Watch for Free
- you don't have to create a login for the app
- daily check ins were between 20-30 coins plus ability to double if I watched an add
- watched 6 ads for 25 coins each (wait time in between) plus 10 bonus for having watched all 6
- watched 10 free episodes per day (if you are out of coins, on the pop up on the lower right there should be an option to watch an ad to watch an episode)
- episodes cost 50 coins, you can't watch out of order, once unlocked they stay unlocked
- I was able to watch about 14 episodes per day, if starting at zero coins, that would take about 5 days

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Would have made a pretty decent series

This "show" about a gangster (although tbh I would've thought he just worked at a slightly dodgy company had it not been for the title) hires a down on his luck idol (again, barely mentioned) to be his secretary/love interest for three months. Cue attempts on people's lives, an angry brother, and a super hot ex-boyfriend and you get a sort of very paired down Korean Kinn Porsche.

The acting is fair and the story is actually quite good, expecially the ending, but with 70 eps at around 1 minute each, it just feels like someone's taken clips from a full length series and stuck them together. I watched it as one film on Daily Motion (I'm sure other legal avenues are available) with pretty poor subs, plus you have to watch it on a phone due to the way its been filmed, but I still watched it quite happily.

I've read a few reviews that say there are too many characters and the story is complicated. There really aren't and it really isn't. It actually would have made a pretty good series as needless to say, a lot of back story and info is left out which makes the MC's relationship feel a bit rushed. But saying that, there's actually a fair amount of plot and maybe the how's and why's aren't that important in the grand scheme of things.

There are a couple of OK kissing scenes, and the gangster and his ex are super fine. Not the worst way to spend 70 minutes of your life.

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