[Korea] Bloodhounds
hounds for moneylenders
We bite to the end
* Drama evaluation
It is an original drama that is different from the original, except for the original three main characters and Choi Myung-gil. The drama brought the first meeting between Gun-woo and Kim Myung-gil and the final match between Gun-woo and Kim Myung-gil, which is also completely different from the original, and the character and environment of the three main characters are also completely different from the original. In addition to Kim Myung-gil, the original film features a villain who surpasses Kim Myung-gil, but the drama only features Kim Myung-gil, focusing more on the revenge drama of the main character.
It shows a series of rhythmic boxing actions that make good use of proper action movements, camera angles, and boxing techniques without shortcomings such as excessive cuts or fake movements that were often seen in action scenes of Korean dramas.
It is a good drama that was well-made enough to be fun, but it would have been a better drama if Kim Sae-ron had not caused an accident. Considering that it was revised due to Kim Sae-ron's drunk driving incident, there are some disappointing points in the director's previous work, such as sad stories, probability, old lines, and non-dimensional villain characters. In particular, director Kim Joo-hwan was said to have developed a lot in directing, such as action and visual beauty. Even though the humor and chemistry were excellent, the use of soft action and lighting was too dark. In addition, in terms of visual beauty, there are many reviews that it is made much better than the previous works by utilizing natural light, lighting, and composition. Many fans sympathized with the director's feelings of struggling to maintain the completeness of the work despite the ups and downs of the above incident, and they also sent a message of support that they are looking forward to the director's next work in the future.
It turned out that Kim Sae-ron was not at the level to delete the footage and retake it. Since the proportion of the work is so large that it is necessary to re-shoot the work from the beginning, there was too much possibility of problems with schedules and performance fees to use other actors. The reason why episodes 7 to 8, the highlight of the work, felt like other works was because they could not replace Kim Sae-ron.
* the difference between the original and the original
Except for the three main characters, Gunwoo's mother, CEO Choi, and Kim Myung-gil in the original film, the rest of the characters do not appear at all, and all the dramas are original characters.
Kim Myung-gil's fighting skills were quite nerdy. Kim Myung-gil was also the strongest in terms of fighting skills in the original film.
If Kim Myung-gil's fighting skills were nerfed, on the contrary, Gun-woo and Woo-jin's fighting skills were greatly improved. In the original film, there were some fights, but they rarely won a one-on-one match or a one-on-one fight. In the original film, Kim Myung-gil's brothers and thugs, who are the best fighters among his men, are always beaten and unable to fight properly.
In the original film, the prosecution mainly appears and the police do not appear, but in the drama, the prosecution does not appear and the police appear.
The names of the main characters changed from Choi Woo-jin to Hong Woo-jin, and from Kim Hyun-joo to Cha Hyun-joo.
The ages of the main characters have all risen from high school students to Kim Gun-woo, 25, Hong Woo-jin, 27, and Cha Hyun-joo, 20.
In the original film, Gun-woo and Woo-jin are judo players of the same age and have known each other in the past, but in the drama, the sports event has changed to a rival setting to face off for the title of the boxing Rookie of the Year. Since then, a setting has been added in which both become Cha Hyun-joo's bodyguards.
The COVID-19 pandemic is in the background.