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Never Forget Your Enemy (Korean Series)

By Golu
Let's just cut right to it, this show was painfully boring. There, I said it. A story built around partial amnesia has real potential, but between the choppy scene structure and random flashbacks thrown in constantly, the whole plot ends up feeling more tangled than it needed to be. The romance doesn't fare much better either, it's written so poorly that I never really found myself invested in this couple. Both leads come across stiff on screen and deliver their lines in a really awkward way. The show runs 8 episodes, each somewhere around 30 to 35 minutes. Hanuel, a 29 year old language teacher, wakes up after an accident only to realize his memory stops at age 19. It turns out he'd been in another accident back then too, which is why his memories cut off at that point. He has zero recollection of the fact that he's currently living with his childhood friend Saebyeok, who's now a huge celebrity. That makes the whole situation even harder for Hanuel to wrap his ...
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Complete Strangers

By Golu
This is a good film to show an actor/directors obsession with himself and self-indulgence. There is not even a single scene in the film that doesn't have the lead actor (who happens to also be the director of the film). I mean it would have been ok if the character was charming, actor brought some freshness to it or things like that but instead his acting is bland and drab and makes you fall asleep with his single monotonous voice without any emotions.

Robert has returned from one year rehab and is finding it hard to connect with lover/partner Christian. Robert doesn't really remember what happened that led him to rehab except he has few vague memories of having BDSM sex with a stranger. Once back, he is already looking for hook-up/connection with ha new stranger named Hugo. Robert finds weird attraction for this guy within two meetings and despite him wanting to take slow, you can see some alarms, which Robert doesn't see. Despite warnings from his friends and his therapists, he decides to go for a weekend with Hugo to his cabin in woods. Hugo's behavior is erratic during the weekend and Robert finally feels something is fishy. He finds out that one year back, Hugo was the one who made a porn video of raping Robert which is now on internet. Robert eventually plans and succeeds in killing Hugo. But there is a surprise in the end, where it turns out that it was someone else all along who wanted Robert dead.

The makers have tried to give this film a nordic noir feel but IMO it fails miserably. The story has potential but it is dragged way too much. Clearly you see Hugo is a pusher and Robert finds it weird but why is he so careless and decides to go on a weekend to an unknown location. Had the equation between two been nothing but love, you can understand, but you can already see that they have issues. I just can't digest this stupidity. The conversations between Hugo and Robert are supposed to have this cat and mouse thriller vibe but they completely fall flat. Robert as a character is full of himself and I would not want to be friends with him. It is always about him. Hugo (both character and actor) was strictly ok, however, much better than Robert at least. The ending does come as a surprise, but not really.

This film is mostly bad because of really bad acting. A better screenplay and actors could have done slightly better for the film. (3.5/10)
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