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Heartless City - A Review

If you haven’t watched Heartless City yet and are just thinking about trying it, read this . We start off with a hero who is a cold drug lord with no particular qualms about killing men. Jung Shi Hyun aka Baksa Adel is the head of the distribution channel of the drug cartel. He wants more than just the meager earnings that comes with that low down position and he's willing to bleed for it. When he starts a coup to bring down his boss he unwittingly ends up at war with Chairman Jo, the head of the drug cartel. What’s worse is that he’s framed for killing undercover cop, Detective Lee Gyung Mi.  No one knows that Gyung Mi was Baksa’s childhood sweetheart. This setup is amazing. The first four episodes are dark, atmospheric and Baksa comes across as hard, and ruthless with a strong sense of loyalty towards his friends. The fight scenes are well choreographed, the relationships are complicated and setup well, the bad guys are cruel and nothing less, or more for that matt...

Korean Drama Heartless City - A Must Watch

I usually don’t watch gangster movies or dramas (Soprano, who? You’re talking opera, right?). If there is a teeny tiny possibility that the ending of the drama could be tragic, I definitely won’t watch it live (Why spend 5 days waiting impatiently just to cry buckets?). You can’t get more gangster than Heartless City. It's at episode 10 right now and I can see tragedy coming at it full speed. A sad ending is written all over this one – in bold black Times New Roman . (Or whatever font type that was) So why am I torturing myself this way? To get the answer to my question you need to visit the past. And by past I mean 10 episodes ago.  (There are no spoilers in this - I just want to convince you guys to watch this. Update 7/31:Click  here for a full review) We start off with a scene where an informant gets killed by our alleged hero. Jung Shi Hyun a.k.a Paksa Adel (Doctor's son - aka doc) a.k.a Paksa a.k.a President Jung (by a select one) is the...