Bad and Crazy (2021)

action packed, heartwarming, funny, and complete.

i absolutely adored bad and crazy. at first, you really don't know what's going on. this helmet guy shows up, and you're left scratching your head. they slowly reveal his identity, culminating in the introduction of K, a wide-grinned, mischievous, chaotic, but morally just guy. eventually, you realize su-yeol actually has dissociative identity disorder, and K was created at some point in his life for some purpose. the gradual revelation of who K is, why he's here, and what he wants to do is nothing short of a work of art.
both actors, lee dong-wook (su-yeol) and wi ha-joon (K) play their halves of this bad and crazy coin masterfully. su-yeol, the capable but "bad boy" cop, and K, the crazy but justice-hungry action hero, start out butting heads, especially on su-yeol's end of things. he doesn't know who this crazy guy is, but it seems like he's just trying to ruin his life! over time, however, su-yeol realizes how much he needs K. when su-yeol is beaten down and unable to have the confidence in himself to get back up, K comes out, turning the tables in any situation with confidence and style.

the fight scenes. everything from the sounds of the hits, the camera angles, the special effects, and the choreography is absolutely incredible. the fight scenes were riveting and dramatic. i pumped my fist in excitement more than once in this show, and i very rarely do that.

the music. the music of this series, like many kdramas these days, is fantastic. it's energetic and fits every scene perfectly.

the emotion. although this show has an overall tone of comedy and the expectation of action, there are many heartwarming moments that brought me to tears. the relationship between su-yeol and K is beautiful, watching su-yeol learn to accept and love himself is the true journey of this show.

the characters. aside from su-yeol and K, the other characters were excellent. i especially liked su-yeol's shrink. character development is done well where it's necessary, and su-yeol's was especially excellent, with K being the main catalyst for that development. K is a FUN character. his appearance is associated with cool or bad*ss things happening, and he himself is very cool and stylish. i really liked him, and he was utilized well in every single scene.

at the end of the day, this show was a 10 for me in all aspects. there wasn't a single minute when i wasn't invested in the story and the characters.

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could've been better

the show started pretty good, but then it kinda faded? i don't know, it seems like the plot had a better potential but somehow got repetitive and boring at some level... it was not bad, but didn't really impact me... i really love both dongwook and hajun's acting and thir chemistry was great, but the story was all over the place.

i feel like they could've explore andrei's and ms. yong's story a little more, also huigyeom was kinda left out so idrk... i also would've liked it better if they explained yunho's story a little more, his trauma and everything was kinda faded as well. they had so many stories to develop and still didn't developed none of them correctly

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the later episodes rages you from the insides

At first, I taught the story was about the leads who were exes, catching drug sellers, and eveb=ntually falling in love again.
it was really good until ep 8 or 9, the story was at a great pace and I especially like emotional dramas, which gets me involved in the drama like a character itself.
In the first episode, we can see a glimpse of lee dong wook having insane dreams, but that was just a great start it didn't have any special meaning I taught. but in the later episodes they introduce a new charactor and suddenly the story becomes this personal life mission and the drug buyers and sellers, whom in taught were the main villains ware just sidelined.
The story is still great but it becomes a physic murder drama.
And in the 12 episode, I just cried by looking at lee dong wook's state in which he is like a psychologically disabled person.
Overall I think it's a great drama but still, need to see how it unfolds in the future episodes

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Normal story which turned out gem

This is really worth watching. Interesting plot which keeps you binge watching until end. Contains all elements comedy, romance, action.
First few episodes plot may seem like a normal storyline. But later on the story becomes unpredictable.
Acting is really good. Since they're top rated cast they did accordingly well. Regarding OST's I don't even remember listening to OST in this drama.
It contains only 12 episodes, so easy to complete. I started watching it since reels based on this seems good, but got hooked to it until last.
To put it simply
BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER SERIES!!!!

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Adrenaline-Packed and Ridiculously Entertaining

I usually try to be a bit more eloquent in my reviews but genuinely all I can say about Bad and Crazy is I fucking loved it.
It's super wild, so funny, and such a good time. Lee Dong Wook and Wi Ha Joon are an amazing pair and the bromance is top-tier. The villains are awesome, too. Boss Yong especially is a great character. I didn't think it was all as predictable as I've seen others say it is but it's true I don't tend to try and predict what's going to happen.
I think if you tend to be more on the skeptical side and looking for realism, you do need to get into it with an open mind and remember that we're following Ryu Soo Yeol. We're following him 95% of the time, seeing what he's seeing. If you're thinking "wait, this doesn't work," in my opinion yes it does, in Ryu Soo Yeol's head it does.
I would highly recommend Bad and Crazy, especially if you need a break from more mellow dramas or romance, and are looking for something a little more... well, crazy.

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Bad and Crazy

I loved the first episode, it felt very bad and crazy indeed. Not just Ryu Soo Yeol, but also the bad guys. This drama was not afraid to show grit, blood and lots of violence. The entrance of K as the mysterious figure was very interesting and makes you want to know more about him.

I'd say this drama felt like 2 different dramas merged into 1, and it's mainly because there were 2 main cases -- the first one, was about Do Yu Gon (episodes 1 to 4) and the related drug case / corruption, (episodes 5-8). The second one felt totally different vibe from the first case, and focused on the psycho therapist who has a deep and painful past with Ryu Soo Yeol. I honestly liked the second half more than the first half. Mainly because I didn't care about the drug case, and the main guy. The captain was too menacing and invincible. He looked like a old short detective, but he was faster, stronger than the younger guys, which i thought was unbelievable.

I also though the case dragged for too long and the plot kept repeating where Ryu Soo Yeol will almost catch the bad guy, but something happens, he loses his chance, he has to kneel down and swallow his pride, then finds something new and starts again.

And that makes me go back to Ryu Su Yeol as the main character. I liked how flawed he was, like an anti-hero but you can help but cheer for him (or maybe because Lee Dong Wook looked impeccably appealing in his suits and sexy tousled hair despite the blood and dirt LOL). Soo Yeol was corrupt, doesn't have the heart to continue fighting, gets beaten down every time. And it's all because of his tragic past that he had to conjure K to protect him.

K is the opposite. Wi Ha Jun's eyes and smile always looked like he was a wild man /superhero when he fights for justice, but also had this childlike wonder when he meets his crush, Hee Gyeom. I loved the bromance between K and Su Yeol and was also crying when they had to finally part. That scene where they said goodbye and when Su Yeol opened the door, he saw W crying inside was heart warming.

I also liked Hee Gyeom and Su Yeol's team, Gyeong Tae and Jae Sun. Sometimes I wanted to scold Su Yeol for teaming up with K (which is basically himself) rather than go to this team for help. But he eventually learns to work with his team and catch the bad guys.

The psycho therapist was unbelievably great at everything, and was always one step ahead of Soo Yeol. I still didn't quite get his motive for having a grudge against Soo Yeol so I can't really sympathize with him. Or maybe I'm not supposed to, but he is so handsome (haha).

Overall, I still felt the 12 episodes were too long, this should have been 10 episodes, but still a fun watch despite getting frustrated sometimes with the plot.

Rating: 8/10

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Totalmente surpreendida

E cá estou eu, a menina que não gosta de dramas que não sejam BL's, mas por graça do destino iniciei esse, e simplesmente fiquei rendida. Uma verdadeira obra de arte, um drama totalmente psicológico, um roteiro impecável e atuações incríveis.
Desde a abertura, já fiquei interessada.
Além de tudo que já citei, tem um ingrediente imprescindível para boas produções: o fator surpresa, o inesperado. Ser surpreendido a cada episódio pelo rumo que a história vai tomando, uma teia de eventos ligados de forma espetacular e que nos leva do primeiro ao último episódio a ser surpreendidos diversas vezes. A série tem um lado cômico muito bom, o tipo de humor inteligente, que se mistura à ação e por vezes parecem ser uma coisa só, duas faces que dialogam entre si em sincronia. A história começa com o policial Ryu Soo Yeol, que apesar de boa pessoa, tem uma índole que digamos, não é a mais correta do mundo. E do nada aparece em seu mundo, lutando (literalmente) contra ele sem motivo aparente, o justiceiro K. E não dá para dizer de imediato que imaginamos de quem se tratava K, mesmo que aparentemente as outras pessoas não o vissem. K era uma parte de sua personalidade que ganhou vida em sua mente de forma a se personificar na pessoa que ele era de verdade, em busca de fazer justiça, desbaratar crimes cometidos por pessoas do alto escalão, e levá-lo a prender um psicopata que o havia prejudicado em sua infância, por esse psicopata ser especialista na mente humana, conseguiu fazê-lo esquecer dessa experiência, que ficou escondida até que seu alter ego, que era a parte boa, justa e incorruptível de sua personalidade, apareceu e o levou a descobrir e resolver todos os mistérios. Esse alter ego na verdade, provém de um distúrbio de personalidade. Então, pra mim é 10/10. Química, atuação, roteiro, fotografia, trilha sonora, eu não mudaria nada! Quem ainda não viu não sabe o que está perdendo.

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(Might be biased but) one of the best dramas I've seen in 2021-early 2022 (or ever?)

I had put this on my watchlist ever since I heard the news that Wi Hajoon is playing in this drama, and reading the synopsis made me excited. A while after that I completely forgot about it until the posters, teasers, and trailers started to come out. I had completely forgot that K was supposed to be Suyeol's alter and didn't bother coming back to rea the synopsis, already too excited looking at the pre-show contents and speculating on my own, of course to have the theories broken down realizing he's Suyeol's alter. But, it was so much better than my theories, and anything that I could think of, so I wasn't complaining (well, maybe I did because there were a lot of confusing scenes with Suyeol and K but I just concluded that it was what's going on in Suyeol's mind and that's fine by me, and tbh I think the scenes are very cool and I guess were overall a pretty cool concept)

I really enjoyed watching the whole drama. I kept looking forward to my fridays and saturdays because of the drama. Every time the episode ends, it just left me so curious impatient for the next episode. Thinking about it and making theories about what would happen next, what's the backstory of everything, even just thinking about that made me genuinely excited and happy. Seeing Suyeol and K's bickering, their teamwork, seeing their cool fight scenes, their touching, sad backstory made me go through such a roller coaster. And I loved every single moment of it. Sometimes I would rewatch an episode, maybe watch the scenes memorable to me because I couldn't wait for the next. It's that good, at least to me.

It was my fault for just reading the synopsis but not the genre. I got fooled thinking it has comedy in the genre because of how fun the trailers looked. And of course though a lot of scenes were pretty funny, I didn't expect the drama to be so... much darker, deeper, and sadder. A lot of it was just because of the main characters themselves. Wishing for K to stay with Suyeol to the ending of the drama was impossible, but I still did. After promising that he would leave on the condition that Suyeol would help Huigyeom, I got so sad. A few episodes later when K looked at Suyeol proudly after Suyeol had fought Gyesik made me cry. It was nice to see them be nice and soft, but it made me so sad because I was genuinely scared that K would leave. When he left Suyeol who was stabbed, I panicked, thinking what if it was really his last moment in the drama, completely forgetting the fact that he's the second lead in the drama. Throughout the episode whenever Suyeol thought of K, he didn't cry but I did. When K came back to save him, he didn't cry but I definitely did. And his last goodbye definitely made me cry. No matter how many times I watch that episode, that scene, I can't not cry watching that. It could be because I was biased because of Hajoon that I did, but I can't help but think that it's not because it's Hajoon, it's because of K. Throughout the drama just like Suyeol, I got really attached to K. He was mischievous, righteous, and soft hearted, and he did beat Suyeol up in the first episode (a lot) but, him turning out to be Suyeol's protector alter made sense. I had always felt that, as he always comes out whenever Suyeol needs him. Maybe that was the reason I got so attached to K. And because I got attached to him, now I'm really a big fan of Wi Hajoon. He, (of course along with every cast and staff) did so well for this drama and I really hope they know how many people appreciate this drama. If only tvn has year end award shows, i really feel like they would snatch a couple of categories awards, since thats how good it is.

Last but not least, the OST. there's only 4, and I absolutely enjoyed them all (well, track 4 didnt really stand out to me that much because it was a slow one, but it was still nice to hear, but it's not my cup of tea), and out of the 4, my favorite would have to be BUMP! Hearing the heavy screams in that song genuinely shocked me, but it was also one of the reasons it's my favorite. Well, I don't think I'm a big kdrama fan, as I usually just watch the ones with my favorite actors, and I definitely rarely look up OSTs, a lot of times because I wasn't interested enough. But that song was genuinely amazing. It's definitely one of my favorite genres that I hear a lot from my favorite western bands, so hearing it in a kdrama OST was a little shocking but it made me happy and excited. I wish to hear more OSTs with that type of heavy band sound, surely in an amazing action drama (Would be nice if my favorite actors play in another good action drama like this)

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This drama is what the title says Bad and Crazy. I loved the detective storyline and it brings awareness to those who have dual personalities or alter egos. Everyone has a good and bad side of themselves and some have bad and crazy in themselves. Lee Dong Wook (Ryu Soo Yeol) I love this actor and he is good at playing the character in this drama. Wi Ha Joon ("K"), I have to applaud this actor for his acting in the character he played. These two main leads, what a great collaboration. Actress Han Ji Eun (Lee Hee Kyum) played a strong lead and she was awesome. Cha Hak Yeon (Oh Kyung Tae) poor CHY he had was injured so many times I felt sorry for him but he became strong in the end. Amazing visuals, and a great storyline, I wish this was a recurring series. Thanks to all the Bad and Crazy team and the other supporting actors and actresses.

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