Dong Lan Xue (2023)

Brevissimo ma molto piacevole, per quanto non completamente terminato. La vicenda comprenderebbe infatti una completa vendetta che viene portata avanti soltanto a metà. Ciò nonostante volendo si potrebbe considerare terminato anche così. Certo se ne faranno una seconda stagione non me la faccio sfuggire. La trama era molto piacevole anche se forse non molto originale, gli attori si difendevano più che bene, la chimica fra i due faceva scintille anzi, considerato il genere, sembrava quasi al limite del pornografico, per il concetto cinese. Non credo di aver mai visto una protagonista donna così competente, violenta, e assassina. Entrambi i protagonisti sono degli antieroi a voler essere gentili. È un punto di vista piuttosto inusuale.

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Short but doesn't seem cheap - Enough to tell a decent revenge story with good leads chemistry

Director Zhi Zhu, male lead Jin Chao and female lead Qi Xia Xia came together again after their first project, “Zhang Gong Zhu Zai Shang/长公主在上” for a new short drama called “Dong Lan Xue/东栏雪”. I rated ZGZZ pretty low due to its cheap budget production which affected my viewing pleasure. However, “Dong Lan Xue” does not suffer from the same criticism. This 2-min per episode short drama has a pretty decent production value, on par with other longer web dramas such as “The Killer is Also Romantic”. This drama does not scream ‘cheap’.

The pacing of the drama is great and tells a decent story of revenge from start to finish in about an hour. The leads have pretty good chemistry. The acting is not bad, especially for the female lead Qi Xia Xia. She looks gorgeous, just like when she was in ZGZZ. I like her styling, especially her gorgeous costumes.

The action scenes also look surprisingly good. I wasn’t expecting the quality of an excellent wuxia drama, but at least there’s no slow-motion fighting or twirling. The drama doesn’t shy away from bloodshed and torture. I was actually quite surprised they came up with a way to torture FL without letting her run away. They did kind of blur the wounds, as I can understand it could be quite disturbing.

If you don’t have a lot of time and want a quick drama, this is pretty good. Short dramas like these are created for those who commute to work on public transportation and have time to kill or, need a quick drama fix.


Completed: 5/14/2023 - Review #306

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