So far I haven't seen a positive review on this drama. Honestly, I think the other reviews have too high standards for a medical k-drama. They are probably used to reviewing mainstream dramas, such as romcoms and crime thrillers, where romance is the A plot driving the story.

As a fan who has watched almost every medical k-drama in existence, I really liked this drama. Medical dramas usually focus on the medical aspects of the story, and rarely do they actually ever focus on romance, even for the more melodramatic ones. So it's actually refreshing that they even had romance in this drama.

I have to say this is #2 out of the top 3 medical k-dramas I have watched. Almost everything was excellent, except for the confusing plot in the middle and the presence of some unnecessary scenes that did not add to the story.

This drama focused more on romance than your regular medical drama. Medical dramas in general usually focus more on the medical aspect than the romance, which can make them seem boring at times. However, the romance in Doctor Stranger managed to make the medical aspects more accessible to a general audience.

Some events in the middle of the drama involving character motivations and actions were not resolved satisfactorily. Unnecessary relationships complicated the story, making it harder to understand the characters and their motivations.

The acting was amazing because all of the main actors in this drama were not rookies. They knew what to do and how to do it. If there were problems, it was mostly because of how the characters were written in the story, not the actors.

Overall, I would recommend this drama to those who like their melodramatic romances as the main focus of the story. Those who are new to medical k-dramas should start out with this one, which has less gore than the typical medical k-drama.

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This drama was mediocre, compared to all the crime related dramas I have watched.

Every time this drama hit a good climax in each episode, the resolution/ending would undo all the built-up tension and excitement. The crimes lacked good explanations, and were usually resolved with vague interpretations that had no details.

The story relied too much on the main character to drive the drama. I felt he was too calm for the events that were going around him, which made things less exciting. I wasn't sure if it was the actor or the role itself. However, throughout the drama, he actually developed a personality and emotions, which made him slightly more interesting. If the writers concentrated more on the developing the side characters, the drama might have been more interesting and the main character would not seem as boring.

I did like the uniqueness of the the villains though. They weren't the mainstream villains everyone is used to seeing in Japanese dramas. Everyone was super crazy and twisted by Japanese standards. I thought they were more interesting than the main character.

Most of the tension and excitement was due to the music. The choral music was placed at exactly the right moments, which intensified the events of the drama.

The people who would enjoy BORDER are those who like supernatural dramas, the actor Oguri Shun, and interesting villains. However, there are other dramas who did all the above a lot better than BORDER, like SPEC.

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This drama was the most mediocre out of all the Zhong Ji series.

But I was very surprised the plot was very organized and actually made sense. However, there was still plot holes. All the characters seem confusing in this series. I found the concept of KO girls mind boggling. They still get recognized under their "disguise" so it kinda makes no sense to conceal themselves. However, I would say the story is a improvement over X-Dormitory. The writers incorporated Yi Neng, which makes the story flow better. However, it also made me question if the budget for X Dormintory was the why it wasn't that good.

As always in almost every Zhong Ji series, they kill off the OTP. Somehow for this series, the writers made open ending for the OTP. I guess this was slightly better that the usual killing of the OTP.

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I really had mixed feelings with this movie. On one hand, the story and characters didn't grab my interest. But I really liked how they executed the romance, even if it made the story worse.

The female lead, Cheng Zixin, was very wishy-washy, especially on her feelings towards the two male leads, Fang and Zhang. I felt that the male leads overshadowed what was supposed to be Cheng Zixin's story. The movie tried to present both Fang and Zhang as possible love interests, but I felt only one of the men was worthy of her. (And she didn't spend much time with him in the movie). The acting was superb, even if the characters weren't developed to their fullest potential.

The story was sort of confusing, especially with the romance plot. In fact, the romance weakened the story, though it was executed very well. The other elements of the story was okay, but nothing really to talk about. The ending didn't connect with the story that had been established. The movie obviously wanted it to be a surprise, but I felt it was tacked on at the last minute just to have a resolution.

I expected more from a HK film, which is supposed to be light and humorous. This movie was not as strong as other HK films I watched. Both the story and the characters were very meh for me.

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This movie is the perfect mix of Cantonese and Mandarin. The people who made this movie hiring enough HK and China people to make this movie. The story plot was fabulous. It was honest and relatable to real life relationship situations.It wasn't the typical "OMG, He's an rich asshole and manages to fall in love with a poor girl." The asshole manages to win the girl with effort.You also get to understand the saying "It's not you, it's me" during the movie.

Shawn is pretty good speaking in Mandarin.He barely has the HK accent. But the others not so much. The end of this movie was hilarious though. I heard the ending of Shawn went viral. I also just realized this movie is the sequel to Love in a Puff but I didn't bother watching the first one.

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I liked that Kurokochi is a interlaced drama. All the episodes are connected to a case that happened 45 years ago. Kurokochi himself is displayed not as "good"cop "bad"cop. He just wants to know what happened 45 years ago. Surprisingly the story did manage to make sense and was very exciting to watch.

Honestly I thought this was a pretty good drama but now I think of it, there were a some disappointments such as discovering the what happened 45 years ago. They over hyped the case of what happened 45 years ago compared to all the other cases in the episodes.It seemed that case 45 years ago was a piece of dust. In my personal opinion Kurokochi also had some flaws because in the drama he expected everything to fall in place and never did he doubt himself which made it kinda of strange especially when he has a "going with the flow" attitude half the time. He also didn't care having his plans shared out to the enemy which is also very strange because he doesn't have the cautious vibe. The people who created Kurokochi seemed to be prepared for season 2.

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This is what I would picture for a good romcom drama. The plot seemed average, but the execution of it made the drama more interesting and exciting. This drama was a wonderful success due to the good actors and actresses.

The chemistry between the onscreen couple was so good that I would mistake them as a offscreen couple if that were true. I didn't notice until near the end that the female lead had skills due to years if acting. In most of the romantic scenes, she took the initiative and the male lead followed her example. The acting was pretty subtle. I could barely noticed except for this one scene where they were goofing off in her bed. The male was really awkward and it seemed like the female took the lead to make it more romantic. She kept moving around him to make the scene seem playful, which worked out pretty well. The choice of fashion also visually shows the personalities of the characters. I noticed that the female lead tends to like clothes that are more , and the male lead like to have his clothes in a simple manner.

I really enjoyed the music mainly because they used actors for the drama ost. It made it seem fresh due to the actors using their own voices instead of a professional singer like in kdramas.

Overall I really liked the drama due to the amazing acting. I would recommend it for people who like the laughs and do not mind the age gap between the lead actors. I also realized this drama is a remake of the popular Taiwanese drama "My Queen". I have not personally watched it but I have hear good things about it.

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I really liked the plot of this movie. It was clear why they were fighting. But the fight scenes in this movie seemed to be very stretched out. One fight scene took 10 minutes which lost my attention halfway.If they had shorter fight scenes and developed the ending a bit more it would have been a good movie. Another complaint I also had was that in the movie they were using Mandarin,Cantonese,and English randomly. I would have enjoyed the movie a lot more if they actually planned out what to say in Cantonese and what to say in Mandarin. In the beginning I asummed this "whole" movie was going to be in Cantonese but only 1/3 part of movie was in Cantonese and 2/3 of it was in Mandarin. Either make this movie in "mainly" in Cantonese or "mainly" in Mandarin so it is easier to follow>:( But I really like how they did the stunts though.
FYI: This movie has no humor.

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The 2nd movie confirmed some of the confusion that was in the 1st movie. The love interest definitely is confirmed and we get to know character background!!! Usually movies do not tell us about character background but surprisingly the main plot in this movie revolves around a character. I could tell in this movie that when the crew of "The Four" started making movie #1, they knew they were going to make a trilogy regardless how popular it was. I would say this movie and movie#1 were equally good. The only sad part is that the ending is a cliffhanger:( Movie #3 hurry up and come out!!!!

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I actually liked this movie. The story plot was pretty clear to me probably because I grew up watching Wuxia dramas when I was a kid. Some people actually prefer Wuxia dramas with no CGI but in my opinion, CGI enhances the Wuxia moves as long as it is not overused. This movie is a perfect example of what you want to watch in a Wuxia film. There is one part that confuses me, which is the love interest. Wikipedia explains that there is a love triangle in the movie but it is unclear what couple has ended up together in the end. Depending on what site you are watching from, the translation may be vary so I suggest you watch from the same site when watching the 2nd movie.

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This drama is THE BOMB. The storyline is fantastic and the acting. The people in there had AWESOME acting skills. Well to me at least because their chemistry was awesome^^ The storyline amaze balls. No joke I literally though this was going to be a lame cliche drama because TW dramas usually have the cliche plots and the annoying main cast no offense -_-" but somehow I manage to like this drama than I expected. Probably due to the fact that I love angsty dramas. In fact I love reading/watching romance angst stuff because it makes me have feels ^^ No matter how cliche it is. If it has angst, I'm taken. Jk I mean I die for a good romance storyline.

I been watching Asian dramas for a long time so I know what I want . But sometime I get sucked into a hyped drama -_-" and get disappointed. I won't name any because I'll get hated on-_-".

I recommend this drama for people who likes a very emotional drama despite the cliches. Let me just say the main dude is kinda good looking sooooooo go watch it ^^
P.S. I agree which the last review that some episodes are dragged out so be prepared for that......

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