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[HanCinema's Drama Review] "Three Days" Episode 6

Tae-kyeong really needs to take some responsibility in terms of his image problem. Even though he's been cleared of wrongdoing and is ostensibly working with the good guys again, the man continues to respond to every minor crisis by punching everyone nearby. I mean, geez, Cha-yeong is clearly trying to give him the benefit of the doubt here but there's only so much she can do when the guy's so determined to alienate himself from everyone for no apparent reason.

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The storyline moves forward as the bad guys move to the next step of their plan- kill everyone who might know something about the big mysterious secret. This might have been a more efficient plan had they tried it before the whole presidential assassination thing made everybody really suspicious. However, the authorities in this drama are inconsistent enough in the competence department that the plan more or less works at the exact speed necessary to keep the story well-paced.

As for the revelations themselves, those are a bit of a mixed bag. I like what the drama's doing with Dong-hwi. His attitude can pretty much be summed up as- yeah, I'm ditching the plan also I'm the president so your policy of silently murdering dissenters won't work so well on me huh. On the flip side I'm still kind of confused as to what the cover-up is actually supposed be about. Still, that's just a plot device anyway. It's not terribly important for an action series to dwell on that stuff.

What is worth dwelling on are the action sequences. Yes, the character motivation is iffy, and the bad guys are having way too easy of a time finding ways to kill people. The good guys are not the most competent bunch, and there's no excuse of an EMP wave to justify it this time. But just look at those hits connect! That's really all the drama really needs- well-spaced, well-executed fight scenes, with just the right musical score necessary to punctuate suspense and intensity.

"Three Days" is not a perfect drama. Not even a great one, to be honest. But it's still a lot of fun, hitting all the bare minimums of the genre just such that it's easy to be snarky but, you know, a good natured snarky, not like legitimately angry. If Tae-kyoung wants to be the guy that conducts criminal investigations by punching people, more power to him. The drama's not making him out to be a martyr, so the fundamentals are a lot more important than the script here.

Review by William Schwartz

"Three Days" is directed by Sin Kyeong-soo, written by Kim Eun-hee-I and features Park Yoo-chun, Son Hyun-joo, Park Ha-sun, So Yi-hyun, Yoon Je-moon, Choi Won-young and Jang Hyun-sung.

 

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