AKA: The Night Watchman /
Records of a Night Watchman / Diary of a Night Watchman
Genre: Period, Romance,
Fantasy, Action
Episodes: 24
Broadcast period: 2014-Aug to
2014-Oct
Cast: Jung Il Woo, Go Sung
Hee, Jung Yoon Ho (U-Know) and Seo Ye Ji.
In a world where
ghosts and dark magic are present, the ones that protect the country are the
ones that hide in the shadows: The Night Watchmen.
Lee Rin (Jung Il Woo)
is a prince who lost his throne at the age of 10, when one tragic night he
loses both his parents. Ever since that night he has been able to see ghosts,
but due to the outcast treatment from his older brother (now the king) Rin
pretends not to see them, even if they talk to him. In order not to be ‘a
burden’ to his king brother, Rin lives life as a playboy and pretends not to
have a care in the world. But this all changes when he one day he is given the
task to find the kings new shaman. This is where he meets Do Ha (Go Sung Hee)
who is looking for her sister who had gone missing 12 years ago, and a
mysterious man Sadam (Kim Sung Oh). After seeing the ghost of the woman who had
taken care of him when he was the crown prince, Rin goes to the castle, and
finds a book – The Night Watchman’s Journal.
The king being jealous
of his younger brother makes his most loyal servant and best swordsman Kang Moo
Suk (Jung Yoon Ho) tale and spy on Rin, however as fate has it the two and Do
Ha become involved in not only the horrible politics of the human world, but also the fights of the spirit world…
Okay, so the review is
written so that I won’t spoil anything, but I ended up having it being kind of
lame. The beginning is scary as I am not used to the entire ‘Dark Magic’ world.
It’s a drama about curses, possessions and evil spirits, and to be honest, it
freaked me out a lot. They can see ghosts, so I was expecting a bit of’ Arang
and the Magistrate’, but comparing those two is like comparing Pororo and
Hunger Games. Not that this drama is barbaric, it just brought tragic to an
entire new level. Well the beginning of it. After the typical backstory, the
rest is kind of a fight against evil, and the end cuts everything a bit lamely.
The cast was okay,
however I was disappointed. They kind of were below average, and the female
actresses were just bad, though the supporting actress freaked me out a bit. I
am a Jung Il Woo fan, and I see why he is the prince character, however the
screenplay and dialogues were so bad that I didn’t like most of it. The chemistry
between the main couple was forced, and the bromance was overrated, like there
were scenes where they were supposed to have ‘serious/deep’ conversations, but
the dialogues were just written badly so it all became shallow. I was quite disappointed.
Now you wonder why the
rating is so high. To be honest, when a period drama of 24 episodes is able to
keep my interest for all episodes that is really an achievement. I think the
theme was what made me addicted – even made me dream about it. So I think that 4 stars, is very decent to
give.
To sum up: a drama
with thrill and somewhat acting.
☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars
♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5
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