And when they’re done well, with fantastic charismatic lead actors and an affecting backstory, why muddle up the pre-show buzz with the other stuff? We’ll get to those when we get to those: The point at hand shoulda been the story, which was ignored in favor of hyping nightclub shoots and idol starlets.īecause you know what? Revenge thrillers are boss, yo. Don’t bother with that extraneous clutter about MIT doctorates and heroines working random part-time-jobs and fashion featurettes and veterinarian side love interests. A straight-up, you-killed-my-father-now-prepare-to-die action-vengeance series. Regarding the promos: You know what would’ve cleared up a lot of my confusion about the show before it aired? (Well, aside from using the moniker City Hunter, which I still contend is really weirdly applied, since it’s like no City Hunter I know.) If they’d explained, very simply, that the setup is revenge thriller. So I was hoping that City Hunter’s pre-show identity crisis was really a case of bad promotional planning than anything else, and I think that’s what it is - because the show itself (so far, anyway) is assured, well-directed, strongly acted, and gripping in the right places. 243 JanuCity Hunter: Episode 1 by javabeansĭespite my frequent ribbing of this show, to be honest I was hoping it would be good - the enjoyment of a good show always outweighs the fun of making fun of a bad one.
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