12/9/2023 0 Comments Awaken i am cory![]() Like any good profiler, she’s basically buried in the case, and her apartment already has a wall full of case notes and photos and clues. Jamie Leighton earns her keep almost instantaneously. Long story short, our team has more to solve than the information/informants around the murders - it’s the fact that the murders play out as seeming suicides. They act almost as if possessed, jumping into their swimming pool and drowning themselves, or cavorting in front of an oncoming train before it hits them (this scene was downright creepy, and boy, there’s no one that can do creepy psycho quite like Joo Suk-tae - what a cameo!). There’s a heck of a lot of drugs involved with these murder victims, and incidentally they’re all horrible humans themselves, which makes this string of murders looks like “justice” killings.īut in addition to the drugs, there is also the super bizarre behavior of the victims. The subject matter, admittedly, veers off from “normal crime” almost into the “paranormal crime” territory, but I can’t quite put my finger on how far they’re going to push it yet. Hopefully that will change as the drama progresses, because Namgoong Min and Lee Chung-ah certainly have good chemistry, and enough acting chops, to make this drama pop a little more than it is. It’s not that Awaken isn’t trying hard to give us characters that have some personality - it’s trying, it’s just that it has all been done before, and these are archetypes that are not doing much but fulfilling their roles. She runs around with a huge padded backpack (even during chase scenes!), and for some reason this backpack is the most interesting thing about her. Turns out she’s already cracked the code, and is neck-deep in the case already. She plays JAMIE LEIGHTON, and we meet her a few times before she is officially introduced to the team. Poor Awaken - it works hard to create a cool reveal of this FBI agent that our team is eye-rolling over, but much of the thunder is stolen, since we already know it’s the fabulous Lee Chung-ah. They go so far as to call in a big-name FBI agent from the States to help them crack this case. Like most higher-ups in the dramaland police force, they care a little too much about public opinion and getting bruised by the press. This happens a second time, and soon the situation is getting out of control. We follow our team as they try to decode one of the warning letters, but they’re ultimately unable to stop the murder before it happens - even though they are on the scene. There are some games afoot with “forewarned” murders, cryptic coded warnings, and a journalist who always seems to be a step ahead of the police, and doesn’t mind crucifying them on his TV show. The team (and the police force in general) are in the middle of a big, public mess, though. It seems to help him do his job better, and he’s clearly the brains and the balls behind the team, while Hye-won is the passion, and Ji-wan is the comic relief puppy. Jung-woo is the lollipop-eating genius team leader who’s always emotionally removed. They have bravado, passion, and brains - though they aren’t equally divided amongst the team, per se. They put their all into their cases, whether that means endless foot chases, risky moves, or anything else. The common denominator here is this: our team has guts. Also on his team are the fledglings GONG HYE-WON ( Seolhyun) and JANG JI-WAN ( Lee Shin-young of Crash Landing fame).Īs if we couldn’t already assume that the team is awesome, we follow them on a super intense (and big budget) car chase that includes three semi trucks, loads of laundered money, and some big criminals. Our present-day storyline follows a special police task force led by DO JUNG-WOO ( Namgoong Min). We’ll circle back to this incident for sure, but it’s important to know that the kids we see are pretty damn likely to appear in the drama as present-day thirty somethings. There’s some kind of demonic and/or zombie insanity going on, and we’ve got flames, blood, clocks, terrifying children, and basically everything but the kitchen sink to make this as creepy as it can be. Why is every drama lately starting off with fire and flames? The intro scenes to Awaken are just that, giving us a hell-worthy scene set 28 years in the past. Note: This is an opening week review only. ![]() ![]() Mind games, puzzles, and some creepy twists! tvN’s latest crime thriller Awaken gets off to a slow and predictable start, but once it hits its pace, injects some excitement that promises a more interesting drama ahead. 21 DecemAwaken: Episodes 1-2 (Review) by missvictrix
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