Death of Pildo was really unnecessary but overall great ending of the show. Enjoyed it. I hope it will continue with recording in the following months because there is a lot more to say about her.
4 Reviews
Great Ending
wabrar1 November 2021
The Ending was Satisfactory enough, leaving place for a Season 2. The Lead Actors done their best to Present their character.
The Villain protraying Actor was best of them, showing no remorse for the action he had taken and their implacation.
The Villain protraying Actor was best of them, showing no remorse for the action he had taken and their implacation.
Ends on a high
Leofwine_draca20 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The strongest episode is the last one. The stakes are raised here and the drama is stronger and tougher than ever. Plus, there's a wealth of action in the form of some very well choreographed fights that prove a real highlight.
Good finale
FlorianLaur21 May 2023
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Considering that this is not a movie and probably had even less of a budget than most Korean movies (which always accomplish amazing results on 1-5% of the budgets Hollywood requires for far less), I thought My Name was a good show. It isn't perfect and maybe that's in parts because it seems a bit stuck between "too long for a movie, too short for a conclusive series", but I can't see any REAL weaknesses.
The death of yet another character might seem unnecessary to some and I have my problems with it too (although for other reasons), but it makes sense.
Our villain WANTS to die. He pushes our heroine because he does feel regret for the lives he ended and ruined. He also owes his at least once to her and her father.
So if he has to kill another person to achieve closure, it makes sense to him.
One could also argue that she "cheated" her way to finally face off with him by shooting his last goon who would have ended her life a second later.
What I don't like is that he somehow does succeed in turning her into a monster. Which is why I have my problems with the character death in this episode.
The right (and unexpected) ending would have been an arrest. Killing the villain is what everyone was expecting, but like Pildo explained to her, it ultimately turns us into a monster and that's why he abandoned his revenge.
So by continuing hers again, our heroine really hasn't learned anything and that cheapens the ending a little bit for me.
Otherwise, anyone who is familiar with Korean movies or shows knows that the Koreans unfortunately have this tendency to sometimes go for "overkill" in assuring that there is no "happy" ending by killing off main characters towards the end. But like I said, it seems that this was intended to "push" her back on her revenge path.
Ultimately, although she took her revenge now, it seems she won't have a life like her father or Pildo had hoped. Seemingly, she is on the run now (or faked her death, but if she did, it wasn't explained at all). I doubt that there will be another season, the story is concluded. But I did like it and it had the usual strong cinematography and acting most Korean movies and shows have. I especially liked the villain and although I understand that he has to pay for what he did, I feel kind of bad for him and her, maybe because the actor just did such a great job portraying him and seemed much deeper than a purely "bad" guy who doesn't care about others or sees them as prey. I remain to believe that he did regret what he did and wanted her to succeed in her revenge as a kind of atonement.
The death of yet another character might seem unnecessary to some and I have my problems with it too (although for other reasons), but it makes sense.
Our villain WANTS to die. He pushes our heroine because he does feel regret for the lives he ended and ruined. He also owes his at least once to her and her father.
So if he has to kill another person to achieve closure, it makes sense to him.
One could also argue that she "cheated" her way to finally face off with him by shooting his last goon who would have ended her life a second later.
What I don't like is that he somehow does succeed in turning her into a monster. Which is why I have my problems with the character death in this episode.
The right (and unexpected) ending would have been an arrest. Killing the villain is what everyone was expecting, but like Pildo explained to her, it ultimately turns us into a monster and that's why he abandoned his revenge.
So by continuing hers again, our heroine really hasn't learned anything and that cheapens the ending a little bit for me.
Otherwise, anyone who is familiar with Korean movies or shows knows that the Koreans unfortunately have this tendency to sometimes go for "overkill" in assuring that there is no "happy" ending by killing off main characters towards the end. But like I said, it seems that this was intended to "push" her back on her revenge path.
Ultimately, although she took her revenge now, it seems she won't have a life like her father or Pildo had hoped. Seemingly, she is on the run now (or faked her death, but if she did, it wasn't explained at all). I doubt that there will be another season, the story is concluded. But I did like it and it had the usual strong cinematography and acting most Korean movies and shows have. I especially liked the villain and although I understand that he has to pay for what he did, I feel kind of bad for him and her, maybe because the actor just did such a great job portraying him and seemed much deeper than a purely "bad" guy who doesn't care about others or sees them as prey. I remain to believe that he did regret what he did and wanted her to succeed in her revenge as a kind of atonement.
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