#TheBequeathed Signing Off
❌️may contain spoilers🪦❌️
Yung nauna ko pa itong matapos kesa sa tatlong pending dramas ko.
Feeling disconnected for a while, I paused Ji Chang Wook’s #WelcomeToSamdalRi, Cha Eun Woo’s #AGoodDayToBeADog and Yim Siwan’s #Boyhood.
Maybe I was having a romcom overload (at least for the first 2 and I was kinda overwhelmed with Eun Woo’s kissing (with tongue) scenes na hindi ko na keri makita pang muli; and well, a pity festival for Siwan’s role here (lagi na lang siyang mukhang kawawa talaga, naaawa ako sa Oppa ko, hindi ko makayang tingnan). But maybe too, I was hooked on this suspense-thriller kasi ang gagaling ng mga ahjussi dito.
From the creators of Train to Busan and Peninsula, among others, The Bequeathed cast is led by #KimHyunJoo (#Hellbound #Undercover #Watcher) as Yun Seo-ha, a college instructor who inherits a family burial site (from an estranged uncle) and finds herself entangled with strange events, murders, mystery and secrets. Seo-ha’s internal conflicts include unhappy childhood memories (her father left them when she was 7 and had another family), a cheating husband and a career going nowhere (hasn’t been promoted to Professor, kahit siya ang ghost writer ng boss niya). For such an educated woman, kinda disappointing lang yung part na she agreed to have her half-brother kidnapped para mag-sign ng agreement (nagmamadali siya kasi gusto niyang bilhin yung building na inooffer sa kanya. Eh because of the ongoing investigation, matatagalan ang pagbenta nung lupa)…kasi kung tutuusin, alam naman nya no doubt na magkadugo nga sila (they have the same father) and they both have rights over the inheritance, ano ba naman na maghati sila sa lupa or sa benta nito, anyway pareho lang nilang natalisod yung mana LOL they don’t have to be close or maging sweet sa isa’t isa after mahati yun. O di ba ebribadi hapi. Pero syempre, hindi yun ang gusto ng writers natin hahaha
My favorites here are the two ahjussis #ParkHeeSoon (my crush in #MyName, at that time, siya yung may edge over #AhnBoHyun sa puso ko, as if this matters LOL) as Choi Seong-jun, a sharp detective and #ParkByungEun (#Moving #Decibel #TheHunt) as Park Sang-min, the squad captain. These two longtime colleagues have a backstory actually, kaya may clash / tension between them. And I love the part where, after a fist fight, they were able to “kiss and make up” and work in tandem like they used to in the past. I am 50-50 though dun sa minadali itong resolution for the two characters, kasi maganda yung subplot nila eh, pwede pa sanang iexplore at habaan para mas may impact sa story.
#RyuKyungSoo (#ItaewonClass #Glitch) – Young-ho, medyo creepy half-brother who believes he is entitled to the burial site.
#ParkSunghoon (the husband. Kung pano sya ka-hot and yummy sa #TheGlory, medyo downplayed although chickboy pa rin)
Ganito yung type kong genre/fiction kaya siguro sobrang smooth ng panuod ko na natapos ko siya in one day isang araw (6 episodes lang naman, anyway). Yung twists and shocking revelations, pag sanay ka na magbasa or manuod ng ganito, medyo ineexpect mo na, and hindi ka na gullible enough to make someone a suspect pag masyadong obvious. And yes, may mga wtf-wth kang moments with the lead, ganern, kasi anu ba, alam mo na ngang nanganganib buhay mo ihhhhh
Sa bandang huli, there are family secrets, skeletons in the closet that must remain as such, and buried forever...
The Bequeathed is streaming on #Netflix
#BuhayKPam
