Black is OCN's mystery-thriller about a woman with the supernatural ability to see who is going to die soon by indication of the presence of black shadows near them and she can foresee their precise way and time of death when she touches them. “Black” is written by Choi Ran, who had also penned the notable dramas ‘God's Gift – 14 Days' and ‘Iljimae
Kang Ha-ram (Go Ara) is the aforementioned blessed and at the same time cursed woman who can see the black shadows. Since she was younger, she had tried to use this ability to save the lives of people that are bound to die soon. She even tried to save the life of her own father but without success. This has led her to always wear black sunglasses in order not to able see the shadows and so to resist the temptation to help them. This until her glasses fall off while she is on an airplane, ready to go ona vacation. At that moment, she notices that all the people on the airplane have the shadows of doom. Without much of a choice, she tries to save them and her life by stopping the take off but nobody believes her that the plane is going to fall. For this attempt, airport security removes her from the airplane which crashes moments later. Following the accident, we find Kang Ha-ram at the police station, questioned by the police. There she meets Han Moo-gang (Song Seung-heon) who is a rookie and at first glance, a carefree detective. The truth is that Han Moo-gang has become a detective for the reason that he wants to find the murderer of his younger brother who was killed when he was young.
These two team up- when Han Moo-gang finds about the ability of Ha-ram and her efforts to prevent people's death. But, this is until a runaway soldier takes Han Moo-gang as a hostage and is shot in the head by a free shooter and eventually dies from the wound. Immediately after his death, his dead body is possessed by the Grim Reaper 444 who entered Han Moo-gang's body so to be able to find another Grim Reaperthat went rogue. Nevertheless, during the course of using the ability of Kang Ha-ram, he falls in love with her.
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Beyond the main two characters, there are also a number of secondary, but equally important ones that appear during the show and, in one way or the other, they are connected with the lives of the two protagonists. Furthermore, as the drama progresses, its plot becomes increasingly complicated and convoluted and every single event has its importance. For this reason, the viewer must pay an enormous attention while watching this series so not to miss anything and be able to connect the events of the story – or at least most of them due to some minor inconsistencies in the events.
Without spoiling anything, it's worth mentioning that the explanation about the existence of black shadows and Grim Reapers is quite innovative. Moreover, the aforementioned connection between all the characters, the connection between present and past events and also the revelation of the ultimate villain are all well done. In every episode, little by little, every piece of the puzzle is revealed until the final two episodes when the pieces fall together. So, it's no exaggeration to say that the last two episodes were also the best ones and that the bittersweet ending fits the aesthetics of the drama perfectly.
Apparently, even though is not a light drama, still, there are various humorous elements, especially during the first episodes with the Grim reaper no 444 being in Han Moo-gang's body, and having to get familiarised with the human word. Thanks to Song Seung-heon's acting and tactics, these scenes come as truly entertaining. Moreover, the characters Song Seung-heon portrays are quite challenging as they compose a vast spectrum of personalities. On the one hand, is Han Moo-gang who is naïve and carefree and on the other hand is Grim Reaper who at first is cold-blooded but afterwards, his character experiences a transformation. Moreover, Go Hara is exceptional in her role as the conflicted Kang Ha-ram and the chemistry between her and Song Seung-heon is evident, despite their profound age gap.
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Generally, all the actors gave more than a decent performance. An exception is Kim Dong-jun as Oh Man-soo who predominantly exaggerates with his acting. On the contrary, the actor that captivates with his performance and is worth to keep an eye on his future projects is Kim Hyung-min as Kang Ha-ram's father. The words are not enough to express how superb he is and he is utterly convincing as the tormented detective Kang Soo-hyeok.
“Black” is a worth-watching drama that blends masterfully suspense, drama, action, and romance and it will please the fans of heavy plot dramas.Black is a detective possessed by the Grim Reaper. Ha-Ram can see shadows of death. These two struggle to save the lives of people, breaking the rules of heaven.
Black stars Song Seung-Heon as the infamous Black (aka Reaper 444) alongside Go Ara as the special female Ha-Ram who can see the reapers. It is directed by Kim Hong-Sun and written by Choi Ran.
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This isn’t the official, but I love how it made full use of one of its OSTs that I’ve come to love, Take Me Out by South Club. Also, it features a lot of scenes from the first few eps, albeit not in proper order of course.
This… is also not the official, but it sums up everything. Everything (the main driving force) boils down to our heroine just wanting to save and keep people away from their death call.
Black is a supernatural, thriller drama with randomly placed (and might I say, slightly messy) revelations here and there, but grips you nonetheless with the plot and overarching mystery. To that, kudos still to everyone for being able to think about one central conspiracy, device independent cases that then ties it into one whole picture, and act it out. Unfortunately, however, (and I’m sure the viewers agree with me on this) the ending was a complete fat shit.
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. Even with the messy reveals, the overall mystery was really good. Though I gotta say I did develop a peeve in this drama for suddenly
To clarify my point, for example: detectives receive important call, you hear voice-overs, but when the juicy info (and you know it
Juicy ’cause the detective’s face says it all), convo suddenly gets muted. OR, say, character A heavily confronts character B but when A’s about to tell WHY s/he confronted, bam, scene gets shifted.
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I am pretty aware mystery genre uses those techniques to grip the audience, and let them channel their inner detective skills, and read between the lines to try and solve the case before it gets revealed. HOWEVER, the peeve comes with the placement of those cuts and the scenes that replaces them.
rather than switching to (say) a scene of one character being rattled (from the confrontation perhaps), softening the transition to normal, you immediately deliver them something completely different instead — another character going through his/her usual life for example. Once? You can ignore. Thrice? Nuh-uh. IT GETS YOU ’cause it repeatedly breaks momentum and makes the cover-up
Good. The mystery of scarface, or that spider-tattoo, or that mid-fingerless killer. What happened 20 years ago? How did these different victims connect? Ha-Ram? Soo-Wan? The mystery and suspense will have you on-edge, ultimately compelling you to simply stay put and watch. Despite the technical mishmash mentioned earlier
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Moreover, the acting was, I daresay, excellent. Song Seung-Heon, Go Ara, and basically everyone in the cast really did well (and well was even putting it mildly). In my opinion, other than the drama’s good concept, the acting also pulled it up. Idk if it’s just me but I think it’s also because of it that you’re somehow diverted away from whatever flaws the drama might’ve had mid-series. It’s the acting that immerses you into the story. At least, it was for me. I even didn’t mind that our protagonists somehow lacked chemistry (they weren’t awkward but just average at best). The mystery and suspense (and how the actors synched well with their characters) were enough to pitch me in. I don’t think the romance was the central piece of this anyway, so it wasn’t a loss.
What really made it ‘lose’? Lemme tell you. IT. IS. THE. ENDING. It was so poorly planned, poorly made that all those loopholes were let lose.
The revelation with Chairman Kim. How Kim Joon equated to all that. The murder orchestrated by Moo-Gang’s mother. They were really good. But when they had to put in
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For one, okay, maybe the mayor was necessary. They needed a big fish to make the conspiracy bigger. But maan, how they were revealed was really poorly done that loopholes came out.
Chairman Kim, what’s the point of all his revelation in that set-up Black orchestrated? The three tapes. Leo giving the tape. The earlier flashbacks of Chairman Kim and
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