[Beanie Recs] Filling the Taxi Driver void
by DB Staff
Ahoy, Beanies! It’s time to gather your collective genius for a recommendation series that features you and your drama knowledge. Each week we’ll drop a drama conundrum and leave it up to you to provide a drama rec, and the appropriate rationale behind it, be it long or short. Respond below!
I just finished Taxi Driver 2, and am rewatching Season 1, but what do I watch after? I want to fill the void but I can’t decide if it should be with Le Je-hoon in a different drama (something good), or another vigilante vengeance sort of drama. Any recommendations?
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1 lapislazulii
April 20, 2023 at 5:16 AM
I mean you can never go wrong with more Lee Je-hoon!! (unless it's Where Stars Land which was a bit of an 'eh' drama for me).
I just very recently went on a LJH binge so my number 1 recommendation is Tomorrow With You. Time travel premise + Lee Je-hoon in a rom-com + a really solid performance from Shin Min-ah = a very happy drama viewing experience. It also throws in a bit of the ol' 'marriage of convenience', albeit with a bit of a fresh spin, as the icing on the cake!
My 'tip' - if you find ep 1 a bit disorienting/not really pulling your attention for one reason or another, push through it because it gets better by ep 2 and only stronger from there.
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Midnight
April 20, 2023 at 5:40 AM
I loved Tomorrow With You too, but I wouldn't call it a happy drama viewing experience. It was a melodrama, lots of times heartbreaking, but still lovely.
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lapislazulii
April 20, 2023 at 6:01 AM
Poor phrasing on my end! It is a sweet melodrama so not without it's angst and some tears. I should've worded it along the lines of 'good drama viewing experience' or something, I meant happy in the sense that I wasn't disappointed by it 😅
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Midnight
April 20, 2023 at 8:54 AM
I actually got your meaning, but thought it might cause false expectations 😅 . Satisfying is the word you're looking for.
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2 Linarrick
April 20, 2023 at 5:38 AM
I can never get enough of Lee Je-hoon! The film Time To Hunt is a good place to start if you are looking for another Lee Je-hoon heist thriller.
Signal is a classic time travel police procedural drama featuring Lee Je-hoon but I have to say one of my favourite roles from him was in Move To Heaven. He played a softie who acted all macho on the outside but really was a pure hearted little dummy
He has a good filmography too but sadly Korean films tend to be hard for me to access
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lapislazulii
April 20, 2023 at 6:05 AM
Yes seconding that last point especially - one of the very lovely beanies here recommended a list of his movies which I've been working through, and my mum and I absolutely LOVED 'I Can Speak'. Be warned it is a bit of heavier film - not because of genre but because of the subject matter it tackles - but it's an absolute gem and one that I'd recommend to anyone and everyone who's up for it!
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Anne18
April 20, 2023 at 7:13 AM
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Britney
April 20, 2023 at 9:18 AM
It involved comfort women
I'm not sure if that counts as a spoiler but that's the sensitive topic
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Anne18
April 20, 2023 at 9:28 AM
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3 jerrykuvira
April 20, 2023 at 7:55 AM
Something like Taxi Driver but a bit soft fluffy - One The Woman. Lee Ha-nee was very good as a dubious prosecutor with a perfect combination of thuggery.
If you want something heavy, Vincenzo is a good follow up.
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4 CDF
April 20, 2023 at 10:52 AM
I left Taxi Driver mid way through. It was too much. It bordered on revenge more compared to getting justice and I never tuned in for second season. The whole vigilantism is not my cup of tea.
But I can recommend Lee Je-hoon drama - The Signal. It's his must watch drama.
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5 PYC
April 21, 2023 at 8:33 AM
A different question about Taxi Driver. Is Season 2 available on Netflix?
I’m half way through S1 on Netflix and noted S2 is nowhere to be seen on the platform? It’s on Viki but not available in my region.
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