Sisyphus table review5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() The basis for time travel is as sound as you can realistically make it. The series actually does individual themes quite well on their own. Very pretty and well-choregraphed scenes. The series devolves into a mish-mash of themes, ideas and scenes. Sisyphus does not do that, resulting in a perceived lack of focus and direction. But once things appear to start being pieced together, it feels more like forcing those pieces to fit into similar, but not quite the exact shape spots on the puzzle.Īgain, stories involving time travel require extra care in weaving together all the moving parts, more so than a typical drama series. This is partly where commitment from the viewer kicks in. The series never seems to strike the right tone, trying to shift from pure sci-fi action to lighthearted, fluffy romance to conspiratorial corruption drama to police procedural.Īnd then the series abruptly shifts between present and future with little warning or even relevant context. And once it does, it might have already gotten itself and you the viewer quite lost. Together, it would seem to create a narrative ripe for an emotionally-charged race to save the world.īut after its first episode, Sisyphus takes a while to actually settle down. The character of Tae Sul and his own backstory is also intriguingly touched upon. The series starts off with an exciting sequence that eases into the idea of time travel as well as the life and death mission Seo Hae seems to be on. Sisyphus suffers from a tonal imbalance that only gets worse as the series progresses. One that is a perfect jumping off point for some action-packed sci-fi adventure. It seems like a simple, though straightforward premise. Park Shin Hye is Kang Seo Hae, a young woman from a post-apocalyptic future Korea who travels back in time to the year 2020 in order to protect genius engineer Han Tae Sul (Cho Seung Woo) in order to stop a nuclear war that ravages the country. And in turn, gets its wires crossed in a way that it unfortunately is unable to untangle by the time it reaches its baffling and unsatisfying end. It is almost a case of style over substance as Sisyphus is a disjointed and unbalanced series that never commits to what it wants to be. But that merely allows the series to spectacularly get lost somewhere along the way. This ambitious, high concept series features a strong cast and high production value. Until JTBC’s Sisyphus: The Myth (시지프스: the myth) that is. Because of that, these series can be either hit or miss. Television series involving time travel and the like usually require a certain level of commitment and faith from both the viewer and the team bringing the story to life. ![]()
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