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Post #1672012

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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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24-Dec-2025, 12:29 PM

Talking Bones - 2018 - 6/10
AKA - Gu Yu // 骨语

Forensic examiner Xia Ying is assigned to the Special Crimes Unit.
Acceptance is grudging as she is taking over from an established elder. Her mentor, actually.
Over the course of this C-drama, cases involve a copycat killer (Black Dahlia), mass murder of a family, a promiscuous female, child selling, serial killer, acupuncture assassin …
The team “grows” in this, building expertise, members given more responsibilities.
This was obviously shot without audio, the looping is spotty and there are vast stretches of piano music, even during pursuits and fights.
Subtitles are some of the worst (so bad, they’re good) I’ve seen since the heyday of Hong Kong films.
Example: A character looks up an old girlfriend, before assaulting her.
Explanation to officers. “She had makeup and perfume, and wore a provocative dress. She looked like a leprechaun!”