Ma Dong-seok’s ‘Twelve’ Faces Harsh Criticism

By Jiyoun, Moon

Sep 14, 2025

Ma Dong-seok’s ‘Twelve’ Faces Harsh Criticism
A production presentation of 'twlv' was held at Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jangchung-dong, Seoul on the 20th. Actor Ma Dong-seok is posing. Jangchung-dong = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.08.20/



This is Ma Dong-seok's world view, who used to cook beef bone soup and now has lost everything to lose.

Ma Dong-seok's filmography, which became the number one action movie in Korea through the movie `The Crime City' series, continues. He started to show signs in the movie 'Wild'Holy Night: Demon Hunters' and was even mocked in the drama 'Twelve' that was broadcast simultaneously on Disney+ and KBS2. As if to reflect the audience's response, the ratings also fell vertically. It's a figure that I wonder if I can find another work that's steadily fallen. The first episode of the show was Ma Dong-seok 'Red', and even if the viewer rating was 8.1 percent, he is experiencing a crash without support, recording the lowest viewer rating of 2.6 percent. (Nilson Korea National Standard)

The "familiar" story has already been mentioned since the series of "Criminal Cities" continued. Despite the fact that Season 4 drew 10 million viewers, the audience's response of "again" or "similar" appeared steadily. Even as the story unfolds in a way, and there are predictions that Ma Dong-seok will defeat the evil by performing a certain action, the audience's expectations have been broken vertically. Accordingly, despite the introduction of a film of a different worldview, 'Wild'I'm the Holy Night', the fall of 'Ma Dong-seok Universe' has become inevitable.




Then, he returned to the series and said an ambitious greeting to the home room. He brought a confident fantasy action of "It's hard to see on TV," but the result is disastrous. The determination to do fantasy action by bringing a unique subject of oriental duodenum was great, but the quality of the work I actually opened was close to the worst. Some say that it is reminiscent of 'Urmae', but it is not actually 'Urmae', but it is like a children's musical. Not to mention the modern god, in the past, actors who appeared dressed like part-timers in folk villages are showing off their tears and runny noses, so I feel sorry.

Ma Dong-seok’s ‘Twelve’ Faces Harsh Criticism
On top of that, the level of completion of the demons, except for Oh-gui (Park Hyung-sik), was poor, and the actions of Taesan (Ma Dong-seok) and the duodenum were followed by embarrassing levels of action. When it comes to 'Fantasy Action', it should be based on a pleasant hitting sense and speed, but whether it is because of the difficulty of implementation or the complacency of 'Ma Dong-seok Universe' who wants to go easily, 'twlv' has reduced viewers' interest by ending up with a lukewarm and laid-back action.

Above all, Ma Dong-seok's action, which is no longer new, was hampered. No matter what opponent appears, Ma Dong-seok's action, which can solve everything with his fist, could no longer be expected to be refreshing, such as a big crisis or a new transformation. On top of that, the narrow range of actors that substantially overlap with their previous works also played a part. Although familiar faces appeared under the name of Ma Dong-seok Universe, it is not very helpful but rather the fact that it leads to a regrettable report card made by Ma Dong-seok. For this reason, Seo In-guk and Kang Mi-na, who are relatively fresh breathing, were also buried in their familiar relationship, making it difficult to reveal new faces.




'Twelve' was created with a series expansion in mind, but with such a disastrous report card, it is expected that it will be difficult to continue the series. From the "The Outlaws" series to the "Twelve" series, you can't cook the bone marrow?Ma Dong-seok, who seems to be A, also seems to be the time to stop the infinite self-replication that causes fatigue to viewers and audiences.








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