Frankly, it is irrelevant how many worlds this series had; even a half a dozen more would not have helped. It is just awful. I am sorry to say that as I so wanted to like this drama. However, this is again going to be one of those series that if you are a fan of the two leads (which I really am), you will perhaps enjoy this series. I tried, but for me the whole thing fell apart at the beginning- from the banal screenplay to production issues to vapid acting. All of it was just plain mediocre to subpar.

The storyline was a good one, initially. I love transcendental legends, and this had all the earmarks of a great fantasy. The supernatural power of the Moon Shadow Waterfall is both miraculous and metaphysical. It can transport you to a parallel world where your loved one who died is not dead in that world but lives a conforming life. They are not resurrected by the same person in a parallel world. A worthy premise.

Kram (Nat Natasitt) is this reticent character who lives with his father trying to eke out an existence as artists. One day, they are visited by one of his father’s friends who is apparently trying to conceal his son from some who want to harm him. That whole story seemed so confusing to me and frankly I had a hard time following who was ‘bad’. Nonetheless, Phupha (Gun Thapanawat) and Kram did have a connection when they were younger and so the spark was there and continued to develop when they met again. Being adults now, it becomes more serious, and feelings and attractions and a real sense of commitment seem to be developing. However, tragedy strikes and Phupha is murdered.

However, whether by accident or design, Kram falls into the Moon Shadow Waterfall when the water is turning blue and, according to myth, he is transposed into the parallel world. Perhaps the actions in one world may affect the actions in another. If so, Kram will try to save Phupha in this other world.

However, who Kram meets initially when he crosses over is Tai (Max Kornthas), his nemesis in the former world. But in this world, Tai is good, gentle, soft-spoken, and kind-hearted. The complete opposite to the one in the other world. In fact, in this world, the version of Kram was Tai’s lover, who is now deceased, which is the only reason he was able to crossover.

The narrative then drifts from a story of love not between Kram and Phupha but to one between Kram and Tai.

To be sure, there are plenty of scenes to pull at your heart strings, but it never seems enough to rescue this series.

Overall, the acting is certainly consistent but not in a good way. There aren’t any high highs or low lows. It is just there; lacking, ironically, any strong sense of emotions. For me, it was like watching a high school performance. Max as Tai certainly does go a bit deeper into his characters, since both Tais are different in the parallel worlds. Whereas Kram remains the same – always playing the delicate flower but managing to manipulate so many around him with his innocence. He certainly used his vulnerability to get what he wanted, which subsequently never allowed him to grow or change because he knows this has always worked. I found Nat’s characterization of Kram just so two-dimensional along with his acting. I found the almost constant grin on his face in nearly all scenes irritating and a bit annoying. Frankly, I also never believed the connection between Kram and Phupha in either world. It was all so wooden. It just was not working for me.

However, there are two supporting characters who are dynamic and fun to watch. These two added a bit more flavor and life to this series. Jao (Pak Varayu), who is captivatingly drop-dead gorgeous, is a friend to Tai and is in love with him and struggles with losing him to Kram (again). But waiting in the background is an antagonist of his named Wayu (Mon Taechin), who is also drop-dead gorgeous, and is a friend of Phupha. He has been secretly in love with Jao for a long time. These two stole my heart as they are the only ones we could see getting into their characters with convictions and a sense of growth in them. They had the right number of emotional ranges also at least to make their characters relatable and not feel as if somehow their relationship was somehow made out to be anointed or destined. They seemed more like real people struggling to be so in a world where everything seemed to be predetermined. They had at least screen chemistry and frankly I found their one and only love scene quite hot and sensual. These guys had a genuine bond that goes beyond words. They displayed a raw emotional connection to each other even when they did not want to.

This series was not well produced. The translations were sometimes hard to follow the actions and felt awkward. There were a lot of major glitches in the editing itself. For example, when Tai went to rescue Phupha and his father in the last scene they were in a dining hall, tied up, but then he rescued them from a prison. What happened to the crime world of Tai and all of that after his father died? The time jumps and world jumps were just too confusing and too many to follow, which simply weakened the story. The absolutely laughable medical condition of Kram and the solution to cure him was simply hysterically funny. I am sure that was not meant to be humorous, but I laughed out loud from the silliness of how the berries were developed. That was childish and poorly researched and badly executed in more ways than one. The very last scene made no sense to me as well. Where did Kram and Tai go and why? The story had so many lose ends to it that it simply became confusing from any logical point of view.

Overall, this is an absurd series. While the premise of the story was certainly interesting, the way it was presented made it ridiculous. It became so convoluted by poor production issues that it became a hard series to follow. The acting by the main performers is disappointingly dull. It should have been full of strong emotions, yet it all felt so flat. There was no depth to the characters nor strong displays of deep emotions; only a reliance on tropey cliché stereotypical behavior patterns that simply did not work well. They did not rise to the acting challenge that was presented to them, which is disappointing to say the least.

I want now to see a whole series on Jao and Wayu. They were entertaining, honest, relatable, and gave us something to talk about. This is one time that the secondary couple far outshone the main couple in terms of screen chemistry, sexual tension, sexual attractiveness, and just plain overall good development of characters.

Rating- 3 out of 5

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