So I'm so excited about Death's game. I really am. I remember reading the manhwa and every chapter had me gripping my phone in excitement.
But the only thing strange is that they cast Seo In Guk as Choi Yijae.
(Yes I'm sure he's going to deliver like he always does. And have you seen the cast? Man this is an expensive show! And each actor is going to play at max 2 episodes.)
Like Choi Yijae, at the beginning of the manhwa, was shown to be the most average of average guys. Not exceptional in any field.
Average height. Average looks. Not tall and not good looking. This fact, was put a lot of importance on, because it was an important part of his character.
And, I don't know... it's kind of really wrong 😂 that they cast *Seo In Guk* to play a guy that is "not tall and not good looking".
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Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area
Rio
01:
- Shot in the chest while wearing Kevlar, dragged to safety, gasping for breath
04:
- Paralysed with shock
- Manhandled, threatened, tied up
- Forced to perform surgery on someone, sweating, vomiting
05:
- Choked with a belt until he passes out
08:
- Pistol whipped, holding his jaw, bloody lip
- Grieving, sobbing
- Hit over the head, collapses and passes out
- Tied to a table, gagged, struggling
09:
- Still tied to the table from last episode
11:
- Dream: Paralysed with shock, knees buckling, caught in an explosion, thrown to the ground, gasping, shot dead
- Grieving, sobbing
Denver
03:
- Beaten up in a fight, bruised and bleeding, struggling to stand
04:
- Donates blood to someone, pale and weak
05:
- Hit over the head, knocked out, bleeding from the head, tied to a chair, suffocated with a bag, kicked repeatedly in the gut, rescued, needs help to stand
06:
- Still bruised and bloody from last episode, has the wounds cleaned and treated
08:
- Grieving, sobbing
11:
- Dream: Shot repeatedly in the chest, collapses to his knees, shielded by his father
- Grieving, sobbing
12:
- Emotional reunion, crying, comforted
- Repeatedly slammed into a wall, bloody lip, gasping for breath, clutching his chest
Berlin
04:
- Tied to a chair
05:
- Still tied to a chair, pale and sweating, experiencing hand tremors and convulsions, seizure, escapes
06:
- Still experiencing hand tremors
- Injecting himself with medication, pale and sweating
07:
- Flashback: Injecting himself with medication, sweating, passes out
08:
- Hand tremors, sweating, mental breakdown, collapses, seizure, twitching while unconscious
- Flashback: Tied to a chair and collared, electrocuted, screaming in pain, covered in cuts and bruises, collapses, convulsing, denied his medication
- Wakes from a nightmare, gasping
09:
- Flashback: Injecting himself with medication
- Self medicating, hand tremors
10:
- Still sweating and having hand tremors
11:
- Dream: Shot in the chest, collapses, bleeding from the head, limping, blows himself up with a grenade
12:
- Volunteers to sacrifice himself, says goodbye to his brother over the phone, caught in an explosion, ringing ears, clutching his head, rescued, needs support to walk, knees buckling
Cha Moo Hyuk
07:
- Stabbed in the thigh with a syringe, collapses, passes out, kidnapped
08:
- Cuffed to a wall, blindfolded, bruised wrists
09:
- Still cuffed to the wall
10:
- Still cuffed to the wall, wrists still bruised, dislocates his thumb to escape, on the run, hit by a car, unconscious, bleeding
11:
- Still unconscious and bleeding on the ground from last episode
- Comatose in hospital with a neck brace and his head bandaged
12:
- Still wearing a neck brace, arm in a sling
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Alchemy of Souls (Seasons 1 & 2)
Year : 2022 | Country : KR | Nb of episodes: 30
My rate: 9/10
Synopsis :
Set in a fictional country called Daeho that does not exist in history or on maps, it is about the love and growth of young mages as they overcome their twisted fates due to a forbidden magic spell known as the "alchemy of souls", which allows souls to switch bodies.
It follows the story of an elite assassin named Naksu, whose soul is accidentally trapped inside the weak body of Mu Deok—Jang Uk's servant from a powerful and noble mage family in the country. The young master of the Jang Family, Jang Uk, holds a dark secret about his scandalous birth. He wants the formidable assassin to help change his destiny.
Main cast :
Lee Jae Wook as Jang Uk
Jung So Min as Mu Deok
Hwang Min Hyun as Seo Yul
Shin Sung Ho as Go Won
Yoo Joon Sang as Park Jin
Oh Na Ra as Kim Do Ju
Arin as Jin Cho Yeon
Yoo In Soo as Park Dang Gu
Go Youn Jung as Naksu/Cho Yeong/ Jin Bu Yeon
My thoughts on this drama :
I hadn't loved a Korean drama so much in ages. Wow! Everything is so so good in this one. The casting is amazing, for both seasons. Although I understand their choice to switch actresses for the main lead in season two, it still felt a bit jarring at first.
The story is fantastic, and the actors all aced their roles. The season two felt like the opposite to season one (Alchemy of Souls: Light and Shadow is the subtitle of the season/part 2). It was sometimes a bit hard to follow, but the story is amazing and very satisfying.
A Favorite ?
YES
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Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (Part II)
TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2022
Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area (Part II, 2022, South Korea)
Director: Kim Hong Sun
Writers: Ryu Yong Jae, Kim Hwan Chae & Choe Sung Jun
Mini-review:
I feel like I was one of the few people that really enjoyed Part I and actually preferred it to the original. I hated the writing in the original show (I am a native Spanish speaker) and couldn't make it past the first few episodes, even though I found the story interesting. Now, thanks to this Korean remake, at least I can see how said story develops. Just like in the first part, this is a really fun and entertaining thriller with great acting, even if it requires you to suspend your disbelief a lot of the time. I'm really glad the writers wrapped up pretty much every plot thread, cause it makes the show a very satisfying watch. Like I said, the cast is amazing, but special kudos go to Park Hae Soo, who's clearly one of the best actors in the world.
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Kill Boksoon
Kill Boksoon [trailer]
A single mother who is a renowned hired killer finds it difficult to achieve a balance between her personal and work life.
The official summary is much more accurate than the action heavy trailer which can be considered misleading. This is slightly more social drama than action movie, even if Boksoon's indeed a contract killer and there are a number of fight scenes. Which explains the presence of character actress Jeon Do-yeon.
But because the movie spends considerable time with her problems of raising her kid it has the effect that it makes you think about the implications of Boksoon's profession. Movies like John Wick firmly take place in movie land, which makes it considerably easier to accept the violence. But once that illusion is broken, it gets more difficult to "enjoy" the killings. The opening sequence with the samurai still feels "cool". But then, for example, the later meetings of the killer organisation were difficult for me to take seriously in light of the social conflict.
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