Category: Series Review

Agent Kim Reactivated

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https://www.netflix.com/

Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
Starring: So Ji-sub, Choi Dae-hoon, Yoon Kyung-ho, Joo Sang-uk, Son Na-eun, Seo Su-min, Lee Dong-ha
Where to watch: Netflix (10 episodes, 1 hour each)
To watch or not to watch: Korea’s take on Taken, Korean War geopolitics, inter-personal issues and inter-departmental rivalry. All with great action choreography.

Kim Do-hyeon (So Ji-sub) is a single father to a teenage daughter, Kim Min-ji (Seo Su-min), is going through the motion working a mid-level employee at a bank. He has little motivation in his life, except keeping a low profile and fulfilling his duty as a father.… Read the rest

The Price of Confession

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https://www.pinkvilla.com/

Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
Starring: Jeon Do-yeon (and her hair), Kim Go-eun, Park Hae-soo, Jin Seon-kyu, Choi Young-joon, Lee Sang-hee
Where to watch: Netflix
To watch or not to watch: A definite step-up for regular Korean dramas as it makes women take the centre stage, but the thrills are chill

Artist couple Ahn Yoon-soo and Ki-dae live happily with their daughter in South Korea. One day, when Yoon-soo goes to visit her husband in his studio, she finds him brutally murdered. All the evidence the police finds point to Yoon-so being the murderer and she is sent to jail, where she meets Mo-eun, who is labelled as a psychopath because of the brutal way she murdered a dentist couple in their home by poisoning them and watch them die for half an hour.… Read the rest

Doom At Your Service

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https://www.netflix.com/

Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Starring: Park Bo-young, Seo In-guk, Lee Soo-hyuk, Kang Tae-oh, Shin Do-Hyun
Where to watch: Netflix
To watch or not to watch: It is one of the best Kdramas out there. It shows the maturity in storylines and side character development we have been asking to see

Tak Dong-kyung (Park Bo-young) lost her parents when she was very young, and had taken the responsibility for her younger brother early, with the help of her aunt. Currently, she is working as an editor for a web novel publishing company. One fateful day, on the anniversary of her parents’ passing incidentally, she discovers that the man she was in a relationship with is married and is expecting a child, and that she has glioblastoma and has about 100 days to live.… Read the rest