Tag: Netflix originals

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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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

Inside Man – a study on wasting good actors with bad writing

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Rating: 2 stars out of 5
Starring: David Tennant, Stanley Tucci
Where to watch: Netflix
Seasons and episodes: 1 season, 4 episodes, 1 hour per episode
To watch or not to watch: Please skip this despite the stellar cast

The series opens with Jefferson Grieff (Stanley Tucci) in a prison cell helping someone solve a murder. He is a former American law professor convicted of murdering his wife, to which he confessed and is haunted by his act. In the parallel, there is Harry Watling (David Tennant) who is a vicar in a small town in England. He has a troubled parishioner Edgar who lives with his verbally abusive mother.… Read the rest