Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho Review

Title: Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho

AKA: My Lawyer Mr. Jo / Neighborhoor Lawyer Mr. Jo

Genre: Law, Legal, Family

Episodes: 20

Broadcast period: 2016-Mar to 2016-May

Cast: Park Shin Yang, Kang So Ra, Ryu Soo Young, Park Sol Mi, Kang Shin Il and Kim Dong Joon.

Jo Deul Ho (Park Shin Yang) lives as a beggar ever since he was betrayed by his chief. He lost his wife, home and position as a well-known prosecutor at the high court. He has no ambition left nor any wish for revenge, as his only reason to stay alive is so he can see his daughter get married when the time comes.

Everything changes when he runs into Lee Eun Jo (Kang So Ra) who is chasing a pickpocket. When finally catching the pickpocket he is surprised to find out that the pickpocket is his fellow orphan Kang Il Goo (Choi Jaw Hwan) from the same orphanage. At first Il Goo refuses to see Deul Ho, but soon warms up to him, only to pass away shortly after. Il Goo’s death leaves Deul Ho enraged and he decides to get to the bottom of the murder, which leads him back to schemes and corruption he had faced before, and had lost. This time he is determined to have justice prevail…

This drama I watched as it aired due to the quite interesting screen play and intriguing story. Though I found 20 episodes to be pretty long I have to say that the overall drama is really good. I remember Park Shin Yang from SIGN and I loved him there, so this I had to watch. I was quite annoyed at Kang So Ra’s character, I found her to be over acting. I haven’t really watched much of her dramas, but this is not something I would pin her as a good actress for. Generally, the female cast was just so typical and fairly dull, except for Hwang Suk Jung – the one that acted as Mr. Jo’s assistant – she was quite fun.

The drama is pretty typical as a Korean law/romance drama goes, but other than that I liked following all the legal stuff. I wasn’t really interested in the coupling or other things like that. So I enjoyed it.

To sum up, a typical Korean drama with a little bit of 2010s.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

A Company Man Movie Review

Title: A Company Man
Genre: Action, Thriller
Origin: Korean
Release date: 11 October 2012
Cast: So Ji Sub, Lee Mi Yeon, Kwak Do Won and Kim Dong Joon.

Ji Hyung Do (So Ji Sub) works for a company that seems normal on the outside, but the division he works at, is an organization of hit men. When a temp, Ra Hoon (Kim Dong Joon) is hired to help him out with a job, Hyung Do is ordered to kill Hoon right after, in order to keep it ’clean’. Hoon realizing what has happened, asks Hyung Do for a favor before killing him - to bring his savings to his mother. Keeping his promise, Hyung Do goes to find Hoons mother, and is surprised to see that the woman is his very first crush, ex-teen-idol Mi Yeon (Lee Mi Yeon). Meeting Mi Yeon, Hyung Do starts to realize that there are other things than his ‘work’. The final straw is when he is asked to kill his former boss, who had left the company after his son was killed.
Hyung Do decides that he wants to leave the company - but no one leaves the company at their own will…

When I started this movie, I didn’t really feel like watching it, but after the 30 mark I think, it became really interesting - not all pow wow, but pretty okay. I like the storyline, the entire back thought, without losing its focus of the main theme of this movie - the company. It is really hard to watch something that doesn’t make you excited and this one doesn’t really, not even a thrilling love romance, but for some reason the amazing performance of the actors, make you very thrilled. Of course, loads of blood, killing and awesome fighting involved, but that is not really my cup of tea :)
I would say I recommend it, but not for everyone - not those who like a romance/comedy/mystery/police..

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts