IRIS 2 Review

Title: IRIS 2
Genre: action, mystery, thriller, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast period: 2013-Feb-13 to 2013-Apr-18
Cast: Jang Hyuk, Park Gun Tae, Lee Da Hae, Kim So Hyun, Oh Yun Soo, Yoon Doo Joon, Kim Ill Woo, Kim Young Chul, Im Soo Hyang, Lee Joon, David McInnics, Lee Bum Soo, Yoon So Yi, Kim Seung Woo . . .

The fight between IRIS, the terror organisation and NSS breaks into fire once again, as IRIS breaks in to prison to capture Baek San (Kim Young Chul), the old chief for NSS and spy of IRIS. While escorting him, Baek San manages to escape and runs into NSS, to whom he surrenders. NSS confused by the whole thing tries to figure out what is going on. Why did the threater turn himself in. IRIS going after Baek San breaks into the place where NSS holds him captive, interrogating him, but they fail. Now NSS needs to figure out, what is it that Baek San has, which IRIS wants so much, and Baek San wants to hide so much, that he would want to be held captive away from them. BaeK San calls the agent Jang Yoo Gun (Jang Hyuk) who saved his life, and passes some information to him about a meeting which will take place in Hungary. Jang Yoo Gun, along side the agents Seo Hyun Woo (Yoon Doo Joon) and Ji Soo Yun (Lee Da Hae) who is also his girlfriend, now travel to Hungary where the meeting between North and South is taking place, and a dangerous situation evovles.

(Trying not to spoil anything with the review, but hoping it will make you watch it *crossing fingers*)
This drama is definitely season 2 of IRIS. At first it is extremely confusing and complicated, and you have a hard time following the story, so you almost end up just watching, and give up on thinking. But it leaves your jaw hanging a few times. And I was amazed by Jang Hyuk and his acting. You know those actors that just make you go like "kkhhhh.. this is what an actor should be like", they act with their whole body, they are aware of every little gesture they make, and they do it on purpose. The rest were really good as well, in my opinion. I did notice in the beginning they had some korean agents speaking english and they dubbed it, I'm not quite sure how I feel about that, is it better than a crapish accent or did it just look too fake? But that is just in the beginning anyway. The other actors did a great job as well. And I actually think that my favorite couple is the "bad" couple. Somehow I liked their love more, it was the mutual love, the natural love. They end up loving each other and caring about each other even though that was not what they were trying. Lee Joon again did an amazing job acting the bad guy, the role suits him, he does it well. And Doo Joon, he did a decent job, not bad but maybe a bit stiff, not sure if maybe his character is like that. The last few episodes I actually didn't feel were as exciting or interesting, the last episode is, and the ending is fine, but before that, it was just a bit messy. A lot going on but nothing really happening. Overall it was great, it was IRIS'ish. But if you havent watched the first season then watch that before watching this one. It's a continuation of season 1.

☆☆☆☆ ½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Bunji's Vedict

If I remember season one right, season 2 doesn’t fall far from the tree. It has all the excitement and terror you felt in season 1, in season 2. I don’t really remember a lot of season 1, but season 2 is so complicated and twisted, you go nuts. Like there are SOO many people introduced, everyone is dying, and everyone has some secret one way or another. Different from season 1, I sort of found the ending anti-climaxed, not because it wasn’t exciting but because I sort of expected it to happen. And I believe that the one thing that surprised me the most was that in the last episode, everything was sort of resolved.. I have no clue why and how..

While watching there were only very few that caught my attenstion: Jang Hyuk, Lee Joon and Baek Sung Hyun - maybe Oh Yun Soo - but everyone else, expecially Lee Da Hae, Doo Joon and Im Soo Hyang, annoyed me to the point of actually wanting to end this drama. That might not be their fault, but those characters.. Damn..

All in all a worthy season 2 :)

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Bloody Monday 2 Review

Title: Bloody Monday

Season: 2

Genre: Action, suspence

Episodes: 9

Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-23 to 2010-Mar-20

Theme song: Zanzo by flumpool

Cast: Miura Haruma, Sato Takeru, Kawashima Umika, Narimiya Hiroki

While the first season was about terrorists wanting to spread a deadly virus this is 2 years later about terrorists trying to get this huge bomb which could destroy not only Japan but all the countries around as well. While tird-I and the terrorists try to get hold of the bomb Fujimaru goes through a lot himself. He got a new job at a job and has quit having anything to do with computers, or so he claims... Later on something happens at work and he is back to the hard life where he is resposible for so many peoples lives. He loses a lot of importent people in his life. But he has to continue no matter how hard it is for the sake of Japan. Along with his friend Otoya he tries to find a way to prevent the terrorists from carrying out their plan even though it is hard enough to know who they can trust. Many of people are suspected of betraying and people whom they thought they could trust are betraying them.

For me this was way over what I expected. I thought it wouldnt be able to be as good as I wanted it to but it was way better. Ofcourse im a fan of Miura's acting so. And the action is .. uff.. and there are so many things happening which you wouldnt even expect. I can not imagine it being any better than this. And having to wait a week for every single episode made it even worse! I was going crazy! And why did it have to end at ep 9?! Im definetely expecting a season 3! It just cannot end like this! LoL fangirl gone mad, haha. And with 3 veeery handsome boys in it,, gyaabooo. I was so impressed by Otoya (Sato Takeru) in the drama. He was soo cooooool. He was holding this lecture/presentation at his university and my jaw just dropped . Like he was talking a whole other language,, i mean he was (japanese) but ,, smart japanese. And J! Narimiya Hiroki, he dyeed his hair blond, or white. Ahh.. he was so cute,, and evil. But more cute than evil. hehehe.

You MUST watch this ! But first if you havent watched season 1 WATCH IT!! You gonna miss something amazing if you dont. + a few handsome boys :D

☆☆☆☆☆ / 5 stars out of 5

♥♥♥♥/ 4 out of 5 ♥'s

And if Bunji gives below,, let me tell ya something,, she is VERY picky. You gotta watch this.

Bunji's verdict

Well, first off, gotta say, the first season was fenomenal, so picking up from there is hard enough. Eventhough I liked the involvement of Haruka, the little sister, and his best friend Ooyata, I gotta say, it didnt quite reach my expectations. I did find the thought behind the story awsome, and the seriousness was waaay better in the second season, in the end there were several bad things about it. Acting-wise, it was awsome, but I found the storyline a bit dull. I mean, there were no real enemies. I mean, yeah some strange talking terrorists, and some weird hacker, that seems to be better than Falcon, but it wasnt quite there. J was there too, blond, making him more nuts-looking than usual, but his role was too boring this time around. Missed the insane feeling of terror, when he was around.

On the other note, the actors couldnt be better, and who doesnt love a cute hacker, adorable Nuclear physics student and a hot terrorist? Lols, but yeah, if you liked season one, and wondered what has happend to our beloved Falcon, you should watch it. Yes you are going to be on egde all the time, so be careful in watching it in one go, but dont expect it to be like season one.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts