AKA: Hustle
Genre: Action, Crime, Revenge
Episodes: 14
Broadcast period: 2018-Sep to 2018-Nov
Cast: Song Seung Hun, Krystal Jung, Lee Si Un, Tae
Won Suk and Kim Won Hae
Kang Ha
Ri (Song Seung Hun) is a talented swindler/conman, with a very high success
rate. Together with
Im Byung
Min (Lee Si Un), a genius, but socially awkward, hacker, and Do Jin Woong (Tae
Won Suk), a former fighter, they steal from the rich criminals and share the money
with each other. They befriend Cha Ah Ryung (Krystal Jung) a car thief and exceptional
driver, to join them in their thievery. This is noticed by Prosecutor Jang In
Kyu (Kim Won Ha), who was supposed to catch them, but after dealing with corruption
and lackluster chain of command, he decides to make a deal with the group: help
him catch the corrupt and wealthy, and they can keep the money.
Though
they join hands, Ha Ri has a different agenda: he wants to uncover a cover-up,
that ended up with the death of someone close to him. And to do that he is
willing to even sacrifice his past life and newly created relationships…
Truthfully,
I might have had too high expectations on this one. The thought of a “robin hood”-esque
group kicking butt, made me very intrigued, and usually I would love these
plots. But this one was rather boring. I love OCN, but this was simply a miss -
not because the plot is bad, or the acting is bad, but I just was not excited
for (almost) anything in it. The revenge plot was cliché, the side stories were
too common, and the ending typical. To top it off, it has con jobs in it, which
is my least favorite theme. Though I fell for the group of 5 people and I watched
mainly because of that, I have to say it really didn’t leave a good impression
on me.
So, to sum
up: not my cup of tea. Though I think people who like swindler plots would
enjoy this very much.
☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars
♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts
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