The K2 Review

Title: The K2

Genre: Melodrama, Political, Action

Episodes: 16

Broadcast Period: Sep-2016 to Nov-2016

Cast: Ji Chang Wook, Song Yoon Ah, Im Yoon Ah, Jo Sung Ha, Jun Bae Soo, Kim Kap Soo, Lee Soon Won, Uhm Hye Ran, 

Kim Je Ha (Ji Chang Wook) is a former mercenary soldier for the PMC Blackstone. While in Iraq, he gets framed for the murder of his lover, a civilian. As a result, he runs away and becomes a fugitive. He returns to South Korea and by chance, gets offered to work as a bodyguard by Choi Yoo Jin (Song Yoon Ah), the owner of JSS Security Company and wife of the presidential candidate, Jang Se Joon (Jo Sung Ha). He accepts the job in exchange for resources that he needs in order to get his revenge on another presidential candidate, Park Kwan Soo (Kim Kap Soo), who previously ordered the killing of his lover. In the meantime, Kim Je Ha gets assigned to guard Go Anna (Im Yoon Ah), the hidden daughter of Jang Se Joon, whose life is always threatened because of Choi Yoo Jin, her stepmother. 

Yes, ladies and gentleman, Ji Chang Wook is back, with nothing less than quality acting with a sprinkle load of hotness. I’ll guide you through why you should watch this. First of all if you have watched Healer (another Ji Chang Wook Gem) you’ll know that his action scenes are professional, and apparently he stepped up his game in this drama, so expect some moves :b. Secondly: do I really need to say more? Yes, as you can read I am too biased on the actor to actually write a helpful review. At first I really didn’t want Ji Chang Wook, to team up with an idol-turned-actress, it’s not that’s she’s bad but she’s not good either. However, the villain in this story, Choi Yoo Jin, portrayed by Song Yoon Ah, really took the audience by storm. Her acting was crazy, at one time I literally got chilled put by her. She was really impressive, she even took the spotlight from JCW when in the same scene (yes, that’s how crazy good she was). The storyline was okay, it became a little dull at times, and the romance was a little too much at times, but the suspense and political game kept it up. To conclude: JCW Fighting ♥

☆☆☆☆☆ / 5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥ / 5 out of 5 hearts

Prime Minister and I Review

Title: Prime Minister and I

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Family

Episodes: 17

Broadcast period: 2013-Dec yo 2014-Feb

Cast: Lee Bum Soo, Im Yoon Ah, Yoon Shi Yoon, Chae Jung Ah and Ryu Jin.

Kwon Yool (Lee Bum Soo) is a single father of three children and the candidate for the Prime Minister post of the Republic of Korea. Quite famous for being a good man and a great Politian, everyone seems to be interested in him. The news as well as the gossip magazines all have an interest in him: one of them is Scandal News. Working as a reporter there Nam Da Jung (Im Yoon Ah) is a perky woman who is forced to find out about the love life of the Prime Minister - basically making a scandal.

After several tries and failing all, she by accident meets Kwon Yools youngest son, and while taking him home is misunderstood by Kwon Yool and scolded. This scene is taken from a different angle and the next day blown out of proportion saying that the Prime Minster is having a relationship. In order to save her but also him, Da Jung declares that they are a couple, which temporarily saves them both.

But due to the nature of the Korean people and the pressure from the political parties, they both decide to make a contract marriage…

Okay, so I wasn’t really expecting much more than the typical nanny-boss love story (just made the roles different) and I was actually looking forward to a family drama, but somehow it didn’t really make me that happy. I mean the most I remember of this drama is Da Jung fighting the other rich women, the entire ‘secret’ which I kind of figured out a long the 6^th episodes, the second lead and his “manipulation for (lousy) revenge” and lastly the feud between the father and the brother-in-law. Though when I spend a bit more time to think small scenes do appear, some where I laughed a lot, others where I was touched, but overall it didn’t really leave me with an impression… and the ending just ruined the good feel with a useless cliché.

I don’t want to spoil anything, but it kind of felt ‘pressed’ as if they were trying to make an old type Korean drama, with a little fif of a cool woman and a prime minister…

So: to watch or not to watch? Well I won’t say it’s a complete loss to watch, even if I don’t remember much of the 17 episodes I have watched…

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts