Missing Noir M Review

Title: Missing Noir M

AKA: Missing Persons Investigation Unit M

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Episodes: 10

Broadcast period: 2015-Mar to 2015-May

Cast: Kim Kang Woo, Park Hee Soon, Jo Bo Ah, Kim Kyu Chul and Park So Hyun.

Gil Soo Hyun (Kim Kang Woo) is a genius who at the age of 12 finished Harvard School. After being at the FBI in America for several years, he returns to Korea for unknown reasons. Being an ace at finding missing people, he is recruited as the team leader in the special missing unit, where the cases are the 1% of rare cases. His very first mission is actually requested by an inmate, who murdered his family in order to gain their money. He requests Soo Hyun, to have him find the rest of the bodies he has set up to kill, but if saved in time, can be rescued. He is joined by Oh Dae Young (Park Hee Soon) a veteran detective with a nose in finding missing people, and Jin Seo Joon (Jo Bo Ah) a genius computer hacker, working at the control CCTV Center.

Together they search and find the missing people that everyone else has given up on or find impossible…

I don’t know about this one. It has amazing (yes I said amazing) sub-plot stories, but the main story is so bad. So is the ending. The idea was good, but you really were expecting more, yet nothing happened. And I was kind of aware of the ending the minute I saw the wife of Dae Young. By the way, the star of the drama is Park Hee Soon: Kim Kang Woo was boring. So if you are a fan, you are going to be disappointed.

The reason for having me watch till the end was Park Hee Soon and the sub-plots! So do I recommend it? Well OCN seriously need to step up a bit more… but I would recommend it for crime fans.

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts

Kamji’s Verdict:
One thing I love more than romance is CRIME! That came off weird… what I meant is I love figuring out the mystery behind the crime. That’s why whenever OCN have a new drama, I always make sure to watch it. And this one were no exception either. I liked every case there was, I found them interesting, some more disturbing than others. Ok, only one of them was disturbing, the rest were manageable. The chemistry between the special team was nice though, they were not deep involved but there were still a hint of friendship. I kinda fell for Kim Kang Woo, I have only seen him in Golden Cross, but he did better in this one.
The main overall story were kind of weird and LACKING!! However, for me this only mean one thing: SEASON 2!
OCN, don’t let me down please!

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

The Suspect Movie Review

Title: The Suspect

AKA: Suspect / Fugitive

Genre: Action

Origin: Korea

Release date: December 24, 2013

Cast: Gong Yoo, Park Hee Soon, You Da In and Kim Sung Kyun.

After being abandoned by his country ex-elite North Korean spy Ji Dong Chul (Gong Yoo) runs to China to find his wife and daughter, who have been sold, only to find their bodies. This leaves him determined to kill their murderer, but is unfortunately caught up in the murder of a North Korean defect eho was supposed to make a friendly visit to the North. This leads to him becoming South Koreans most wanted man. The man put on the case to catch him as the team leader for the operation, is ex-elite spy ‘catcher’ Min Se Hoon (Park Hee Soon) now a drill instructor due to not being able to catch Dong Chul before.

Choi Kyung Hee (Yoo Da In) is a former reporter, who lost her job when she came too close to national Intel, which didn’t keep her from continuing her search and eventually finding Dong Chul, as he is involved in higher National Security Intel. So she decides to help him, and uncover the truth, but for some reason Dong Chul is more interested in finding the murderer of his wife and child…

Hmm, I have had this movie on my computer for now an year, and that is only because of the one reason of it being a north-south conflict story. But besides that I REALLY found it good! I’ve said it before: Koreans know how to make good action dramas/movies, and this one is really well made. Gong Yoo does a great job, and lives up to being a “superstar”. I can’t really comment on the scenes because the more surprised you are while watching the better it becomes. So I’ll stop here and say a great watch!

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts

Kamji’s Verict:
Wow, Korean knows how to make action movies. This movie was action packed from start to finish, exactly how this kind of film should be. I could finally watch this long awaited movie and was not disappointed. Gong Yoo's acting was top notch here and he definitely proved that he is very well suited to action roles. I thought much more emphasis was given to action and the car chasing scenes (which were brilliant I admit) rather than to interaction between people. The plot was good but not particularly original. I especially appreciated the interactions involving the spy chaser, Se Hoon (Hee Soon). He was an intelligent guy and a bit of a smart ass. I got a kick out of his no nonsense, not going to take any crap attitude. His banter with his associate was funny. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes fast paced, intelligent action films. This one had thrilling action and a good story to back it up. I was glued to the screen the whole time and loved the suspense.

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ out of 5 hearts