Showing posts with label Kdrama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kdrama. Show all posts

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Bad Guys Review (2014)

Drama Rating: ***
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Team lead Oh Goo Tak is given a chance by the Police Commissioner to form a team composed of convicted criminals to help the police force catch other nefarious criminals.  Will this odd arrangement work out or will it lead to further problems?

Monday, March 9, 2015

Marriage Not Dating Review (2014)

Drama Rating: *****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Gong Ki Tae, a plastic surgeon, is constantly pestered by his mother to get married.  To obstruct her plans, he happens to meet Joo Jang Mi and manages to convince her to pose as his girlfriend/fiancee.  How successful will they be at deceiving his friends and family?

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Empress Ki Review (2014)

Drama Rating: 7.5/10
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
In her quest to avenge the death of her parents, Ki Nyang becomes entangled in a complex love triangle between the Toghon, the Yuan Emperor and Wang Yu, King of Goryeo. When she enters the palace complex, things get intricately more complicated amidst the power struggles, factional rivalries and ever-changing relationships.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Healer Review (2015)

Drama Rating: ***
Personal Rating: Enjoyable

Story:
Healer is a night courier, a mysterious for-hire messenger who runs various tasks for his clients. Chae Young Shin is a budding reporter working at a third-rate entertainment news company looking for her first big scoop. Both their lives begin to turn upside down when they meet Kim Moon Ho, a famous reporter, who is digging up the truth of what happened in 1992.

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Punch Review (2015)

Drama Rating: *****
Personal Rating: All time favourite!!

Story:
Prosecutor Park Jung Hwan spent the last several years of his career helping Prosecutor General Lee Tae Joon get to his current position and was poised to rise even higher in the ranks when he unexpectedly gets the news that he has less than 6 months to live due to a brain tumor. What choices will he make in the short time he has left?

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Warrior Baek Dong Soo Review (2011)

Drama Rating: **
Personal Rating: Decent

Story:
Baek Dong Soo, who lost his father and mother, was saved from the clutches of the evil Minister of State Hong Dae Ju by his father's sworn brothers and raised learning martial arts. Under their guidance and tutelage, he strives to become the best swordsman in Joseon to protect the future King Jeongjo and the people he loves.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Sly and Single Again Review (2014)

(Also known as Cunning Single Lady)
Drama Rating: ****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Na Ae Ra and the geeky Cha Jung Woo were enjoying their married lives together when he decided to quit his job to work on his own start-up. After a miserable couple of years and drowning in debt, Na Ae Ra calls it quits and divorces her husband. Little did she know that Cha Jung Woo's start-up would literally find success overnight and her former husband would become CEO for his thriving company. They finally meet each other a few years later but will Cha Jung Woo and Na Ae Ra be able to start anew?

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Sign Review (2011)

Drama Rating: ****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Newbie Dr Go Da Kyung joins the NFS after being inspired by the straightshooting and direct Dr Yoon Ji Hoon. Her persistence and enthusiasm combined with his determination to find the truth make the pair a great forensics investigation team. Coupled with help from Prosecutor Jung Woo Jin and Officer Choi Yi Han, will they be able to put their biggest criminal foes behind bars?

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Emergency Couple Review (2014)

Drama Rating: ****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Divorced couple Oh Jin Hee and Oh Chang Min reunite after six years as interns working in the same hospital's ER department. Fireworks immediately begin to fly but will they be able to move beyond their past and develop a less antagonistic working and personal relationship?

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Three Days Review (2014)

Drama Rating: *****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Han Tae Kyung, one of the Secret Service's most dedicated agents, is devastated by the loss of his father, the Finance Minister and is in mourning when the President goes on a short retreat at his villa. Not long after he arrives, gunshots are heard, the Secret Service agents closest to the President's location are dead and the President himself is missing. What could have taken place at such a secluded location? Tae Kyung is determined to find out.

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Good Doctor Review (2013)

Drama Rating: ****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Park Shi On is an autistic child who, aided by his incredible spatial intelligence due to Savant Syndrome, dreams of being a pediatric surgeon. The director of Sung Won University Hospital brings Shi On, a child he helped raise, to his facility in the hope of helping him achieve his dream. Will Shi On be able to reach his goals?

Friday, March 21, 2014

My Love From Another Star Review (2014)

(Also known as You Who Came From The Stars)

Drama Rating: *****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
College professor Do Min Joon is actually an alien who arrived on Earth 400 years ago during the Joseon Dynasty with supernatural powers. In the present, he happens to chance on Cheon Song Yi, a popular Hallyu star who bears a striking resemblance to a beloved young girl who was saved by him and in turn died for him not long after he arrived on this planet. By chance, she moves in next door to him and the sparks begin to fly...

Friday, January 24, 2014

The Heirs Review (2013)

Drama Rating: ***
Personal Rating: Decent

Story:
Park Shin Hye is visiting California to look for her elder sister who's ditched her family when she chances on Kim Tan in Los Angeles, an unlikely heir to Jeguk Group, a chaebol back in Korea. Through their coincidental circumstances, they are reunited in Seoul and their love continues to blossom after their return. Rarely do things go so smoothly and as expected, they run into stiff opposition from Rachel, Tan's fiancee, Choi Young Do, Tan's former best friend and Tan's father, the chairman of Jeguk Group. See how things unfold in this answer to the age-old question, will love conquer all?

Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Master's Sun Review (2013)

Drama Rating: ***
Personal Rating: Decent

Story:
Joo Joong Won, Kingdom's CEO, chances across Tae Gong Shil one evening as she's running away from ghosts. He learns that she suffers from her sixth sense of being able to see ghosts and that any contact with him would make them immediately disappear. Given this ability, he and Tae Gong Shil gradually become closer and eventually falls in love with her.


Thursday, September 26, 2013

Two Weeks Review (2013)

Drama Rating: *****
Personal Rating: All time favourite!!

Story:
Jang Tae San, an underling of Chairman Moon's gang, is framed for a murder he did not perpetrate. Unfortunately, he is apprehended soon after he finds out he is the bone marrow donor for his recently reunited daughter with the operation taking place in fourteen days. As the mystery deepens, Jang Tae San realizes he can only depend on himself as there's seemingly no one he can trust. Meanwhile, Detective Im Seung Woo is focused on pinning the murder on him. How will Jang Tae San clear his name?

Monday, June 10, 2013

Can't Lose Review (2011)

Drama Rating: *****
Personal Rating: All time favourite!!

Story:
Lee Eun Jae and Yun Hyung Woo, both lawyers, happen to meet as strangers at a stadium and unexpectedly hit it off. Romantic sparks fly in every which direction and within a few weeks, the two are married and working as partners at the Hope law firm. Slowly though, as the two find out more about one another, their arguments and disagreements deepen, ultimately leading to divorce proceedings. Will they be able to work out their differences or will they end up going their separate ways?

Friday, May 17, 2013

Dr Jin Review (2012)

Drama Rating: ***
Personal Rating: Decent

Story:
Similar to the jdrama Jin, the Korean series Dr Jin is also based on the Japanese manga although adapted to Korean historical events that happen in the Joseon Dynasty during the ascendency of King Gojong. Dr Jin is a modern day neurosurgeon who gets mysteriously transported back 150 years and begins to interact with the people there. Will he ever get back and what impact would he make on history?

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Phantom (Ghost) Review (2012)

Drama Rating: ****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Kim Woo Hyun, team lead of the Cyber Crime Investigation team at the National Police Agency, is preoccupied with the identity of Hades, a hacker who also seems to be somehow involved in the case of Shin Hyo Jeong, an actress who dies under mysterious circumstances. Can Kim Woo Hyun unravel the mystery and apprehend the true criminal mastermind?

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

The King of Dramas Review (2012)

Drama Rating: ****
Personal Rating: Loved it!

Story:
Anthony Kim, renowned thoughout the Korean broadcasting world as the king of drama production, is back after being tossed from his former production company. His mission is to produce a drama that would solidify his stature as Korea's pre-eminent producer and allow him to stage a mighty comeback and get back at his rivals. Will he be able to succeed when he is paired with a rookie writer and a self-absorbed top star?


Friday, December 7, 2012

Vampire Prosecutor 2 Review (2012)

Drama Rating: ***
Personal Rating: Loved It!

Story:
Vampire prosecutor Min Tae Yeon continues to lead his team at the Seoul Prosecutor's office to investigate murders in this second season. They have a new boss, a new office and a new coroner but the core team and their mission remains relatively the same. To solve murder cases and bring criminals to justice. At the same time, how far will Tae Yeon get in his mission to find out more about 'bad blood'?