What made it harder to watch is the leading lady Kim Min Jung - there is just something about her that is annoying like Choi Kang Hee (that's why I could not finish the Queen of Mystery). This is just a matter of personal preference.
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I really loooked forward to see Park Sung Woong in a different role other than the villian and he didn't disappoint! I loved his character, although Yeo Woon-gwang can be a brat. I loved the bromance between Yeo Woong-wang and Kim Seol-woo[. I wished there were more scenes between them. I was pleasantly surprised at Jeong Man-sik's acting and character. I loved how his character just randomly popped out of the blue with all these different identities!
I really looked forward to Park Hae-jin's character but there was just something.. missing. His acting was a bit flat at times but overall it was good. I found Kim Min-jung's character the most irritating. I tried to like the character but she was just to irritating. It felt like she was an irritating side character that was getting way too much screen time. I could sympathise with the character at certain times but it felt like the character was too underdeveloped and naive. I liked some of the romantic scenes between Kim Seol-wool and Cha Do-ha. But it sometimes felt like the romance and action scenes didn't work together as fluently.
The soundtrack was kind of a let down. The music sometimes didn't fit the scene.
That's my two cents on this drama. I really tried my hardest to like this drama, because I hate leaving a drama unfinished, but there was just too many stuff that bothered me.
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Female Lead is shallow and vapid.
The female lead character has just about got me wanting me to give up the show at Episode 10.Her facial expressions are so bitchy, spiteful, and tiresome. She takes herself way too seriously, and is a drain on an otherwise good story. Perhaps a better actress could have portrayed this character better, but every time she opens her nasty mouth I want to tell her to shut up.
She's a bigger liar and manipulator than any ghost agent, and just not a nice person.
I can't stand her. She's not funny, or cute, or whatever else the director was going for.
She's just irritating AF.
If I'd known in Episode 3 what I know now, of how her character declines, I would have given this one a miss. I will never watch another movie with this actress in it - and that stupid hairstyle is obnoxious, too.
The funniest thing in this show is Namkoong Min. He was hilarious! Kinda worth watching just for him - although, fair play to the two male leads, I also find no faults with either of their work in this show.
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So much potential
Premise was great, execution was meh. I really liked the three main actors; Park Sung Wong as the pampered action star Woong Gwang was excellent, and the bromance between him and agent K (played by the very suave Park Hai Jin) was pretty funny. Kim Min Jung as Cha Do Ha was endearing as a fan turned confidante with the older action star, who came off as kind of a father figure. But Agent K was a terrible spy, with pretty much everyone on to his spy status, but tromping in and out of his spy hideout, the whole secret agent idea did not seem very secret.The romance between Agent K and Do Ha fell flat as well. As many reviews have stated, there was very little chemistry between K and Do Ha, and the rationale for the romance was kind of flimsy. I think it would have been good to lean further into her conman upbringing and her suspicions of Agent K. He apparently used romantic entanglements with gullible women to achieve previous missions; Do Ha's street smarts and quick wit should set her apart and explain his attraction to her.
I dropped it because the plot was getting very repetitive. The spy missions were not that intriguing and I lost interest by the third mission.
Individually, I did enjoy the three main actors and hope to see them in other roles.
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Zionist Propaganda spotted
Zionist Propaganda spotted: Hyping up a colonizer's fighting style (Krav Maga) desn't make your main character a badass hero, but instead a hateful beast.I also noticed an inclination to hollywood's savior complex. I don't think it's necessary for the Korean entertainment industry to go down that path, but it seems like a trend in their action movies and dramas.
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Man to ????
Good cast but really came for Park Sung-woong who I adore but sad to say, even he could not save this drama for me.
This is the first time I have given up watching a Korean drama at episode 4. I know the FL has received a lot of flack (not my cup of tea either, I must admit), but the script in my opinion fell flat on what the drama was really about. It was disjointed.
Had they made it an action drama, I think it would really have come out an 8.5 in my book. The two action scenes leading up to episode 4 were great and Park Hae-Jin really really excelled. However, ‘comedy’ was constantly thrown into the stir fry pan and for me the script became over cooked.
The other reviewers have said it all so I will make it short.
My best moments were the action scenes and watching the trailer.
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I have watched him toss two women aside...how many more?
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Action et romance
Man to Man est un drama d'actions avec une petite romance, et une bromance fort sympathique.Les scènes d'actions sont bien menées, l'histoire d'espionnage derrière bien ficelée, et nous fait passer les frontières des pays, ça change, c'est sympa, même si la majorité reste en Corée.
Park Hae Jin joue très bien cet espion fantôme, dont on voit la vision de la vie, et sa vie elle même et ses envies, évoluer.
Sa relation avec Park Sung Woon qui évolue tout le long est vraiment attachante, et leur bromance fonctionne bien.
La romance en elle même est présente mais légère. J'ai d'ailleurs un peu regretté cette légèreté. Je pense qu'ils auraient pu densifier un peu leur relation, cela aurait apporté encore plus à l'histoire. Son alchimie avec Kim Min Jung, en est, à mon sens, touchée.
Par contre les rôles secondaires sont bien présents, et surtout fonctionnent très bien. j'ai adoré le rôle de Jung Man Shik, qui nous fait traverser plein d'émotions différentes. Même Yeon Jung Hoon dans son rôle de méchant est touchant.
En bref, un bon petit drama action/romance, quand on n'en attend pas plus, pour passer un bon moment.
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Le duo improbable d'un espion et d'un acteur de film d'action = une bromance !
Le drama commence sur les chapeaux de roue, puis ensuite il y a des hauts et des bas, mais dans l'ensemble ça se tient jusqu'au bout sans trop de mal, et même plutôt agréablement !!J'ai eu peur à un moment de voir l'héroïne entrer dans le personnage de l'idiote qui pour aider le héros fait n'importe quoi et le met au bord de la catastrophe au lieu de se tenir juste tranquille et le laisser faire son boulot, mais non, l'écueil a été dépassé et l'héroïne reste tout à fait sympathique jusqu'au bout !
J'ai beaucoup aimé l'acteur célèbre, qui apporte une touche d'humour par son côté mégalo, qui cache en fait un grand cœur. Mais pour le héros, je trouve quand même que Park Hae Jin est vraiment trop marmoréen et qu'il ne passe pas grand chose dans ses expressions, ou plutôt l'absence de celles-ci ! Je n'ai pu m'empêcher de penser à "Healer" (même principe de héros sombre et mystérieux pas trop regardant sur la morale) et me souvenir avec émotion de tout ce que Ji Chang Wok fait passer, lui, dans un regard et un quart de sourire ! Il faudrait que je voie Park Jae In dans autre chose (et pas CITT où là aussi il ne laisse pas passer grand chose derrière son horrible coiffure)pour me faire une autre idée de lui ! (vu depuis dans « My love from the stars » et « Doctor Stranger » et il m’a beaucoup plus plu !! Et j’adore son grand nez qui n’a pas été refait ! )
Au niveau OST on n'échappe pas à la hurleuse de service qui entre en action systématiquement à chaque scène demandant un peu d'intimité et de sentiments... Mais ce n'est pas trop souvent !
Autrement il y a foule de visages connus et reconnus dont celui-ci :
Jang Hyun Sung, que je n'arrête pas de croiser et recroiser en ce moment (Signal, WYAS, Man to man, Woman in a suitcase, ) et je dois dire qu'il est toujours excellent, dans l'ordure de service (Signal ) ou le héros vertueux (While you are sleeping...) il méritait une mention !
Au total, c'est un bon drama, qui se regarde avec plaisir, mais pas dans mon top 10 pour autant !
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Poucas palavras, mas muita admiração
Bem eu já vi a série umas três vezes, para mim foi fantástico, já que eu gosto de séries com um tema mais de ação e de agentes secretos. Claro que o romance não é o ponto forte desta série, mas fazer o quê.A nível de história, eu sou bem suspeita já que eu gosto de ação e também dos momentos cómicos. Já sobre o romance não posso falar muito sobre o assunto.
O kim Guard é sem dúvida o melhor guarda. Infelizmente faltam-me palavras para dizer, o quanto eu gosto desta série.
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Quelques bonnes soirées en perspective
J'ai passé un très bon moment et ai beaucoup ri, grâce aux deux acteurs principaux. L'enquête est assez bien menée, les rebondissements arrivent au bon moment. On alterne rire et action.Les acteurs secondaires sont tous excellents d'autant que leurs personnages ne sont pas binaires. J'ai découvert quelques noms à suivre
L'actrice principale est rapidement insupportable. Son personnage se comporte en petite fille gâtée/délaissée, on a envie de l'envoyer en thérapie. Cela aurait pu être joué avec subtilité mais Kim Min Jung n'est définitivement pas au niveau des rôles qu'on lui confie.
Au final, heureuse d'avoir suivi ce drama, je le recommande à qui a envie de passer un bon moment de détente.
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