A Thought Provoking Business political thriller with a romantic touch 2024
Some viewers might not have liked ep 5, 6 but I liked it, the writing and script should come out with realistic realism which most K-dramas don't show because of stereotypes but reality works like this there is no one who is good and pure everyone wants to be rich and live as much comport as they could have. The rich hate the poor and the poor hates the rich vice versa. The different ideology of the middle class (Tae Ho, Hye Won) and rich groups (Kang In Ha, Kang Jong Ma) was brilliantly shown by the director in the 6th episode when Kang In Ho didn't think about Tae Ho who almost died and he did what his father would have done, even his father is using him he knows it and Tae Ho is the one who brings him up infort of his father but he didn't think about him Ina life and daeth situation. At Another scene in the dinner where Joong Ma didn't show slightest of intrest in Hye Won or didn't even asked her name and then she stood up for her self respect and spoke in a tone most of us would have. The plot is great from the first episode itself as it focuses mostly on realistic aspects like if you are getting a chance to become rich or you can become rich if you push yourself in the direction where you can reach if you give your little more time or marry an conglomerates/ rich person's son even if you don't have any feelings, will you choose it or choose your feelings for a person where your future is unpredictable where you don't have assurance that you won't struggle in the future because you are choosing a common man. Will you choose your feelings or money comfortabl life this is the thought that most people must have in their mind, I know the problem, the problem is that you are connecting facts to the plot but not liking it because it is not white and not showing the lovely moments but more of a realistic approach. But rest assured I can guarantee that in the remaining ep u ll see the dynamics of the common man the lead actor actress VS the rich the conglomerate family including Kang in Ha then the real power struggle and the potential of the writing will be judged. My writing intrest is for the audience who ate not watching it cause of law ratings but trust me watch the 1st 2 ep then decide. By the way the lead actress has to learn a lot in ,she is struggle a lot in complicating scenes a lot but as its her debut as lead in a demanding acting scope character I thing she is doing good,why are you worried about acting when the brilliant actor lee Jae wook is here & he can carry the series single handedly. what a gifted talented actor he is in this age.Episode 7 and 8: The episode should start and end just like this as a single ep of 2hrs, now i get it why they release 2ep in a single day slot in a week. it's getting better and better and I can see a banger ending for it.
The character's motivation is becoming clearer, the little realistic things which director adds is commendable, which is not the case in most K-dramas.
Inha has never been a trustworthy person, right from the start, he's a socio-psychopath who tries to control people under him, kills for his own benefits isn't it worst .now his motivation is clear.
Why people feel bad for him, I don't know and the cheating part I'm saying again he deserves it and it will hurt him more than this as the secret is revealed & much more yet to reveal.
Tae Ho, Huijie is the most righteous character from the whole series in a turbulent evil world. As it intended to be.
And you got it right Hye Won is the impossible heir. I agree, her acting is obviously bad, there's not much improvement from her side, but I will never give her personal troll for it as i have seen worst actress than this after doing many dramas & it's a very difficult character, you need to have courage to accept this as debut. I only hope she learns for it for her future project.
There are many other reasons to absolutely love this series.
Starting from the varied dynamic range of characters to watch, the acting, cinematography, writing, music, production, and finally the direction. Let alone the design and capture of the 2 minute chase sequences, it is enough to mark it as brilliant.👏 I'm loving every bit of it& i could not find any
upcoming drama in this range.
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The Impossible Watch
I know that everyone hates this show and now usually dramas people call the worst sometimes may turn out good, but this one didn't even suceed it. There was nothing good about it except the cast. And the fact that acting made me think about dropping it, i contiuned. With a hope of the drama getting better, maybe fixing the things it should have. But it never did. There was no character development, no stable storyline, dragging too much, no enjoyable moments, then what am i supposed to like about this? Well the answer is apparently "the cast" meanwhile the only likable cast in my opinion was Lee Jae wook & Lee jun young & especially Choi hee jin. I liked her character so much that i didn't pay attention to the show anymore. MC's had no chemistry and they were totally unmatching. Half of the time i was confused heavily. The budget was too much for this show.Was this review helpful to you?
Good Premise, Wacky Execution
Impossible Heir begins with three leads working together strategically to position SML as the heir or that's what I expected it to be. The interesting premise should have kept me hooked ...but ...Things take a wacky turn, with the unnecessary love triangle, and mostly predictable twists and turns. Doing the same twist twice doesn't help either.
Some shows spoonfeed but this one assumes viewers to be all-knowing. Often I felt like there was some background context missing or some info was mentioned in the passing by that it went over my head. I still can't understand the centre they kept talking about.
Romance was non-existent and if it did I felt nothing. The FL was barely likeable comes off as selfish and a gold digger. Even the acting is painful to see. I could not empathize with her. And SFL who was likable but had no character growth and purpose. ML and SML perform well especially Jun has improved.
The story justifies the title despite taking an unconventional route. One-time watch provided u ignore the FL.
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A Lackluster Decline: When a Script Goes Off Course
I couldn't help but wonder if the writer experienced burnout halfway through the script or perhaps became overly medicated, leading to a loss of clarity. The quality of the script undeniably plummeted. We tuned in for an intricate revenge plot and got a hot mess of nonsensical actions instead.And let's talk about the female lead—what a letdown! Her performance was so lackluster, and her character felt like an afterthought. She had one expression the whole time, like a deer in headlights.
Here's hoping Lee Jae Wook picks a more promising project next time. We know he can do so much better!
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A misunderstood anti-fantasy about success
None of the characters are the pure, impeachable morals type. Tae Oh is the brains, smart and can make things happen, but he's afraid to make any specific type of goal or happiness for himself. He waffles with the women in his life, both his own mother and Hye Won, who he constantly pushes away though he loves them on the inside. Hye Won has a terrible debt ridden gambler mother and with In Ha throwing himself at her, she sees a relationship and eventual marriage with him as a lifeline to a financially stable life though she's also smart and talented at what she does. In Ha was always the insecure bully that Tae Oh first met, lording his connection as an illegitimate child of a rich man over everyone. They find common ground in wanting to climb the ladder to success. I liked the parts where the drama showed how tenuous the friendship was, with In Ha noticing that Tae Oh withholding information from him like Hye Won being Tae Oh's neighbor from across the street. Tae Oh keeping entire shares and assets from In Ha and In Ha having his own minions that Tae Oh didn't know about. Also of course when Hye Won and Tae Oh make out after she's engaged to In Ha. They also should have shown more genuine friendship moments that would give any sense of angst with the betrayals and why they would keep talking to In Ha at the end of the series when he has done the most heinous thing including intentionally getting Tae Oh's stepfather released, directly leading to the death of Tae Oh's mom who was abused and dies from her abuser harassing her.A huge weakness of the drama is that they have only two characters that have the strategic brains that make the scheming any fun to watch and it's Tae Oh and CEO Kang Joong Mo and they both get taken out of play by jail and heart attacks and the drama goes back to the boring meetings of the other characters. Once Tae Oh is settled in jail and he begins to use his brains to control things from the outside, he doesn't finish that out because he's taken out of jail suddenly. Tae Oh is THE smart guy, but his major blind spot is that he doesn't take In Ha seriously as a psycho. In Ha is not smart, but he he will destroy and harm others. He literally had his own half brother and a random woman killed to frame Tae Oh who doesn't account for that even though he barely escaped a prison hit on his own life before CEO Kang saved him. CEO Kang is a guy who's making his own kingdom and Tae Oh helps him see his vision and eventually becomes a son like figure that In Ha wished he could be to his father and becomes the final heir. They show Tae Oh implementing a children's foundation at the end, but again his ultimate goals was never stated aside from wanting power. It's just power to have power. Neither Tae Oh or Hye Won are together, going toward their ambitions as movers and shakers of the world instead, and In Ha has offed himself in failing spectacularly in his life goals that he could have had if he had just trusted Tae Oh without being jealous and hating Tae Oh for being the person he could never be. It had always been a toxic friendship to it's core, with Tae Oh enabling In Ha fake his way to the top, with Tae Oh puppet-ing him to success. Tae Oh is the perfect successor to CEO Kang because he doesn't have anything else but to put everything into the Kangoh empire.
The sister Hee Joo feels wasted in what she can offer the drama. Her whole point was to be ridiculously obsessed with Tae Oh so that she can find and save her father from drowning in the hot tub. It would have been more interesting if she was an active player helping Tae Oh in his schemes. Same with the rest of the surviving Kang family members. The debt collecting gangsters becoming Tae Oh's cartoony buds felt too silly in tone for what's going on in the rest of the drama. Tae Oh's north korean defector, (Italian?) speaking hacker was pretty fun in just the right amount of wacky and edgy though. Him turning the situation with shooting and schooling his cohort that was bribed by In Ha was fun. The ending is pretty dark, Tae Oh is on the top of the world, but has no family, no love, and no friends. Is it cathartic, no, but it's a pretty interesting route to go for a mainstream drama that requires a bit more contemplation for appreciation, but that's not a popular thing for the mainstream audience to do alas.
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Better than the ratings!
Great show! Not sure why this has low ratings everywhere. I really enjoyed watching this. Of course it's not perfect, but it was good enough to be quite enjoyable.Was this review helpful to you?
Not Good Enough
Korean Drama '' The Impossible Heir '' is a melodrama about the relationship between two young men.On paper, the storyline sounds fantastic, however, the first part of the drama is quite a let down. The drama actually takes a bit to settle down and find its way. With the family drama being lukewarm and the weak romance trying to take the main place in the plot, the series was quite boring for that part.
The second part, on the other hand, was quite intense and enjoyable. With the main lead taking a turn and embracing his dark side, the thriller got better and more action scenes were added.
Finally, the performances varied from good to wooden.
So, overall, five out of ten.
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To fix this drama just need to remove the FL lead character and focus on the 2 main Male leads. Her character should be a side character that we don't care about. The writers are not bold enough to let them live with their earlier choices. To me the lesser we see her the better cause she doesn't contribute much to the main plot. Was this review helpful to you?
Worst storyline
After first episode i thought ok this not like regular drama it has something i should continueAfter 4th episode i got disappointed why the Female lead interfere in the friendship why was she even there 😠
After 6th episode im not disappointed anymore i got so much anger on the screen writter and director do they have any sense they must have watched more drama then me even though they developed a worst storyline
I know they are going to justify this in the upcoming episodes but i won't compromise whatever changes they made i think this the last episode i watched on the series im going to drop it
Come up with different drama with better writing and direction after this shitty one I'll wait for it
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Mistake of production which they lost 20 billion KW
In my opinion FL character was unnecessary i am not object on her acting or any thing HSZ is good model but acting she should practice for this if she interest in it i hope in future she will do her bestWriter should be sue for his work he thought he is a professional no he is not... he is worst writer. The story good when 2 ML character together plan for future, but when he includes FML character the story became worst. In my opinion writer should quite his job and do what is best for him. This story have so many hole plot like a time jump than taeoh realised he love Hywon and she married his friend. Then taeoh smart person but never knew about his friend motive. Its shocked me taeoh reaction so unnecessary and inha turn to evil. All the things make everyone confused.
Director fault is very big mistake he never guid FL its his fault he never properly guid her. He knew she is not professional but she struggled he never helped her. He cast a good supportive actors like Choi hee jin as Kang hee ju and lee ji hoon as kang seong ju they both are brilliant actors but they have little time screen all focus on main three lead and confusing story so please Disney plus work dont waste like this project hire some professional people who save your money
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Huge disappointment!
The drama began really well but as the episodes progressed it became boring. The storyline was really dragged and some scenes just didn't make sense. The most disappointing thing was the female lead, she had the same facial expression in all scenes. The casting was superb but the storyline just sucked towards the end.Was this review helpful to you?
I’ve just got to add my two cents
This topic has been covered to death, revived, and covered again, but I had to rant before my head explodes.Hong Suzu has zero qualifications to be the FL. There was no acting on her part. She was wooden, awkward and completely out of her depth. Directors should, but probably won’t, stop hiring actors based on looks alone.
If I were Lee Jae-Wook, I’d have a long, serious talk with my agent about garbage scripts like this even being presented. He’s a better than average actor and deserves SO much more than to be associated with this garbage.
There were some actors who could hold their own, but nothing could save this show.
One more thing that drove me nuts. The incredibly cheap painted backgrounds in each episode. I first noticed it at the place where Tae-Oh and Hye-Won were living. Once you see one painted or CGI background that is horribly presented you see them every time they pop up.
Woo, I feel so much better. Now I need to remember how to navigate this webpage to also share the shows, actors and scripts I enjoy.
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