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1. The wife and the bank teller had conspired to kill the husband to take the insurance money. They are possibly lovers. The same business card had been given to "China Boss" to kill the husband, China Boss hired the debt collector who then offered the main lead as a replacement. When the main lead took long to do it, they hired the driver to do it instead. The wife at the end was scared that the main lead has figured it out and came to kill her, that is why she was scared when he showed up. Then when he left, she asked her lover to send the two fools to kill him, but they died instead.
2. President Kim Tae Won didn't order anyone to kill the professor. He is just taking revenge for his friend and trying to kill whoever killed him. Thinking that main lead collaborated with the driver to split the money, he targeted him since the driver was already dead.
3. China Boss didn't come to Korea to kill the main lead because he failed his mission. President Kim Tae Won found out that he is the "broker" who sent the main lead to Korea, so he asked one of his minions to bring him, so the minion went to the hotel in Yanbian where China Boss resides and got attacked by China Boss with an axe, so the minion told him about his boss, so China Boss went to Korea to negotiate a deal with President Kim Tae Won to get some money in exchange for handing the main lead over.

Great chasing scenes, great action, some unique violence/gore, and acting is superb. What I don't like is that it is too misogynistic. Not in terms of story, but in terms of how it's done. No female main or supporting characters. All females are purely for the purpose of sex, except a female child who has no lines or screentime, and an old lady whose sole purpose is to take care of the man's child for him. Kind of depressing. I could see that it kind of reflects the director/screenwriter's view of women rather than a creative choice. This is a man's movie, so only men have a purpose in it. I also didn't like the distasteful very unnecessary sex scenes that pops up every now and then for no good reason other than showing boobs. It is so obvious that this movie is made with a "man's checklist" in mind. It would've been a masterpiece otherwise.

P.S. It seems like this movie was supposed to be very much longer, but it got cut to about 2h20m. It explains why some action scenes were skipped.

As someone at episode 31, I wouldn't describe Seri as normal. I put the drama on hold to let off some steam from being overly critical of her behavior. I was watching this when it aired and I just got back to watching it.

I need an alert for every upcoming Go Soo drama. How did this flew under my radar?

I think I might've liked it if I've watched it 15+ years ago. Now it's hard to empathize with all the cheesy directing, script and acting. I recognize this style from years ago, and I would've usually ignored it because "all movies were like this". Now that movies became more natural, it's hard to get into this kind of movie where people are acting unrealistic and saying things that are hardly ever said in real life. Too bad it was on my list for a long time. If only I've watched it then.

Good, but the script+acting can feel sometimes cheesy. I'm pretty sure they've done their best, especially with so many kids and the language barrier the characters had.

Not having some pictures at the end of the real people who inspired this story was also disappointing. This is my favorite part when it comes to stories inspired by true events.

I haven't read any comment that says otherwise. Just because they said that this is a violation of privacy doesn't mean they think that it's okay for Dispatch to do it. Both can be true at the same time as you said, but in this case, regular people did it, so they are pointing out how wrong that is. That's how normal people talk. They won't bring up unrelated incident and bash it here.

Lacking in terms of comedy, but makes up for it with a beautiful ending with a heartwarming message about parental love.

Infernal Affairs/The Departed wannabe. It wasn't bad, but it's more suitable as a TV Drama. Not a movie I'd watch in a theater.

It was a fun watch. Silly non-sense but in a good way.

Selling the rights to a streaming service as a last resort might be a good idea too, if Korea is that much against it. International audience and even Korean *flix streamers don't care about a celeb's past since they are basically getting it with the package. They were ok with TOP appearing on Squid Game. Lee Jung Jae didn't have a clean past either. And they are planning to release a drama starring Cha Eun Woo soon.

I actually watched the first season because of Jo Jin Woong. I liked his movies and his acting. I don't mind him being replaced if that would be less damaging for the production team, I just don't think it's fair that all the effort that was put into it would go to dust just because of a mistake done by a minor who fixed his life and had no issues thereafter.

Better than the American version.

Han Sun Hwa was great from the moment she debuted as an actress, she didn't even need time to settle. Not many idol-turned-actors show talent from their first project, Not sure why she is not getting a lot of main roles. I hope this one pushes her towards getting more significant roles.

I waited for English subs for years to complete this one, but it never arrived. Now I just want to find it raw since I can understand Korean, but even that disappeared. This was such a hilarious show. I regret missing it while waiting for the subs.

Funny at times, childish, silly and cliched at others, watchable overall, but a bit too long. I think it would've been better if it was 1h30m long.

Good movie, but the ending left a bitter aftertaste. Not because it's sad or irritating, but because it felt like it got big then faded into a blur.

Adding a picture of her with her late-boyfriend Kim Joo Hyuk to the end of the article without context is cruel. She already got married to another person and hopefully moved on with her life. Such a heartwarming and joyous news ruined by insensitivity.

They might've counted the screentime of the pillow.

I called out the director in my first paragraph. The second was dedicated to my complaints about Shin Sae Kyung's acting + her character. You are generalizing, "women are harsher on each other". No, I'm personally more lenient toward women, you can even tell by my first paragraph in which I put the blame of the female victims acting this way on how it was done, not how they are doing it, but you won't believe me since you are fixated on the idea that "all those who criticize a woman are haters". Not this time, because obviously to me, the actress did contribute to the scene being bad, because she is the one who was maintaining a pretty dull expression while walking slowly so she drew much attention to it and made it more unrealistic. Like I can put the full blame on the director, but he is trying to make a drama. I can understand slowly walking as an implication that this girl just gave up on all hope, but you can't walk like you are in a commercial for a shampoo. I thought her performance is bad, and I know the difference between bad directing, script, character and performance. I respect your opinion about her, but just because you liked her performance doesn't mean everyone who didn't couldn't tell the difference.

I didn't state my opinion as a fact. Saying someone can't act or is a bad actor is obviously an opinion just like saying someone is pretty. It's implied. I can't state in every opinion I share that it's an opinion.