Why Am I Here

Underrated Action Show of 2025

Such an underrated show! As an action supehero show, I like how lightweight it is. They did a superhero theme without trying too much to highlight the superheroes. The story is, unlike superhero dramas in common, quite lightweight. It tells you a story about several ex-military forces accidentally living in the same neighbourhood. The highlight about a village daily life was so good. The mixture with comedy addition makes it more and more better.

For the performance, everyone did great here. Massive shoutout to Park Ji Yun as Choi Do Yeon, it was a really great performance for her. Also Jo Han Chul never disappoints! The soundtracks were great and it fit well with the theme. Also the visual effects were good, compared to a lot of shows who overdone it with AI lately.

Unfortunately as the story progressing, it revealed more and more plotholes. I didn't understand why everyone was so determined to stop the bomb in the church. The church looked empty, wasn't it more easier to just evacuate everyone nearby? The pressure from Sullivan to choose between exploding the village or Do Yeon was irrelevant, as Do Yeon brought her clay art to the site. Either way, it would blow up her. There was a lot of unexplored stories such as what is Choi Kang's trauma, why Jeong Hwan was so rich, and why Sullivan exploded his suboridnate (Rashid).

This show is so underrated that you have to try watching it at least once. Totally worth it!

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Life Through A Grey Decision

No Other Choice is what would happen if you put a dark character into a comedy. The story always revolves around grey area. You will ask yourself multiple times whether you should root for the main characters or not: "Ain't there really no other choice for them?". All the actions, characters and decisions are morally questionable. On top of that, they were still able to add comedic touch to the story, the unique comedy that isn't slapsticks. Visually, the cinematography is excellent, all of the dark agenda happened with minimum light. No need to talk about the casts, it's very outstanding here especially Son Ye Jin.

For a dark comedy that highlighted a harsh truth about job competition, I still feel this one only delivers minimum number of messages. I also don't like the storyline about doctor Oh that left out hanging.

I recommend this to be watched at least once, and enjoy the cinematography.

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Well, it's a great escape movie, very action-packed. The original idea was great, and the execution was as expected from an escape movie. There was a mixture of comedy, even though it was mostly actions. The story has a lot of plot armours. Two main leads pulled ridiculous moves and survived multiple times. However thanks to the good directing, they were able to cover it up and it was really thrilling. Jo Jung Suk did really well here, outshining everyone including YoonA. She didn't look like a female lead at all here, I must say. He even had a better backstory while YoonA's character didn't get at all. The storyline was missing the part why they both stopped climbing in the first place. I didn't get why they kept running with gas mask on when there wasn't any gas around, even when knowing the mask was limited. On the other hand, the visual effects team had done well here.

Overall it's a good show to watch if you're seeking an action-packed story.

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It's surprisingly fun to watch: A totally unserious gangster show. The original idea was great, where all the heirs refused to reprise the role as the leader. The casts were good, nothing could go wrong with a bunch of prominent actress. The comedy punchlines were good, I consider them not really cringe.

While the duration of a movie is always short, the story is still underdeveloped. They added characters such as Ji Yeong, Mi Mi and Yeon Im to bring more complication to the overall storyline, yet nobody of them got any closure. I mean it's alright if they didn't want to do it, but he made a promise earlier. Instead the closure was all about Hyeon Sik, whose character development was a bit questionable earlier.

I will still recommend this show for anyone who is seeking for a laugh, since it has a lot of comedy.

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Great Show with Higher Potential, Still Down to Drain at The End

This show has a very very great potential, probably the highest-potential-that-never-reached that I've ever watched so far. The combination of coming-of-age and police university is fresh and unique. I came with no expectations at all, but the story about university life is lightweight, heartwarming, and easy to enjoy. The first three episodes were heavy, in fact the first episode was very very heavy. Character development is really nice in this show. No stupid breakups, thankfully (even though they have another kind of stupidity).

I also have no expectations with the casts, but they were all actually great on it! Chae Soo Bin, Kang Daniel and all others suprisingly delivered the "students" character well! However, I didn't prefer to have Soo Bin play her teenager character herself.

It was all nice and great, until the writer decided to switch the vibe after episode 11. Disney tried so hard to put a western touch in to this show, but clearly they need to learn something: NOT EVERY SHOW HAS TO INCLUDE A MENTALLY-ILL VILLIAN WHO DOES CRIME FOR NO REASON. Now the audience would be confused: audience who were up because of the heartwarming vibe would find it difficult to enjoy the thriller part and vice versa. The chance of university students to collide with and take down a dangerous drug-political cartel was very low, yet they made it as close as possible. Wi Seung Hyun made a very ridiculous decision by confronting Han Sol alone, with the consequence of dragging his friends who watched the video. The amount of time skips in this show is too much! They were just a first year student, suddenly they were already having an on-site training at a station, then suddenly again they completed the training. A lot of things missed out from their void, they should even try to explore the "other side" of the seniors. Instead, they made the seniors disappeared in the later episodes.

In conclusion it's a great show to enjoy, although it's a bit confusing due to the vibe switch. Watch this if you can cope both.

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It's a fast-paced and lightweight mystery show. Unlike other heavy mystery shows, the murder plot is very easy to understand. The quality of story, acting, comedy punchlines and everything is just alright for me. I like how they put spotlight on suspecting everyone in the mart, but nothing really standout in that plot. I can't complain a lot, considering the number of episodes we got here. It's something possible to enjoy, but probably not something that could make you seat and binge-watch it. The cinematography was excellent though. Lee Kwang Soo performance was outstanding, probably outshined everyone else, except Ahn Se Bin. She is really a promising actress.

Things that are bothering me: I couldn't understand why everyone was trying to play righteous, especially why Dae Seong didn't report the slipper and stockings he found at the first murder location. While suspecting Gong San, they suddenly shifted focus to Meat because of Fish suggestion and suddenly they forgot about her for a while. I didn't undestand why because she was more suspicious since she visited more suspicious places and caught in wrong place wrong time several times. The reason why Meat bought tampons and who kept delivering random items to Lee Gyeong Ah remained unknown until the end. Finally, I didn't get the reason the killer murdered Gyeong Ah and Bo Yeon. What "control" did he refer to?

It's still a good watch to kill your time, since it's fast and very easy to enjoy.

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This show left me in a tight spot. If you look at the show summary, you can tell the storyline is lame. And it's actually lame, how the heck a student ends up with a shaman? However, they transformed the lame story piece by piece into a beautiful and fun parts. Each part of the story is enjoyable, and it has a generous amount of comedy. The comedy quality is really good and consistent here, thanks to Park Seong A, Pyo Ji Ho, The Flower Master Shaman, and all the casts playing them. Then when you try to think about all of it by connecting each piece of the show into one story you'll start to think it's lame again, especially on the last two episodes. Looks like they've lost it from there.

The casts delivered this story beautifully. Cho Yi Hyun was astonishingly excellent in this show, she played the highschooler and shaman very well and fun. Cha Kang Yoon also did a great job. Choo Young Woo was also good, although I prefer the Bong Su version of him rather than the original Gyeon U.

This show lacks of backstory telling. The backstory of each characters were rarely told, several even left behing. I can't understand why Seong A actual parents left her when she was their "moneymaker". They didn't told us what made Gyeon U family tied so hard to Yeom Hwa, and where's the closure between Gyeon U and his family? Pyo Ji Ho was often left behind, and even had no backstory. His parents didn't even attend his graduation, I wonder why. It looked like he had been put aside especially since Seong A left the school. Yeom Hwa accused General Dong Cheon of resenting her after separating her from her deceased baby, but what kind of "resentment" was never clear.

This show has good music. Overall it's very funny and fun to watch and rewatch, even though the storyline could make you scratch your head.

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A very quick romcom. The fighting phase is intense and the reconsiliation phase is swoonworthy. I feel the 30 days waiting time was too quick, they should've dive deeper about how they both fall in love again . They added too much cliche here. White Truck of Doom and double amnesia, but dang it, they made it important to the story. The comedy level is really good here, even though most of them were just slapsticks. Kang Haneul and Jung So Min both delivered it very well.

Overall it's refreshing to watch. Rewatch if you need a refreshment from your tense daily life.

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Not really my cup of tea, but still it's a great show. This type of romance is classic and conventional, puts a lot of focus on the romance side. Sadly, it's rare to see this style of romance shows lately. The early episodes were painfully slow to me. The comedy came kicking quite late. However it still has a refreshing and fresh comedy, thanks to the Company Five, Seo Dan's family, and Gu Seung Jung. The North Korean setup is an advantage, because it's difficult to verify whether something is realistic or not. I love the chemistry between Son Ye Jin and Hyun Bin, and the intensity the writer made by making their characters hanging by a thread because they could be separated at any time. They put a lot of goodbyes in this show. And the ending.... Two weeks per year didn't seem like a happy ending. The second couple also has a good chemistry.

The soundtracks are very good! Where are this type of soundtracks nowadays? The cinematography is outstanding, and the visual effects is somehow better than some later 2020s shows.

Although it's all sweet and swoon, I still feel it's ridiculous that they made Cho Cheol Gang came all the way to the South only to kill one person that wouldn't even bother seeing him again. It seemed like he won't gain that many by doing that, all just driven by the sense of revenge(?). He came to the South with sufficient preparation and full support from the North, meanwhile Jeong Hyeok's father sent the Company Five with nothing. Cheol Gang occasionally got updates and directions from his subordinates in the North, why couldn't Director Ri do the same? On the other hand despite knowing the danger, Yun Se Ri made almost zero effort on protecting everyone, apart from hiring some unknown Chinese thugs. I mean, with such wealth, she should be able to clean up everything under the table. She was able to fake a passport for Jeong Hyeok, why she didn't go further? The arranged marriage is also weird to me, it didn't seem anyone will gain any advantage from it. Dan's mom was probably the one who will gain most power, but she didn't really need it as she was already powerful enough because of her brother. Dan herself didn't seem interested in any power, but she frustratingly kept hanging on the promise despite being "cheated on". Jong Hyeok family didn't seem to gain anything. I wonder why they kept pushing this arranged marriage.

If you are a romance enjoyer, this is a must watch! Romance enjoyers may even want to rewatch this title.

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This is the most enjoyable original thriller Kdrama from Disney for me so far, the bar is really low I must say. It's intriguing enough to make me seat and binge-watch it. The plot was well-written, at least from the surface. I like how the buildup was made, quite detailed and tidy. I like the unconventional personality of the FL, Yun In A. The scene where she pretended to be the killer and questioned in the Criminal Analysis Team office was really impressive. I also like the setup, when everyone was suspicious of each other.

Unfortunately, those all good things were made to cover a big flaw. Disney orginal, again, always wants to have a Hollywood-like plots. It was clearly shown with the sudden turn at episode 10. So they made the same goal for every villain: seeking justice by destroying "the world". All of the systematical murders from 1st to 9th episode were replaced by something "beyond logic" and "unimaginable". Or maybe they made this all so they can insert the message at the end of the show?

The plot holes were too many in this. There was no way the people in the puzzle had no meaning and connection to the real murders. Hwang In Chan must drawn them with a meaning, it was too freaking coincidental for an unintentional act. I couldn't believe they released Yang Jeong Ho from the custody and just let him go. They all knew he wasn't the serial killer, and he could be in danger. However, nobody tried to neither bug his phone nor put a tracker on his car. Instead they relied solely on a rookie Choi San. They also never revealed how the serial killer murdered their victim. I mean, Kwon Sang Beom was killed with a rifle, where did she get it? They made the murderer seemed to have a supernatural power, as she could easily track In A whereabouts. Lots of premises were wasted here including, the reason Han Saem position stucked for 10 years, the reason behind Choi San transfer, and the Criminal Analysis Team that seems didn't really impactful to the story.

Should I recommend it? I must say yes, even though the ending is a bit underwhelming. Still enjoyable, and for me the better thriller original Disney Kdrama so far.

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Quirky, Lightweight, Fluffy

What a quirky romcom to enjoy. It's very lighweight, fun and easy to enjoy. It involves a dating situation in a virtual world, so the story is as lightweight as a relaxing game story. The vibe is really positive, nothing really too draggy. The scenery inside Boyfriend on Demand is somewhat thrilling and superficial, like you're living in a fairytale. There are a lot of big hidden messages about relationship and how to communicate things in a relationship. A very bold one especially about the difference between virtual and reality world, and what kind of different adventures await behind them both.

Jisoo, even though a lot of people were bashing her, did quite well here. I can't deny that she sometimes lack of emotions, but it doesn't mean she's a bad actress. She maybe just needs some time, probably switching to second lead roles will help her better. Other actors were doing really good job, they used a lot of big names even for the guest roles. I feel Seo In Guk, unfortunately, didn't able use all of his potential here.

There are a lot of big names in this show. While the cost for the casts must be high, they might use up some of the vfx budget to fund the casting. The visual effect is, again, an eyesore. I don't know why the vfx quality of Netflix originals are getting worse: Trauma Code, Genie Make A Wish, and now this. They used too much AI on this show, it was very obvious on the Poster Room. The storyline focused too much on Seo Mi Rae. I wonder what's the backstory of Park Gyeong Nam, what are the 'changes' happened after he began to like Mi Rae. Also what happened to Yun Song at the end? I was hoping they would show the difference between of getting freed from Boyfriend on Demand (like Mi Rae) and sticking to it (Yun Song), but they didn't.

Even they labelled this as a romcom, I still think some of the jokes were forcefully inserted. Still this is a great quick feel-good show to cheer you up when you're feeling down.

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Showcase of Intelligent FL in A Puzzling Case

What a story! This is what would happen if the leads chose to use 100% of their brain instead of doing stupid things. I really love how they depict Hong Geum Bo, a very tactical and calculative. She knew she was fighting a losing battle, so she needed to be cautious. She always made herself one step ahead of everyone, and always had plans and backups before taking any actions. On the other hand, the Hanmin management was feeling complacent as they had done something similar and was able to get away with it. It was really nice that she trapped Hanmin in a disadvantage by stealing their illegal money. They couldn't report the disappearance of a slush fund, yet they couldn't kill Geum Bo because theyneeded to know where was the money. The plot is fun and all the frictions seemed very organic. I really love the internal political conspiracies, where everyone was plotting their own agenda against each other behind their back. Massive shoutout to the character development of everyone after Mi Suk suicide attempt.

The story seems very heavy on the earlier episode, especially since it involves quite technical financial issues and terms. The first and second episodes are really heavy, but as the story progressing it becomes more fun and lighter. Even there is a lot of comedy in the latter episodes. Outstanding performance of everyone, especially Im Chul Soo, Kim Won Hae, Cho Han Gyeol, Ha Yoon Kyung and of course Park Shin Hye. It looks like she was built for a badass role like this, although I still feel she looks younger with the previous style compared with the look after her sister "transformed" her. Kim Won Hae deserves a main lead title here. They put big names even on the supporting roles, and surely it pays off! Shout out the the wardrobe team to make the setting to be as 90s as possible, not only for the casts but also for the background people.

Up until the end, I still don't understand what benefit would Song Ju Ran get by instating Kang No Ra as the president. It didn't seem like No Ra was going to give any key position for her. I also think the reason for No Ra's childhood abduction attempt was unclear. They also didn't explain how the prosecution service was able to present Bang Jin Mok as a witness. The revenge was served cold, but not for Nam Dong Gi. He was forgotten.

With a heavy topic, it's rare to find something fun and funny like this. Watch this if you're up for a puzzling thriller with an intelligent female lead!

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This show has a quite good mystery. The original idea is good and the twist is alright. However, there are a lot of things going wrong in this show. Even with a good mystery quality, I couldn't find this show intriguing enough to convince me to seat and binge watch. The two main leads personality was extremely unbearable. Moon Jang Yeol was a heartless police officer with zero conscience. He did his job only by the book. He never considered other people's feelings, including his friends, even superiors and teammates. Bong Ye Bun was a doctor but I think she was emotionally dumb. She frustratingly trusted everyone she knew but Jang Yeol. She would even trust random person she met on the street, I think. After Gwang Sik killed, she kept going out alone in the middle of the night like wtf. When Seon U distracted the murderer, the murderer lost his knife and was in a difficult situation. They were having an advantage by number, but Ye Bun chose to run. All the time we had to bear watching Jang Yeol bullying Ye Bun. But the way Ye Bun kept provoking Jang Yeol by interacting with the suspect purposely was very annoying, like were these murders a joke to you? I don't understand why she blamed everyone after Seon U death, like this was your fault! These all wouldn't happen if she didn't insist to visit Seon U at his workshop in the middle of the night! Even after knowing who was the killer, they kept coming to him face to face with zero preparation and prevention measures. Very painful to watch them both, I prefer to watch Ok Hui and Yong Myeong or Jong Muk and Hyeon Ok.

The jokes in this show are mostly slapsticks. I even think some of them were forcefully added. Also how come they decided to use the same cast of their teenage version? Han Ji Min doesn't fit for that teenager role!

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this title.

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An Action Show That Lost Its KDrama Touch

This show is far from a typical Kdrama. It's better to be labelled as a western action drama played by Korean actors. This show runs in a quick pace, but lacks of depth. The suitable way to describe it is probably Korean John Wick. The beginning was really promising, an innocent deliveryman was taken as a scapegoat of a murder. Everything was alright until An Yohan arrived. He was a psychopath who tried to destroy everything for fun, it's totally a western superhero villains trope. Park Tae Jung was tortured behind the bar, suddenly found a way to escape and gained a fighting skill out of nowhere; another western superhero trope. He ofter came into a difficult situation without or with minimum preparation. During the prison era, everybody was fighting him with weapons. He, on the other hand, rarely used any. Yet he always survived, because that's what the hero do.

The pace during the prison era is too slow for an action show. The story takes too much focus on Park Tae Jung. All of his friends were only given a very little part to the story. Meanwhile the backstory of each characters are questionable. Nobody knows what happened and how the relationship was built between Yohan and his nanny. The ending were questionable, especially his nanny whereabouts. The storyline involved too much coincidental events, which we usually call makjangs. For example when Deok Su was chasing him for his car, the one saved him and Ji Yong was another car accidentaly got in their way. It was also weird for car no 11 to join the race after he had been shot to death. The super ultra powerful villain was beaten at the end with just a little bit of again, luck.

Thankfully, Ji Chang Wook, D.O and Jo Yoon So played really well here. In conclusion, maybe kdrama world should stop replicating western style. This show is recommended for someone who got tired with Kdramas. But if you're seeking a Kdrama because you want a story like a Kdrama, this show is not suitable for you.

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Great Mystery, But Something is Missing.

Yes, it has a good storyline. A good mixture between thriller, mystery, romance, and comedy. The comedy amount is quite small, but everything is on point. The way they picture In Seong's mind so wild and unrealistic is really hilarious and fresh. Now, let's talk about the main course: the mystery. The idea itself is quite fresh and appealing. A CEO who became unconscious while his body trapped inside the phone, using was using another person to save his life. Earlier build up phase was fun. However as the story progressing, I couldn't find any sparks and it became dull. It's missing something punching on the point, especially because the clues keep dropping in the lap.

While everyone was suspicious after In Seong sudden appointment as CEO, no one really suspicious when he was digging for the truth, at least until he striked it to their face all by himself. Mi Ran, on the other hand, got a sudden power of controlling the media, only to be controlled out again later on. It was shocking too that the all-knowing-trapped Kim Seon Ju didn't even anticipate this. Things like this made their actions seem reckless, and the results of it were all just pure luck.

It was weird that Seon Ju put suspicion on Se Yeon, but never on his house butlers. They never put any safety measures on their own families, despite knowing the potential threat. Se Yeon mother stayed in a VIP room. It was very obvious she wouldn't be able to afford such room, but no one put any suspicion. The backstory of Jang Ju Seong was very shallow. We only know he was unfairly treated as an athlete, but it ended there.

Chae Jong Hyeop did excellently here. He almost carried out the whole show. Lee Sang Hee looked like a total psycho. Also the soundtracks were amazing.

Does this show deserve better recognition? Yes. Does this show considered a hidden gem? I wouldn't say so. It still missing something to make you want to binge-wathing it.

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