Dining off of that closing scene ?
Just finished Made in Korea on Disney. For the life of me I cannot comprehend the low ratings, this is brilliant. The closing scene was chefs 💋 I will dine off of that for a while.
The sets are spot on the cinematography is giving all the feels of the 1960’s with out compromising on the quality of modern cinematography.
The locations feed into the era so well and set the scene perfectly for some serious politics and the entanglement with the underworld . The writing is clever, the opening credits and the first two episodes give the feels of a mission impossible movie, but it doesn’t sit in imitation, no it throws you into a political world instead and then into an action movie and then combines it all, with just a smidgen of flirtation.
Hyun Bin is impressive both in stature and presence, I understand totally his decision to change his body for this role, it literally gave the character weight, giving off The Krays vibes as the KCIA come gangster outwitting them all, with a military background which honestly he owned.
There are big names here and imo none disappoint, I wasn’t sure at first about the almost comic performance by Jung Woo Sung, but actually it worked really well, you need Hyun Bin equal and he gave it in his own unique style which arched back to 1960’s cops on TV 📺
I particularly enjoyed Jung Sung Il character, I loved him in The Glory and he is perfectly cast again, he has that respectability with the darkest of edges off to a T and I fully appreciate it.
Woo do Whan, Won, Ji An and Seo Eun Soo made strong impressions and you can see they will come into their own in the second part and for one cannot wait for it.
The sets are spot on the cinematography is giving all the feels of the 1960’s with out compromising on the quality of modern cinematography.
The locations feed into the era so well and set the scene perfectly for some serious politics and the entanglement with the underworld . The writing is clever, the opening credits and the first two episodes give the feels of a mission impossible movie, but it doesn’t sit in imitation, no it throws you into a political world instead and then into an action movie and then combines it all, with just a smidgen of flirtation.
Hyun Bin is impressive both in stature and presence, I understand totally his decision to change his body for this role, it literally gave the character weight, giving off The Krays vibes as the KCIA come gangster outwitting them all, with a military background which honestly he owned.
There are big names here and imo none disappoint, I wasn’t sure at first about the almost comic performance by Jung Woo Sung, but actually it worked really well, you need Hyun Bin equal and he gave it in his own unique style which arched back to 1960’s cops on TV 📺
I particularly enjoyed Jung Sung Il character, I loved him in The Glory and he is perfectly cast again, he has that respectability with the darkest of edges off to a T and I fully appreciate it.
Woo do Whan, Won, Ji An and Seo Eun Soo made strong impressions and you can see they will come into their own in the second part and for one cannot wait for it.
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