Genre: Romance, Drama, Melodrama
Episodes: 32
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr to
2014-Jul
Cast: Lee Dong Wook, Lee Da
Hae, Im Seul Ong and Wang Ji Hye.
Cha Jae Won lived his
life being forced to beg on the streets of New York barely managing to survive,
and constantly being beaten by the groups of gangsters forcing them to make
money. When one of his friends gets beaten pretty badly, Jae Won by accident kills
the child beater, and meets Mr. Yoon. Mr. Yoon tells him that he knows his
father, and that his father had left him to die while he was living the life
back in Korea. Jae Won is taken back to Korea, and together with Mr. Yoon they
plot their revenge against Jae Won’s father.
Years pass and Ciel
Hotels CEO, President Ah, lives life in fear and paranoia, and when his General
Manager, Jae Won (Lee Dong Wook) tells him about his past and that the
president is his father and threatens him to tell everyone about his existence,
the CEO decides to commit suicide in order to keep it to himself.
After his death, his
childish and bratty daughter Ah Mo Ne (Lee Da Hae) decides to take back the
hotel, even though no one, especially Jae Won, thought she would. Now the two
siblings have to fight for the hotel, but Mon Ne’s existence is not liked by
the people behind the curtains making Mo Ne fearing her life and Jae Won
becoming more and more protective over his little sister…
Okay… A full on Makjang!
For those who don’t know what Makjang
is, it is a type a drama that has an outrageous storyline with a ridiculous
flow and process: like your typical extreme plots of fx incest, terminal
illness, birth secrets etc. I used the term Melodrama before if you can imagen.
This drama does not
seem like this in the beginning but as it evolves it goes all the way, and the plot
becomes so confusing and thick, you just end up shaking your head in disbelief.
The good part is the duo
that is prefect in this drama, and the entire location. But they managed to
make it more annoying as they usually do (hint: City Hunter) with the entire “I
am not good for you”- blah blah blah. The rating is high, and that is just for
one simple reason: greatly acted by ‘almost’ everyone.
So: to watch or not?
Why not! No danger except you could get more stupid…
☆☆☆½ / 3½ out 5 stars
♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts
1 comment:
I agree - silly plot, fine acting. Surprisingly, I didn't get bored even with 32 episodes. The female lead's role became very passive in the second half, though, which disappointed me. The characters are memorable, even if the plot is ridiculous.
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