came for the men, stayed for the plot
Now to preface, I have not watched the original Money Heist.I originally watched the first part because i love political/crime thrillers and because the cast includes some dilfs but im really glad i stayed through the end. I came for Kim Sung Oh and stayed for the plot.
If you liked the first part, you'll love the second part. You literally HAVE TO watch this if you watched the first part because TONS of thing happen and character development is top tier. The amount of emotional trauma this caused me (in a good way) is crazy. Kim Sung Oh, my son, bf and husband, was so good playing the north korean police officer. just had to mention it.
If youre a Kim Ji Hoon or Park Hae Soo simp you MUST finish watching it because the men's acting in this is sooo good.
As for the actual plot, whatever you think is gonna happen next, will not happen. This show will leave you questioning your prediction skills. Ending was satisfying and that's all i'll say about that.
This show really had me switching sides. Am i on the robbers' side or the polices' side? Idk and i still dont know.
Overall super entertaining. I hate that my predictions were wrong because i like being right. Whoever wrote the original plot to Money Heist and the Korean variation has a huge wrinkly gigantic brain with many brain cells because wow, i loved this show!
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A brutal realization behind wealth
Finally the conclusion for season 1 has arrived, which comes in an even greater setting and more massive combats that are beautifully shot, putting all stakes on the table for a final blow to secure the heist. Here we get a clearer picture on the political ideology held by both the robbers team and the reunification authorities. It serves as a revolution of sorts, questioning the fairness on the medium for distribution of wealth, a system that has been existing for millennia, which could be easily manipulated by the privileged and creates a big gap that leaves the vulnerable in dark, for ages. The closing sequence is really all about it and it speaks volumes, a visionary too good to be a reality, like living in a dream that can only be done fictionally.Was this review helpful to you?
BETTER THAN PART 1! A GOOD REMAKE
As a huge La Casa De Papel fan, i was both anxious and excided to watch the remake. Part 1 was okay i have already write a review about it, but part 2 was phenomenal.I actually believe that not only it was a great remake but if you compare it with the original it had better flow and depth, characters had better development, many things that the original did wrong the remake did right, the most important is that the characters were better written and the plot didnt had holes. I truly thing that if this one had come first, everyone would love it. Many think that a remake can never be good but this drama is the exeption.
The plot was the same but with added things that fix problems the original had, the relationship between the professor and the inspector and the romance between Tokyo and Rio etc. They included details that were very important after all and handle some things different. I dont want to spoil anything but i am glad they didnt keep some stuff same.
99% of the characters were better written and i liked them more, the 1% is the professor... I am sad that the only bad thing i could find is the professor, an icon og character that was ruined, i really dont know if the actor couldnt pull this off or if the og is to hard to imitated. Everyone else was amazing. One of the best things the remake did was adding Seoul, one of the best characters and badass af, i think some traits the original Tokyo had were given to Seoul. I am not going to write my thoughts on every character ( i have already write a review about part 1 that talks about characters and the north vs south plot).
I have to say this is a great remake and you should watch it regardless if you have watch the og or not.
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Phenomenon!
First of all. I am speechless with this series.It’s DAEBAK. The twist. The characters. The build-up. Romances. The antagonists and the main characters are outstanding!
I haven’t watched the original MONEY HEIST. I’m an addict towards Korean shows which is why I decided to watch this and I was craving some thriller/suspense, and I do not regret any single episode ever.
This is prob by far the best suspense series I’ve watched so far in Koreans and the mains are just attractive both personality and looks.
Each episodes excites me and makes me want to not stop.
After noticing there’s only 6 episodes, it was easy to finish it but then the freaking cliff hanger. But the time goes by quick and new eps came. & it came on my bday🫶 Haha.
I honestly look the chemistry of TOKYO with everyone. I love her loyalty and her bitch - innocent acts.
Of course come characters I fffff hate but that’s truly shows how good of an actor/actress they are.
Holy SHT. The ending was amazing. I don’t want to spoil it but…. Yung first kita Nila and first communication were the same PeRO sa ibang Bansa and it’s giving me a. CLOY Vibe.
I wish there was a more romance- scene between Tokyo and Rio.
Definitely watched TOKYO on the movie called “THE CALL” it’s so good. It’s also a thriller suspense movie.
Overall, I’m happy I watched this series. I loved it. I hope they receive awards regardless of remaking it in Korean.
Truly….. an amazing show.
1:24am 12/16/22
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Cat and Mouse Game Continues
I will keep this short, S2 does not disappoint and it is SO GOOD. S2 is just as high octane as S1. I watched S1 and the original Money Heist Spain so this is a well loved series. Yes, the plot is absolutely over the top and the rationality of some of the decisions and situations are questionable but they do a good job keeping you on the edge of your seat and there's no time to be bored. The plot twists and turns in many ways with some completely unexpected, the viewer doesn't get lost and its a testament to the story tellers doing a good job with the execution of the story. The actresses and actors were top notch in their acting and played their parts very well, the back story development of some of the characters keeps you emotionally vested in them and when some don't make it, you feel the loss. The cinematography is top notch, there are slow motion bullet effects in some of the action sequences.Very worthy watch!
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Not As Good As Original Version, but a decent watch
LIKES:Cinematography, locations, colour palette.
Music content didn't stand out, but wasn't bad either.
Cast for the most part was well chosen.
Better writing than in the first part of this show.
Plot, although not really original other than the North & South Korea parts, got better in part 2.
FX for the most part were well done; wounds, blood, explosions, etc.
More character backstory for part 2, compared to part 3, but little character growth (however wasn't expecting much due to it being an action movie).
Fight sequences for the most part looked fluid and were good.
DISLIKES:
Production, as per usual with most dramas done in Korea, no film stabilizer was used, causing the camera to shake a lot, when it wasn't necessary and made watching difficult sometimes.
Director made reaction times of the cast overly delayed and not in a good, suspenseful way. Not sure if was just how the actress did some scenes, but she seemed to overact for Woo Jin's character.
Acting: kissing scenes were gross; the guys ate the face of their partner.
Music often too loud and you just couldn't hear what the actors/actresses were saying. Even during narration parts, you couldn't hear it due to the music playing. I had to switch to reading subtitles to understand what they said.
Editing: more so in part 2, than in part 1, were the use of cables. Sometimes it was overly obvious. CGI for some driving scenes was terrible too.
OVERALL: It was a fast, easy watch and got better in part 2 (more backstory on the characters, more action, attempt at story twists). The acting was okay. They made it easy to root for the criminals and want to learn more about their backstories. Not the best written or produced in this genre but acceptable. I would recommend watching this if you don't have high expectations or are a fan of an actor or actress. I wont be rewatching and there were no truly memorable scenes. The ending was satisfactory.
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Disappointed compared original
Unification of koreas unnecessary,Professor was not smart but other characters were shown dumb,
FL was dumb for being an elite officer,
she let ML get away not once but multiple times and at end she isn't Arrasted already, she is allowed to leave country during inquiry
there were enough evidence that she was dating leader of Terrorist group and let him get away many times, but she is free to run away because she doesn't have money in her account, suddenly police forget that she was dating him and she was getting paid in different way then money,
In normal case she would be frame for everything and her husband would have gotten custody of there daughter by claiming that this woman is a terrorist.
but No FL is having a normal life even after helping a robbery, and even allow to leave country during her investigation to meet the Criminal and her husband is not doing Anything against her..
2nd big problem of drama,
US ambassador don't do anything then one dailogue with Assamblymam,
Ep 4 of part 2 shows that it was public that Assamblymam Kim order killing of Anna kim but US ambassador doesn't even show up in drama again do not do anything
korean assambyman try to kill US ambassador's Daughter
we all know that US has full control over South korea and also have a military standing there and US ambassador and US government did nothing when they hear that korean assambyman is trying to kill one of there citizen moreover daughter of a high level diplomat
after ep 4 US army would have taken control over that and as we all know US Marine Corps Navy seals is far more better force then So called Korean SOU flower boys
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Money Heist Korea is bad
Yikes I didn't know you cloud screw such an interesting concept so painfully boring. Rushed, Forced, Underdeveloped and Unnecessary is some of the words I can use to describe this show. This show takes something with so much potential and just ruins it the characters and relationships are under developed and worst of all boring and the plot is rushed it never feels like anything ever goes well for the gang and quite frankly the Professor feels like he doesn't have a clue about anything and just seems stupid most because moments that are played out like they are so smart are mostly just dump luck. Hands down my favorite part of the show was Berlin and Seoul wish it had been developed better but like it goes in this show it wasn't I found their relationship intriguing. The acting was bad and pretty much nobody had chemistry. The relationships are so underdeveloped that if you told me they will literally never see or think about each other I would believe you. and don't get me started on that really awkward ending. Remakes are rarely good and this is just an other example of it this show had potential but it has no identity is it a remake of La Casa de Papel or is it and show about the North and South Korea we don't know for it to be both it either needed better writers or more episodes maybe two seasons.Was this review helpful to you?
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Satisfied with part two
LIKEThey won some they lost some but everyone still got what they wanted
Sometimes it's love that twarts your plan no matter how well you prepared it
DISLIKE
Nothing much all good
MUSIC
Average not really to my liking
REWATCH VALUE
Yes definitely
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A good hit but not a home run
They literally managed to make korean version of an already world famous show that doesn't look like some low grade knock off but is actually a good show. The story was engaging and keeps you on the edge as they changed quite a lot of stuff from the original show be it the character arcs or their backstories.The only letdown for me was that the characters in the show, I could never make the emotional connection with the characters as it happened with the original. The characters of the robbers weren't that memorable too that you would talk about them even after the show is completed. If you go for the OG one , the wild, feisty and sometimes self destructive Tokyo or the cold and psychotic Berlin or the bossy and matriarchy loving Nairobi or Denver's weird laughter or Professor's voice, swag and his glasses flick. There were many memorable characters that people still talk cuz they had a long lasting impression, something that this show missed.
Otherwise it is a damn good show which doesn't looks draggy but thrilling till the end.
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This wasn't professor's, rio, denver, miso and a bit of berlin's best acting performanceTokyo tho and nairobi did have great charisma here, both I'd say is their best performance not that I've seen nairobi in anything else I remember
Anyway I'm giving this a 0.5 more than the last season. Tho I didn't like the angsty multi couples, or a bit of the message kinda reminded me of 36 task force? But the ending scene made it 100%🤣👍🏻
This was more 15 rating than 18 tho there was 1 kiss scene but idk if there's an official source for that. Tho this drama is one of those +18 with a purpose rather than just being explicit and out of the box
This is what I ment when I said kdramas should koreanize adaptation. They didn't make it, a 1d romcom (much) but they did use their own circumstances and culture to retell that story. Idk if there'll be a 2nd season but I wouldn't mind it
I do feel bad about the ones who died being brushed off so fast, especially since Berlin and seoul came back alive and that was all that mattered
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