I stumbled on this movie on Viki and decided to watch it because of Kim Rae Won. He has proved to be a versatile actor who can play almost anything, from romcom to drama, from tragedy to thrillers, and I wasn't disappointed.

Long Live The King made me laugh out loud sometimes. The story is perhaps plain and simple about a gangster who starts running for local elections of the government, but it has a nice flow that I miss in many k-drama nowadays. Moreover it is rarely seen that both the casting and acting are on point, and I mean not only the main actors but also the supporting cast. The romance isn't boring either, although it is plain and simple from the start. It is the ardent, instant love for a petite female lawyer with balls that makes our hero set on changing his ways.

The outcome of this movie seems to be that politics is for crooks and liars only, as they are both adept at playing the game of power, but I wouldn't mind if people like Jang run the country. So, well done.