Man to Man

It's been a long time since I've had so much trouble finishing something after I've made it through the first five episodes. I was looking forward to Hae-jin Park, but I feel like he's tried harder as an actor in his earlier projects and like me he didn’t much care for this one. I was constantly missing something about him. And his character... a cliché secret agent, annoyingly nothing new. As for the heroine... I liked her at first, but as time went on, she became annoying, and if she had died, I probably would have liked the show a star more. And the spoiled actor... The scenes with the bodyguard were great, they had great chemistry with each other (unlike the "lovestruck" couple), I wish there was more of that. In the end, the best part of the whole series was the villain played by Jeong-hun Yeon, not only in terms of his acting but also in his overall concept of the character, he outshined everyone else. Still, for me, probably the weakest Korean work I've seen this year. I was looking forward to it, but in the end it was a total disappointment. The filmmakers' attempt to hopefully please all categories of viewers went overboard and what was left was a weird caricature that doesn't even make the viewer want to see what happens next. Weak. (07/23/2017)