Exhibition of Fireworks (불꽃놀이 / Bool-kkot-nol-i -2006)

Starring:
Han Chae Young as Shin Na Ra / Shin Na Kyung (Cosmetic beauty counselor)
Kang Ji Hwan as Nah In Jae (Cosmetic gallery manager)
Park Eun Hye as Chae Mi-rae (Head of the cosmetic store management team)
Yoon Sang Hyun as Kang Seung-woo (CPA, Nah-ra’s ex-boyfriend)
Park Jung Soo as Nah In Jae's mother
Kim So Yun as Shin Na Kyung (the real 20 year-old sister)
Park Geun Hyung as Shin Na Ra's father
Kim Chang Sook (김창숙) as Choi Soon Young (Shin Na Ra's mother)
Kim Joo Hyun (김주현)

Shin Na Ra, a woman who is almost thirty welcomes her boyfriend of ten years back from his business trip. During their dinner, he tells her that he not only had an affair but fell in love with another woman. Thus their relationship is no more. To make herself feel better, Na Ra drinks a large amount of alcohol and unknowingly dropped the ring her ex-boyfriend gave her into a random stranger’s cup. The stranger, In-Jae, drinks the shot without seeing the ring and both of them end up in the hospital.

To support herself, Na Ra pretends to be her 20 years old sister in order to work as a cosmetic clerk at Mi-Rae (the woman her ex-boyfriend fell in love with)’s shop but fate has brought In-Jae to the shop to. Thus began their surprising journey of love, where In-Jae is in love with Mi-Rae too.

This is my second time watching this. I've been terribly bored lately and have been searching high-n-low for dramas that I had like before. This one I couldn't remember exactly if I did or not. I just remember the main actor was a cutie.

This was a typical Korean drama. One exception. The female antagonist was a little more overbearing. So much so that I really wanted to wring her neck. She started out as a sort of sweet girl and then totally lost it! She did things that most female antagonists would think of but not carry off. This character I really didn't like at all. And to think she was the girl I fell in love with in Witch Yoo-hee. Ugh!


The best moment out of whole show.....hehe!

The ending was typically uneventful. For a romance, you would think they would have sealed this with a kiss or a promise. I felt I was left hanging. Not even a freakin' hug. I think this could have been a better drama if they toned down the female antagonists character and had the leads show a little more love. I felt the romance but it was too late at the end.



In all though, the story was interesting and there enough funny moments to keep me interested but it slowed down nearing the end. I just wanted more........................

Kang Ji Hwan

Wild Card (와일드 카드 -2003)

Starring:
Dong-kun Yang - Bang Je-su
Jin-yeong Jeong - Oh Yeong-dal
Chae-young Han - Kang, Na-na
Ju-bong Gi
Jun-yeong Hwang
Ha-bok Yu
Tosha Doiron - Shauna
Jae-kyeong Seo - Kim Min-ki
Myeong-kuk Kim
Il-hwa Choi
Dang-hyeong Lee
Dong-gyu Lee

Detectives Oh Yeong-dal (the veteran) and Bang Je-su (the rookie) are partners who don't see eye to eye. But when a string of brutal serial killings occur, they have to put their differences aside to catch the most ruthless killers they'll ever meet!

This movie was really good. I was suprised that it has some comedic factors to it too. The synopsis and movie poster don't give that impression whatsoever.

A great action film but terribly sad. Sad, per se, that it was about brutal killings of innocent victims over money. It wasn't about vendettas or redemption or even revenge. Just some kids who thought it would be easier to kill the victims than harass them over the money.

The first victim, which was even sadder, was a mother who just happened to withdraw some money out of the ATM and was on her way home. She left two small children behind because the 4 young men wanted her money. From that point on, they progress to killing others for money. No remorse from them either. That was the saddest part.

I loved the feel of the movie. It wasn't boring and the comedic comraderie from the two friends/policemen seems genuine then add in the idiotic funniness of a crime boss and you'll be smiling just when you need it when the drama gets too intense. Smart stuff...totally satisfying movie.

Discovered a new cutie....he plays the leader of the 4 young men on the killing spree.

Lee Dong Kyu

Hae-jeok Disco King (Hae-jeok, Discowang Doeda/해적, 디스코왕 되다 -2002)

Starring:
Jeong-jin Lee - Hae-jeok
Dong-kun Yang - Seok-gi
Chang Jung Lim- Bong-pal
Chae-young Han - Bong-ja
Seok-Hwan An
Eun-pyo Jeong
In-mun Kim - Bong-pal's father
Jeong-tae Kim
Yeong-ae Kim
Dae-kun Lee
Hye-yeong Lee (12/22/1973)
Dal-su Oh

During the early 80’s in a small village in South Korea, Haejok, Pong-pal and Song-gi are three good friends trying to complete their studies, but not without regular trouble. On a casual day, Haejok runs into a mysterious young girl, which he immediately falls in love with. But his attempt at trying to talk to the girl fails miserably. Trying to deal with the case of that mysterious home town girl, Haejok and Song-gig notice that Pong-pal didn’t show up in school for the last few days. They will learn later that Pong-pal`s father had a terrible accident and he and his sister now have to work to pay the regular bills and also for the hospital fees.
But the worst is that the mysterious girl is in fact the sister of Pong-pal, she now has to work has a hostess in a popular disco bar owned by a powerful gangster and there is no way she can get away from that job. The only proposition that the boss is willing to accept is if Haejok can win the upcoming Disco contest, he will free Pong-pal`s sister from her work. Unfortunately for Haejok, he’s a really bad dancer and the contest is in a week away!

Hmm? How to describe it? Well, it started out rough. It wasn't really funny at first. It was quite boring. It took forever to get to the "real" story.

Ho hum. The only really, really good part out the whole thing was when we finally got to see Tae-jeok dance. Oh and what a body! *sizzlin'* I mean the dance wasn't even all that...it was pretty good but with that body of his...if the dance had been more elaborate....*sweatin'* just thinkin' 'bout it. Oy!!

Lee Jeong Jin