Puzzle (Dodoiyuheui peurojekteu, peojeul/두뇌유희프로젝트, 퍼즐 -2006)

Starring:
Seok-cheon Hong ... Noh
Jin-mo Ju ... Ryu
Hyun-sung Kim ... Jung
Seong-kun Mun ... Hwan
Jun-seok Park ... Kyu
Ha-kyun Kim

Five complete strangers are brought together through the guise of one unknown man. They have been summoned for a project – a project of which success would guarantee them riches and a life beyond their wildest dreams. They’ve been given no information, no data, no identity. The project is dubbed X. The five men jump onboard. Finally, the fateful day arrives. Ryu, Roh, Jeong, and Kyu gather at the bank where the plan is to be carried out. Under Hwan’s leadership, the process is executed smoothly, until a minor slipup grinds the plan to an unexpected halt. Police swarm to the scene of the crime, and the men barely manage an escape by taking one of the captured people hostage. They quickly run to the place where they are to meet Hwan. When they arrive, however, they discover Hwan’s body – dead. Slowly, they begin to realize something is going wrong. In light of the shocking circumstances, suspicion falls on each other, as the men stealthily attempt to find who X is. Who is this X? What exactly does he want? Why did he bring these men together? Who is the architect behind this grand, master plan?


This had an ending that I didn't expect...well, the most part. I had already figured out who X was prior to the finish. I'd say 30 minutes before the show ended. But the rest of the ending was so unexpected. I even cried a bit. Not that it was sad but just hurtful.

I loved the twist and turns of the characters. It was exciting to watch and learn about each character and how they ended up being chosen. All of them had some connection to a man named Nam.

As the scenes past scenes pass by, X is a part of one of the men's past. I still don't know why these particular men were chosen but they were outstanding.

The main point of the story, I think, had all to do with trust. These men had so many problems with the other because the other didn't trust. That in the end was their downfall. That is what made the movie so painful at the end. Ugh!

This was an excellent movie. Not a comedy. This was a seriously thought out movie and oh-so exciting!

Ju Jin Mo

Nine Tailed Fox

Okay, I was going to give this high reviews until I got to the last 5 minutes of the last episode and I was not-a-happy-camper. The ending ruined it for me. *spoiler* After watching sixteen, one-hour episodes, I was just sure for a happy ending. Oh, hell no. I had to cry for an hour. Why? Why? Why? Eeerrgh!

The story goes like this. A boy and a girl both born on the same day of the same year under a full-red moon were destined for "greater" things. The girl, Hae-In/Si-Yon, was born to a clan of nine tailed foxes (and NO this story has NOTHING to do with the anime Naruto.) The boy, Min-Woo, is all-human. On their 12th birthday, both of them exchange lockets with pictures of each of them inside them. As the birthday party progresses, a group of specially trained "ninjas" come and kill the families of the boy and girl. The boy believes the girl was killed and the girl thought the boy was killed. Later on is the story, we find out that it was a planned kill to kidnap Hae-In.

Years later, Kang Min-Woo (Jo Hyun Jae) has grown up to become a cop. Yun Hae-In has changed her name to Si-Yon and is a specially trained warrior who helps protect the clan of nine tailed foxes. In this time period, the clan aren't too keen on humans. Only a specially select few humans know of the existence of nine tailed foxes. Nine tailed foxes need human livers once a month to eat, to survive. Well, humans don't want to give those up. Hence the dilemma. As Min-Woo investigates an organ smuggling ring, he comes across "Si-Yon" who was there to stop her clan from buying and selling of fresh, human liver. Which, by the way, was against the rules for they,the nine tailed foxes, are only allowed to eat the livers of human corpses so as to keep their identity secret. Min-Woo, believing Si-Yon (who at the time covers her face with a veil) and her group were apart of the smuggling ring, chases them through a junk-yard and fights Si-Yon. As Si-Yon pulls her arm back with sword in hand, sees the locket that her and Min-Woo exchanged as children and faulters. She then starts to wonder if her first-love was still alive. But then, her partner Moo-Young (Jun Jin), strikes Min-Woo and knocks him out. They are then able to escape.

The drama unfolds as bits and pieces of thier childhood comes back and how it is inter-twined with their adult lives and what part of fate and destiny becomes reality. Lots of action, suspense, drama, and, of course, romance.

Jo Hyun Jae

This is the first drama I've seen with this actor. I was pleasantly impressed and look forward to seeing more from him.

Jun Jin

OMG! I could not find an ugly picture of him. I'm putting him second in line to my Bi (Rain). Gorgeous. Mmm, mmm! Jeon Jin, Jun Jin, or however you want to spell his name is a member of the Korean supergroup Shinhwa. JJ played the part of Moo-young so well that I never would have guessed that he was actually a member of a boy band, let alone the rapper of the group. LOL! Wow! I'm hooked for this guy and I've already started my photo collection. *wink, wink*

Park Joon Seok

He was a little scary lookin' in the drama Nine Tailed Fox but as I viewed many a picture of him online discovered he is quite nice looking...hehe.

Uhm Tae Woong

I just did a search on Tae-woong and found some interesting shows I'd like to see from him. One, My Love, is a movie about 4 couples who fall in love. Anyway, Tae-woong played the role of Sa-joon in Nine Tailed Fox. His role was pretty much guardian/big brother to Si-yon. You couldn't help but feel sorry for him because of the part he was given. He was damned if he did and damned if he didn't. He had me convinced in his adversity to his duty and his friendship to Moo-young. He did a great job. And, yes, he was cute to look at too.