For the over two weeks, I've been under treatment. Always on my bed as I'm not supposed to stress myself because of the cuts and medications. That gave me a lot of free time to see movies, play games and rest more. I had a lot of Korean series downloaded so I've been seeing them one after the other to keep me busy.
"Red Swan" is not the first but I think, the third out of five series I've seen so far. But I'm reviewing it first for so many reasons which I'll share. First of all, it's a short thriller that had me hooked from start to finish, especially with the male lead who gave just the right level of charisma in his role even with his non smiling but handsome looks.
"Red Swan" is a 10 episode thriller Korean series released in the year 2024 starring Kim Ha-neul and Rain as main characters. The series explores the thrills in politics, inheritance, assassination and romance. It has a very good blend of powerful cast that makes the story interesting with no boring episode until the closing scene.
Oh Wan-soo, a world-class golfer gets married to a chaebol heir and starts a foundation that supports less privileged children. As she grows bigger in the foundation plans, her enemies plan to stop her. After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt in Manila, her life changes as she falls in love with her rescuer, a bodyguard.
Kim Ha-neul is not a new face to me, I don't think I'll forget her subtle yet powerful role as a mother in "18 Again". I thought it would be definitely refreshing to see her play a main role in a thriller and my expectations didn't fall short in anyway. She still had the subtle effect in the story and I liked how she handled her husband's infidelity.
"Rain" (Do-yoon) plays the role of the bodyguard who in his mission to find out the truth behind his friend's death, rescues an ambassador from an assassination attempt in Manila. To get closer to finding out the truth, he becomes the bodyguard to Kim Ha-neul, an unhappy married woman who prioritised her foundation and her own safety.
I've been a huge fan of Rain since his role as a ghost in "Ghost Doctor". I have to say, he's the main reason I had this series downloaded as it's been a while I saw him play any role. Acting all serious, strong and calculative in this series was just the excitement I needed to see. Though, a few times, I wish he didn't act the way he did.
There were memorable scenes but Do-yoon playing his bodyguard roles in the face of death threats to save his madam twice and where they realize their feelings for each other were the most memorable for me. Even though his role was a kinda spoilt chaebol heir, Jung Gyu-woon who played as the husband got me hooked too.
I had a great time on this series for the twists, suspense, action and most especially, how it turned out for the villain in the story. It didn't feel like a 10 episode series as it felt longer and slow paced but I enjoyed it more that way. I have to mention that the mother of the house was the only person who got me to laugh in this story.
It's a good one to recommend if you want a thriller with good action and twist, I'll give it a rating of 8.5/10 and that's because I wish they gave more scenes for the romance between the bodyguard and his madam lol. So will you see it?
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