Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area Part 2 (2022)

A good hit but not a home run

They literally managed to make korean version of an already world famous show that doesn't look like some low grade knock off but is actually a good show. The story was engaging and keeps you on the edge as they changed quite a lot of stuff from the original show be it the character arcs or their backstories.

The only letdown for me was that the characters in the show, I could never make the emotional connection with the characters as it happened with the original. The characters of the robbers weren't that memorable too that you would talk about them even after the show is completed. If you go for the OG one , the wild, feisty and sometimes self destructive Tokyo or the cold and psychotic Berlin or the bossy and matriarchy loving Nairobi or Denver's weird laughter or Professor's voice, swag and his glasses flick. There were many memorable characters that people still talk cuz they had a long lasting impression, something that this show missed.

Otherwise it is a damn good show which doesn't looks draggy but thrilling till the end.

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¿Remake Exitoso?

Esta es la primera vez que veo la Casa de Papel, no he visto la original, es más de esta no pasé del capítulo 2, pero leyendo los comentarios y varios reviews, tal parece que esta segunda parte fue todo un exito. No estoy segura si es así, pero sin duda veré la original para tener la comparación.

En definitiva, tengo que decir que esta segunda parte fue mucho mejor que la primera, mucho más dinamica a tal punto de ponerte de nervios.

En general, no tengo ninguna critica, para mí, todo fue un éxito: desde historia, las actuaciones, la producción (WOW EL NIVEL), el OST, etc. TODO.

Para ser mi primer acercamiento a la historia, quiero decir que quedé encantada y en definitiva veré a la original, para conocer la historia original, pero considero que este remake coreano lo hizo completamente suyo y una versión bastante interesante. En tan solo escuchar el platamiento de una utopía en la que es posible unificar a las Coreas ya la hace interesante.

Al final, me deja con ganas de más pero siendo sincera, no creo que continuen con este remake, simplemente fue darle un nuevo aire a la historia y si quieres continuar con ella, puedes ver la versión original para seguir el hilo. Que claro, no tendría problema en si llegaran a confirmr otra parte, yo con gusto la vería.

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wow. so good LOL

i know this is like a remake of the american tv show, but idk i've never watched that one nor do i want to watch it

the story (though technically not original) is so good and enticing, with twists like every episode.

acting/cast
the cast was so cool bruh they all seemed to fit their roles and everything, although i did wish there was more romance between the couple and the other two (iykyk)

music
uh didn't really pay attention, there was some like weird sad music that was confusing me but yeah

rewatch value
i don't really rewatch dramas anyways, so just ignore this rating

overall
amazing drama, really recommend (there is a lot of like guns and shooting and blood in some episodes, so just be aware of that)

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A Fun Ride With A Likeable Cast

I don't like the categories for rating on here. My 4 categories are Acting/Cast, Writing, Direction/SFX/Music, Entertainment Value.

I normally don't like heist plots , but I love hostage plots. I finally decided to give this one a shot. By the way, I haven't seen the original, so I can't compare them. Also, I'm reviewing both parts of this drama as a whole.

Acting/Cast: Overall, I love the casting choices. Park Hae Soo (박해수), who plays Berlin, is an especially strong actor. I've seen him previously as the lead role in Prison Playbook and I loved him in that, so I knew he'd kill this role, too. Right when Berlin was introduced, I knew he'd be my favorite character; he has such a powerful presence about him. The rest of the crew was great, as well. Even the team members that didn't get as much screen time really grew on me. I'd say the only character I really had an issue with was the main female hostage, Yun Mi Seon played by Lee Joo Bin (이주빈). She has this "deer in headlights" look the entire time. Her character was pretty badass technically, but I don't think the actress conveyed that very well. 9/10

Writing: The plot was engaging. I liked the way that they laid the story out so that the audience wouldn't be sure as to what was really going on until it was revealed. I'd say the narration was unnecessary though. Maybe that's just me - I tend to dislike narration. The first half of the drama had red herrings that I think worked very well for the story and made it more exciting. However, in the second half of the drama, the red herrings came to be expected. In consequence, they lost their effectiveness in garnering strong emotions from the audience. Again, the hostage Yun Mi Seon played by Lee Joo Bin (이주빈) nagged at me in this category, too. Her character was strange - it just didn't make sense to me how she was so hung up on gross ass Peter Pettigrew and then she quickly screws another guy she just met. In my opinion, sex scenes never help a drama (and by sex scene, I mean the full-bodied, lingering sex scenes) and that's what happened in this drama. It came across as trashy, not romantic, and it just made me dislike her character even more. Actually, her entire plotline was annoying to me. There's one more sex scene in this drama, but it's not quite as risqué (although I still think it goes on for a little too long). The ending was good - I just wish there was a bit more closure for some of the characters. Throughout the drama, there were some scenes and dialogue that felt a bit cheesy, but whatever, I had fun. That being said, I couldn't help but compare this drama to Snowdrop. There are plot points that are eerily similar. However, Snowdrop has a much more dark and serious tone. I will say that overall, Snowdrop is the stronger drama out of the two and it was able to leave a lasting impression on me as opposed to Money Heist: Korea. 7/10

Direction/SFX/Music: I love the music, the costumes, the mask designs. The drama looks well-produced - good special effects, good camera work. The 'director of the mint' hostage...they did him so dirty with the camera angles. It was hilarious. I will bring up the cheese factor again in this category: There were some really cheesy and unrealistic scenes. I'm particularly referring to the scenes with a lot of gunfire and nobody is getting shot. Then, there was one scene where someone was shot, but instead of dragging the person away from the firefight, they just stayed there and cried. It caused a bit of disconnect for me because it was so contrary to how someone would actually react in a situation like that. 7.5/10

Entertainment Value: Binge worthy for sure. I stopped watching my other dramas so I could binge this one. To be fair though, the other dramas that I was watching aren't an exciting genre like this one. In any case, with this drama, I was dialed in the entire time and I did have a smile on my face a lot while watching. I definitely had fun. However, like I said previously, I would have liked less of an open ending for some of the characters. 9/10

Overall, I gave this drama an 8/10 mainly due to some cheesiness, my issue with the sex scenes, and my issues with the Yun Mi Seon character in general.

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Fucking masterpiece ! )

its fackin masterpiece ! 😍👌🏾👌🏾
1 and 2nd seasons was amazing !!! hands up and run to watch and rewatch this OST !!! )) i didint watched original "casa del papel " , but I read that they changed a little the plot and added some elements in k version ... anyway this korean version seems very amazingly cool and i think its has some thin political thoughts in through the last cases in the world .. so I dont have desire to watch original then ahaha
huge advice to watch this remake !)
Awww 🙈 why Kim JiHun so sexy with long hair when starring at u ?! 🙊🙈😆 ok and now he got so many female fans after 1 season Money Heist 🤣
pssss he deserve It ahah he even look like 25/27 lol so young ..🫢
Kim Jin Hun was amazing .. not only in bed scene 😆 ( but he seemed shy lol ) he really playing cool , am adored him )) and all actors , together , was ideal harmony I think ))
I really worried if they can escape at the end or not ! its was something special ahah
finally they did all well !
Professor was so smart in such operation and Denver a little naive but brave .. and sweet 😆
I really hate that fatty director 🤦🏿‍♂️greedy fat director from money palace lol , whos always punished Misun ...but she also seemed like no self character to do what she want at first.
..and very good that they all was alive at the end !!!

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Meh

The one thing that kills Korean dramas for me is the unfinished business of bad guys. Before I get into that I will just say when part two came out I don't think I was excited as I thought I would be. It probably had to do with the romance factor of the first half which led into stupid love moments that went into the second half. For instance, a shoot out is occurring and all one did was trying to wake up his love interest who got shot. How did he miss getting shot or get injured from glass falling all over the place? This is why I stray away from dramas that have romance in it. People do dumb things for love that ruins the whole mood. I wonder how this would've been if there were no romantic scenes involved. The fact that the main ML and FL's personality was so off that their romance didn't meld well for me. For some odd reason it just reminded me of seeing my dad and step mom have kissing moments.

Also how could the female who played Tokyo get shot but then manages to go on throughout the rest of the scene looking as if she was never shot?? Or the police officer who got hit by a car make a full recovery and is able to fight off some cops in order to help the main FL get to her lover/criminal?

Now back to dealing with the bad guys...Why is it that these dramas hardly ever serve the bad guys any justice?? Each episode was over an hour so there was time to make them pay but alas, nothing happened. It was kind of a let down but after all it was about stealing money from the mint. At least the creators were on par on that front.

The end seemed like it will come out with a third installment but don't know if I will be up for the challenge on that.

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