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Netflix has released a new series called “Money Heist: Korea” which is set in the city of Seoul and features a team of criminals who rob banks. The show has been met with mixed reactions on social media, with some people excited about the idea of watching a crime series set in Korea, while others are worried about how well the show will be received.
Netflix has made a big bet on Money Heist: Korea, and it hasn’t paid off. The first 6 episodes of the show essentially rehash the original Spanish version almost beat for beat, with a couple of deviating sequences to try and spice things up. Given how recently the show aired, the decision to just copy and paste the same story didn’t exactly go down well with audiences.
The second part of the game is more of the same, and that’s not a good thing in this case. The plot follows the latter half of season 1 and the entirety of season 2 for the original Spanish version across 6 more chapters clocking in at around 75 minutes or so each. The plot is very predictable for anyone who has seen the original and that’s a real shame. There’s one particular sequence that depicts a raid on a safehouse that stands out as wholly unique, but beyond that it’s business as usual for our heisters. ..
The Professor is approached by Captain Cha outside his home and is forced to try and keep his identity a secret from him and also from an increasingly suspicious Woo-Jin. Cha requests that the Professor fly close to the sun in order to collect data on the solar wind. The Professor agrees, but keeps this information a secret from both Cha and Woo-Jin. ..
As the hostages start to rebel, the Mint’s security team is struggling to keep them in line. But with military forces swelling and preparations for an assault set to begin, the Professor has a plan that may just save them all. But it’s not going to be easy. And not everyone is going to survive.
The story opens with a heist on a Korean bank, and ends with the criminals being apprehended. The story is largely about the characters and their relationships, with a few brief moments of tension between them. The story is mostly linear, and there is no real development or climax.
This political subplot, mostly involving Kim Sangman, is a window dressing though it does not explore it as thoroughly as it should. I feel seeing this erupt into some sort of chaos outside the Mint, almost ironically depicting that the safest place is actually inside rather than outside the Mint, and the robbers have to suddenly change tact and stay inside no matter what. Instead, we get the same story again but with an added Korean flavour.
The cast is fantastic across the board in Tokyo, but Denver and Stockholm’s story doesn’t quite work. Beyond that, everyone plays their parts incredibly well.
The original “Death Note” manga was published in Japan in 1997 and its anime adaptation aired from 2006-2007. The Korean version, “Death Note: Light Up the New World,” was released in 2017 and is based on the Japanese version. The story follows a high school student named L who finds a Death Note, which allows him to kill anyone he wants. L decides to use the Death Note to take down the world’s most powerful criminals. However, some of his classmates find out about the Death Note and try to stop him. ..
The bad news is that this Money Heist is going to end in a way you don’t want it to. Mostly because a lot of you will already know how it ends!
