Time of Dog and Wolf

Just finished Time of Dog and Wolf (MBC, 16 episodes) and one word to describe it - WOW! I'm expecting serious post effect...hehe!

Time of Dog and Wolf Synopsis (from DramaWiki)
Lee Soo Hyun belongs to a special international narcotic drug crime investigation unit. He witnessed the murder of his mother at the hands of a gangster as a child. Suh Ji Woo is the first love from Soo Hyun's childhood with whom he was seperated from. Soo Hyun is adopted into Kang Min Ki's family and both grew up to become NIS agents. Ji Woo and Soo Hyun are accidentally reunited when the beautiful Ji Woo caught the attention of playboy Kang Min Ki. She and Soo Hyun are seperated once again because of Soo Hyun's vengence against his parent's enemies.

Cast:
Lee Joon Ki as Lee Soo Hyun
Nam Sang Mi as Seo Ji Woo
Jung Kyung Ho as Kang Min Ki

My comments:
I didn’t have much expectation for Time of Dog and Wolf since I thought it would be similar to Resurrection, which I didn’t find impressive but the majority claimed it was the best. I found the first episode slow but it was to introduce the characters so fine, the second episode, a lot better and since then, it was woah, I couldn’t stop. If I didn’t have work early mornings, I would probably watch the whole drama overnight…hehe! At first, I thought the idea of childhood sweethearts seperated due to some circumstances cheesy and then with amnesia coming to the picture = double cheesy but I can accept it. Even with the overuse elements, I was still on the edge of the seat while watching this drama.

Soo Hyun and Mi Ki’s brotherhood/friendship is really good to watch, so is the father and son relationship with their dad. You can see that they are willing to sacrifice and die for each other. Their scenes with the Ajusshi were great too. At first, I thought that there was something fishy about certain characters but it turned out I was wrong. You know that in these kind of drama, there is a traitor for sure within the organization and this time, it was hard to guess who it was…

Lee Jun Ki, well known as Korea’s pretty boy, shook more or less his feminine image here, having lots of action scenes and displaying his takwondo skills. However, there are times that I still found him too pretty…haha! He gave an amazing and awesome performance as you can see how his character is different pre-amnesia and post-amnesia. I ached for him for what he had to go through. Jung Kyung Ho is good too but I’m a bit disppointed with Nam Sang Mi’s performance. I think she was too preoccupied to look pretty in a lot of scenes in the beginning and she didn’t display the right emotion at certain scenes and that affected the romance part with both her male co-stars. I thought she didn’t have much chemistry with both guys as couples or maybe I didn’t care since I found her character annoying most of the time. The ending is not the best one but certainly a reasonable one. Sequel? No please!

Wish that they could smile more like that in the drama...

* Opening credit of the drama