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The idea seemed pretty interesting from the start: two bad guys competing over something and in the end someone "accidentally" became the good guy. The issue is also very realistic: apartment resident's maintenance funds corruption, hiding their scheme behind everyone's fear of the apartment price dropping (revealing a corruption could lead to a bad image of the apartment). The way how they embezzled it, the cartel they built, all seems too real. A lot of people even complained about this show because it seems their schemes got revealed. Comedy part added more flavour into this show.
Ji Sung as the main character, the "big-hearted" ex-mafia Park Hae Kang, did a great job here. But I think the supporting ensemble casts were the one who bring the soul into this show. Park Byung Eun played the two-faced villain, Lee Chung Won, impressively. Moon So Ri brought so much main character spirit into a supporting character of the annoying Jang Suk Jin out of nowhere. Kim Won Hae landed another "impactful" supporting character after Undercover Miss Hong and he never fails. Most of the comedy came from his moment.
Unfortunately, those strong characters took toll a lot on Ha Yoon Kyung. For a female lead, Kang Ha Ri wasn't very impactful. I feel like her screentime was just about the same with Suk Jin or Gyeong Nam. This limited Yoon Kyung's freedom and chance to show what she gets. I wondered why nobody ever noticed the disappearance of President Seo and his family. Nobody even tried to look for him, even when they were normally nosy about everything else. The three building representative who were close with President Seo seemed confusing. They once said they should side with the one who has the upper hand, but they kept switching sides without any valid reason. They casually sided with both Hae Kang (during the reveal of the 17.8B box) and Chung Won (during Taegang apology) sides.
It's still a good watch. The idea of the story was excellent, even though the execution was just decent. Worth a one-time watch.
Ji Sung as the main character, the "big-hearted" ex-mafia Park Hae Kang, did a great job here. But I think the supporting ensemble casts were the one who bring the soul into this show. Park Byung Eun played the two-faced villain, Lee Chung Won, impressively. Moon So Ri brought so much main character spirit into a supporting character of the annoying Jang Suk Jin out of nowhere. Kim Won Hae landed another "impactful" supporting character after Undercover Miss Hong and he never fails. Most of the comedy came from his moment.
Unfortunately, those strong characters took toll a lot on Ha Yoon Kyung. For a female lead, Kang Ha Ri wasn't very impactful. I feel like her screentime was just about the same with Suk Jin or Gyeong Nam. This limited Yoon Kyung's freedom and chance to show what she gets. I wondered why nobody ever noticed the disappearance of President Seo and his family. Nobody even tried to look for him, even when they were normally nosy about everything else. The three building representative who were close with President Seo seemed confusing. They once said they should side with the one who has the upper hand, but they kept switching sides without any valid reason. They casually sided with both Hae Kang (during the reveal of the 17.8B box) and Chung Won (during Taegang apology) sides.
It's still a good watch. The idea of the story was excellent, even though the execution was just decent. Worth a one-time watch.
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