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Secret Royal Inspector & Joy korean drama review
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Secret Royal Inspector & Joy
2 people found this review helpful
by mopalia
Dec 29, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers

Great cast, thin material

I was looking forward to this because of Ok Taec Yeon, who always delights.He created a slightly silly character here that was fun to watch. There were several standouts in the cast - Min Jin Woong is great fun to watch, Jung Bo-Suk was wonderfully evil as the father of two swapped sons, and Choi Tae-Hwan was excellently, although tiresomely, demented. I did not care for Kim Hye-Yoon; her voice is grating and the character never felt like there was any depth to her. As a result, the romance fell a bit flat and unconvincing.

The plot (you can read it in great length elsewhere) felt like it had been cobbled together from a selection of other saeguks. I even recognized a set or two. So overall, it wasn't exciting. It's pleasant enough, but if you want something you can get deeply wrapped up in, this is a bit shallow. Watch it or miss it, it won't make much difference.
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