IRIS (K-drama)

I just started watching a Korean drama series called IRIS. It seems pretty decent. The reason I started watching it was because Kim Tae-hee is in it , but also because the trailer looked pretty good. The main character is played by Lee Byung-hun, who you might recognize from the movie Joint Security Area. There’s also T.O.P. from the boy band Big Bang who plays a rivalling assassin.
It’s about a (fictional) secret government organization in Korea that deals with anything that has to do with protecting the nation - assassinations and the like. So, it’s basically an action drama, but there’s also a love triangle there. I’ve only seen a few episodes, but the love story, so far, has quite a big focus (me like ).
Mostly it feels like the drama has high production value, but some scenes here and there look pretty cheap, like when they’re in a casino, which very obviously isn’t a casino. There’s one scene in episode 3 which I found a bit silly. It’s when T.O.P. goes to kill a man in a hotel room. It’s like the whole thing is stolen from the movie Léon (the Professional).
You can tell that it’s a new drama because they play 4Minute’s Hot Issue when they’re visiting a night club in episode 1
I heard that IRIS is supposedly being picked up for another season, but without Lee Byung-hun.
2010-01-16 (Sat) 10:10
I wanted to watch this and Youre Beautiful at the same time but that was too much pressure for my laptop to handle
So i went with Youre beautiful instead, coz theres more of my favourites there XDD
2010-01-18 (Mon) 01:27
Hehe, cool. I haven’t seen You’re Beautiful yet. Maybe I’ll check it out later.
Right now I’m watching IRIS and Soulmate, and I’m thinking about watching My Girl after that.
2010-01-18 (Mon) 13:49
Is is the one with Lee Da Hae in it? Im talking about My Girl btw..
My keyboards stuffed.. the Apostrophe doesnt work.. so do the speech marks.. I hope you understand what im trying to say here D:
2010-01-18 (Mon) 13:53
Yup, that’s the one. I haven’t started watching it yet, though. So I don’t know if it’s any good. A lot of people seem to like it though.