Sweet Spy

I finally managed to finish the drama, Sweet Spy. I should say probably say I limped through. I almost gave up towards the end but felt kind of wasted to give it up when I’ve only 4 more episodes to go…. so I made full use of the FF button on my control. The FF button is a very useful button… especially in such a situation.

Sweet Spy aired end of last year, 2005. It stars Nam Sang Mi, Dennis O’Neil, Lee Joo Hyun and Yoo Sun. I’m not sure if Dennis O (he’s Korean-American) was meant to be the main lead as he doesn’t speak a word of Korean (like Daniel Henney in ‘My Name Is Kim Sam Soon’) but I read that half way through, they changed the story line as Dennis O became popular. And so you have a Korean woman who doesn’t speak any English and hardly understands the language, falling in love with a man who doesn’t speak Korean though he supposedly understands it. Granted, the man is rather good looking but still, it does seemed rather far-fetched. Though on hindsight, I guess it’s no more far fetched than some of the Korean dramas that I’ve seen.

I must say I much prefer him to Daniel Henney… . I think Daniel Henney has this‘I-know-I’m good-looking and I’m-God’s gift-to-woman’ look. Of course he may not be like that in real life but that’s the impression he gave me…

Gist of the story:
Han Yoo Il is a commercial spy. After stealing a pen that contains important information that could shake the world’s politics, he lost it to a Lee Soon Ae, a traffic policewoman. The rest of the story involves him trying all ways and means to get the pen back. Of course, in the midst of it all, he fell in love with the slightly dotty and naive Soon Ae. Coincidentally, this is sort of related to Soon Ae’s husband, a policeman who died 2 years earlier whilst investigating a case. And oh, I mustn’t forget to add that the rather cool detective Lee Joo Hyun, who likes Soon Ae too.

Throw in the CIA, the Japanese yakuzi, South Korean politics and Chinese government, I can only say that it got rather confusing.

Frankly speaking, with such an unusual story line, it could have turned out much better. And some parts are rather interesting. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out well enough. Corny lines, uttered by the super cool, super efficient spy, Dennis O didn’t helped either.

“Because it’s what my heart tells me to do.” Aiyoh….. Maybe it’s the way he said it…ok, ok, he’s a newbie. I should be more forgiving.

And I really could strangle Nam Sang Mi. The way she goes about interrogating her suspects and her clueless character frustrates me at times.

However, the character that really puzzles me is Dennis O’s assistant/ father figure. He is actually a veteran actor but I don’t understand why they would want to make a monkey out of him, with his frequent somersaults? Even in his own house! From the hall to the kitchen. Why????

Ok, before you think this is totally not worth watching, it is actually not that bad. Well, at least, nobody dies or loses his memory here. Seriously, except for the middle part, the rest are watchable and it got more interesting in the last 4 episodes.

And if nothing else, you can always watch the drama for him…

Credit as tagged on photos.

hehe! I just found out that he shares the same birthday as Bae Yong Joon but he’s only 25. Sigh… such a young boy.

Further information on the drama from MBC