Man to Man (2017)

This is was a slow watch for me... this is a like "Mission Impossible" drama but with subtle hint of comedy. It was borderline hitting the "what?!" - because it portrayed the mission serious and then the comedy kicks in and it is like -- what kind of drama is this and somehow it does not really mix and did not blend well. The acting of Park Hae Jin and Park Sung Woong was great, I think this is more of a plot issue. They wanted to make the serious agent have a comedian side which did not really blended well (not because of the acting) more of what are they trying to present in the drama.
What made it harder to watch is the leading lady Kim Min Jung - there is just something about her that is annoying like Choi Kang Hee (that's why I could not finish the Queen of Mystery). This is just a matter of personal preference.

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I must that I really expected a lot out of this drama. I like this type of story-line but this particular plot-line didn't flow as smoothly as I hoped.

I really loooked forward to see Park Sung Woong in a different role other than the villian and he didn't disappoint! I loved his character, although Yeo Woon-gwang can be a brat. I loved the bromance between Yeo Woong-wang and Kim Seol-woo[. I wished there were more scenes between them. I was pleasantly surprised at Jeong Man-sik's acting and character. I loved how his character just randomly popped out of the blue with all these different identities!

I really looked forward to Park Hae-jin's character but there was just something.. missing. His acting was a bit flat at times but overall it was good. I found Kim Min-jung's character the most irritating. I tried to like the character but she was just to irritating. It felt like she was an irritating side character that was getting way too much screen time. I could sympathise with the character at certain times but it felt like the character was too underdeveloped and naive. I liked some of the romantic scenes between Kim Seol-wool and Cha Do-ha. But it sometimes felt like the romance and action scenes didn't work together as fluently.

The soundtrack was kind of a let down. The music sometimes didn't fit the scene.

That's my two cents on this drama. I really tried my hardest to like this drama, because I hate leaving a drama unfinished, but there was just too many stuff that bothered me.

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So much potential

Premise was great, execution was meh. I really liked the three main actors; Park Sung Wong as the pampered action star Woong Gwang was excellent, and the bromance between him and agent K (played by the very suave Park Hai Jin) was pretty funny. Kim Min Jung as Cha Do Ha was endearing as a fan turned confidante with the older action star, who came off as kind of a father figure. But Agent K was a terrible spy, with pretty much everyone on to his spy status, but tromping in and out of his spy hideout, the whole secret agent idea did not seem very secret.
The romance between Agent K and Do Ha fell flat as well. As many reviews have stated, there was very little chemistry between K and Do Ha, and the rationale for the romance was kind of flimsy. I think it would have been good to lean further into her conman upbringing and her suspicions of Agent K. He apparently used romantic entanglements with gullible women to achieve previous missions; Do Ha's street smarts and quick wit should set her apart and explain his attraction to her.
I dropped it because the plot was getting very repetitive. The spy missions were not that intriguing and I lost interest by the third mission.
Individually, I did enjoy the three main actors and hope to see them in other roles.

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this drama is one of the best secret agent dramas i have ever seen. this is about how an agent has to go undercover as a bodyguard and has to protect an actor that is stuck up and doesn't really like to be controlled. loves everything his way. now our new bodyguard does not like his attitude so he treats him differently like nobody else dares him to. the agent has so many secrets and his mission keeps on getting disrupted by the people around him. his biggest clues lies within the manager of the actor. he has to find a way to gain everybody's trust to fulfill his mission. the hardest part is that he becomes attached to the people he is working with during this mission. the main actor that they picked to play in this drama does a really great job. this drama is comedy, romance, and a lot of action. super amazing to watch. plus this show is on Netflix. so, better watch it on Netflix before they take it off.

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Man to ????

Good cast but really came for Park Sung-woong who I adore but sad to say, even he could not save this drama for me.
This is the first time I have given up watching a Korean drama at episode 4. I know the FL has received a lot of flack (not my cup of tea either, I must admit), but the script in my opinion fell flat on what the drama was really about. It was disjointed.
Had they made it an action drama, I think it would really have come out an 8.5 in my book. The two action scenes leading up to episode 4 were great and Park Hae-Jin really really excelled. However, ‘comedy’ was constantly thrown into the stir fry pan and for me the script became over cooked.

The other reviewers have said it all so I will make it short.
My best moments were the action scenes and watching the trailer.

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