IRIS

And now, it is time for my addictions to take the stage.
Lee Byung Hun and TOP from BigBang.
If there's a drama thats so breathtaking and has a complicated plot lined with conflicted characters and tragic emotions, its none than IRIS.


I wish i can freely watch more korean drama as i want and review them. Its decided, i need a laptop. I cant wait forever for my sister to stop hogging the computer.

The main character, Kim hyun joon is an assasin in training with his best friend Sawoo, whom he has sworn brotherhood with. One day, while undergoing training, they are taken by some mysterious men and seperated.
Hyun joon is taken in a room where he is injected with drugs and restrained.
Furious, he kills the doctor and manages to escape, lookimg for Sawoo.
They are stopped by guards but Hyunjoon just takes them out with a few blows.
WOW! this guy's acting..did i say how real it was? The way he moved, threw punches, his anger and the battlelight in his eyes...whew.


Sheenee, how can you say its boring? The first episode maybe, but then dont all good dramas start that way?
But after episode 2, there was no looking back. Full of suspense and mystery.
Hyunjoon was ordered to kill the prime minister if north korea, Yonn sung chul without being given a reason. In order to prove his loyalty, Hyunjoon did as ordered even though he was in a dangerous situation.
He got hurt after completing his mission and asked for backup.
However, Baeksan, his boss, said that he was on his own. Not only that, but he sent Sawoo, Hyunjoon's best friend from their training days, to eliminate him.


He had been abandoned by his own company. Even his best friend turned against him. Seeking revenge, he risked his life to go back to his apartment to see Seunghee, his team leader and lover, whom he deeply missed.
They planned an escape together but everything went wrong when the car Seunghee was in blew up right in front of Hyunjoon's eyes, leading him to believe she was dead.
In truth, she was not dead but had just gone to meet Sawoo for a moment.


However, Hyunjoon could not get over her 'death' and absolutely swore he would get to the bottom of this and kill Sawoo and Baeksan at his feet.

The organisation and its cruelty,wrongdoings and yet formed to uphand justice. Seonhwa, no matter how many times she tried to kill Hyunjoon, never succeeded and ended pairing with him because of his forgiveness and kindness.
She helped him find the reason he was abandoned after assasinating Yoon sung chul and get his revenge on Baeksan.
There were many questions among the plot, like why TOP killed Hong Seung Rong and asked for the IRIS list. Hong seung rong had given Hyunjoon the USB pendrive, containing the IRIS LIST,
but did not tell him what it was.
Hyun joon, on the other hand, gave it to Yuki, a young girl he had known in his stay at Japan. It resulted in the deaths of the her parents, as well as the poor girl herself.

Poor Hyunjoon. He again had lost something he wanted to protect so bad.

I especially loved the part when Seunghee dreamt that she and Sawoo met Hyunjoon in a carpark. Hyunjoon, already betrayed by Sawoo, was habouring intense anger and hatred towards him. Calmly he shot Sawoo twice, ignoring Seunghee's screams.
In retalaition, Sawoo shot Hyunjoon as well, who made no attempt to run but continued firing, with Seunghee's screams as the background music.

Ohh..i loved that scene..feel it would be absolutely perfect if the scene came true. Sawoo chose his career and pride over years of friendship with Hyunjoon.
Hyunjoon, hurt and angry and his betrayal, deception, and for placing his loyalty in Baeksan rather than his best friend, may have more than one good reason to take his revenge.
In this case, i wouldnt blame Hyunjoon if he killed Sawoo, even if i dont want him too. I want them to make up and be back to friends.
But things will never be the same.
Hyunjoon should not kill Sawoo but let him live, let him look back upon his actions that caused the painful betrayal and feel the remorse of his regret.
They cannot be friends anymore, but can continue as work partners, cold and reserved with one another.