Unlock My Boss

I'll be honest, I hit play on this show because of Chae Jong Hyeop. Yes, it's the dimples, but also he's a very exciting actor to watch. So I wasn't expecting much from the storyline of this show except that we would get maximum Chae Jong Hyeop charm. Yet I was pleased surprised to be rooting for most of the characters happiness and success with every challenge they faced. I loved how they used sci-fi but also kept the heart of the show this charming slice of life type of drama. The sci-fi elements were so natural and real to today's day and age that they didn't feel ridiculous or fantastical. Overall, besides some small gripes and what I think was a lackluster ending, the meat of the show was great and I was clicked Next episode immediately after I ended one for most of the series.

I actually enjoyed watching this K-Drama but it had a few shortcomings. It is hard to concept actually liking a series where one of the main characters is a talking phone, but you fall into getting hooked into it.

Starts out with a country guy who lives at home, but trying his hardest to get a job in the city, falls short on all his interviews. His dream has also been to be an actor since childhood but he failed in that endeavor with interviews as well. While searching online for a city job interview, he comes across an interesting posting that just popped up that says first one to find his phone & charges it will get 1 billion won. He didn't know what to think - a test to see who was the best fastest person out there for the job or what so he races, finds the phone, takes it home, charges it. The phone wants him to sign a contract for 1 bill won to take his job as a CEO; he of course is thinking it is a joke, an AR game, doesn't know what to think, and it all starts from there.

Fun, entertaining, comedic moments by his parents, a very little romance, mystery, twists at the end.

The shortcomings are that his assistance may have been casted to be robotic, but she was so mopey that she was not interesting at all. The other shortcoming is that the ending could have been much better, not disappointing, however could have been much, much better.

Chae Jong Hyeop plays Park In-seong a young man who comes across a phone where the spirit of a CEO Kim Sun Joo ( Park Sung woong) resides. The CEO is missing believed murdered and he asks for the young man help to locate his body and run his company which coincidentally had rejected his job application earlier. It is based on a webtoon and is an interesting idea with the usual evil executives trying to bring him down at every turn. I was disappointed with the overall pacing as some parts of the story seemed to drag but other parts seemed rushed. Well acted by the whole cast particularly the young girl who plays the CEO's daughter Ki So-Yu.

I looooove the concept, a man disappears and gets trapped inside of a smartphone and becomes the very AI he has been developing all his life. He then seeks help from a stranger and his secretary to find out what happened to him and unveiled any possible conspiracy against him.

There you have literally all the ingredients to make a fantastic show BUT I just can't stop thinking about one thing. The trapped CEO who is a computer prodigy and a genius has the capability of make use of every technology and digital tool to communicate virtually and just do whatever he wants online through his new "body" the smartphone but they seem to have limited his control/powers so he has to be connected via cable to a computer to use it? Is the director not aware of wifi? Bluetooth? What kind of computer prodigy cant hack systems? He was able at the beginning to send emails out to the world to ask for help, he was able to make phone calls and even sign contracts or delete CCTV footage but it seems that it's selective so when his friends are in danger he is almost helpless?

I mean if you ignore that which I guess is purposely done so our leads also have a weakness, the show is pretty entertaining and funny.

I absolutely adored the ML in his last drama Love all Play and OH MY BOD how much he has bulked physically since we saw him on Nevertheless ( he looks like a different person) I liked his super comedic side in this one too.

The couple playing the ML's parents are so good and hilarious, specially the father , I just love how chameleonic Ahn Nae Sang is.

Little girl playing the CEOs daughter is so endearing too and the rest if the cast does it great.

Some chemistry between the leads but they don't focus too much on romance so it's good enough.

Ah! And the OST was awesome! I kept shazaming the songs!

Good show to watch something not complicated and with a bit of action and intrigue.

Watched this because of Seo Eun Su, which we were impressed with in "My Golden Life", in a supporting role, but she plays a completely different character in this series. It didn't really grab us, without the obligatory hook at the end of each episode. The tech was very believable, it can't be far away, maybe, just a couple of updates away. Another actress that impressed with a supporting role was the young daughter character who we had seen in something else, but can't place it. But Korean dramas must stop having a character that unbelevably over acts like in old 1950's early 1960's Hollywood dramas, which does detract from being internationally accepted. Another detraction was the plasticy make up of Park Sung Woong, the boss character.