Unlock My Boss

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.

Korean Drama " Unlock My Boss " is a business thriller with a sci fi twist.

The drama has some interesting characters that support the whole drama and craft a nice puzzle of unexpected heroes that come together to solve a mystery.

The side characters were also pretty entertaining and their stories were emotional and gave a nice twist on the main story.

The latter was suspenseful, but predictable as well, with the main mystery relying mostly on the power struggle and the dynamics of the characters than to create a fresh view on the story.

The romance, moreover, was something that the story could live without.

The performances, finally, were enjoyable by everyone in the cast.

So, overall, seven out of ten.

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.

The premise was too crazy for me and I wasn't planning on watching this but I thought I'd give it a shot since I had nothing else to watch. Plus I had just finished Eye Love You and Castaway Diva and wanted to see Chae Jong Hyeop again.

He was really good as well as the rest of the cast, so this is probably what made this series so engaging and entertaining. Everyone from the main cast to the supporting characters were great. The direction was really good too.

As far as the premise I just went along with it, just like in other AI/robot dramas and I thought it was interesting and fun, not too sentimental or preachy and the action scenes were not too overwhelming. So overall, good fun!