The Zone: Survival Mission

For those missing the interaction between Lee Kwong Soo and Yoo Jae-Suk this is a nice fit. It is a short series, and while not as funny as some of the Running Man episodes, it is a nice fill in for those missing their interactions from Running Man. It seems to be a show that was produced after Busted! With some of the same secondary cast playing roles in the show.

For those in North America, this is a great introduction to the craziness that can be in the Korean Variety Shows.

The 3 actors play their archetypes quite well, Lee Kwong Soo plays the betraying always scared of everything personality. Yoo Jae-Suk plays the smart aleck who knows better. And Yuri plays the overall person who is a hero, or the smartest one in the group.

I think of the two males leads like the Korean version of Abbott and Costello, and Yuri as the female lead in any of their movies.

Is it their best work? No, but it is definitely better than most things shown on North American TV these days.

The games are not exciting or funny, the pace is slow, the editing is not interesting, I watched ep.1 and it didnt even make me laugh once. So even though it features 2 top variety show celebs Yoo Jae-suk and Lee Kwang-soo, this show is a failure in my opinion, extremely boring. Yoo and Lee also did not perform their usual funny sides like in Running Man, while the femail host does not impress at all. I also think that 3 hosts are inadequate for a survival game show, it needs more funny people in order to create funny interactions. There are so many variety shows in south korea, it is extremely competitive and takes a really good production to stand out.

If you like entertainment and survival type shows, you won't be disappointed. Kwang-soo and Joseok are such a funny duo to watch, with yuri added to the mix makes this so entertaining! There has been so many times where I rewinded a couple of scenes because of how funny they were 😂😂 this is pure enjoyable content! Ive seen both seasons and loved it. I hope they renew for another season! I have never seen episodes or tv shows with yuri in it, and I am a fan of girls generation so this was a delight to see her in it. The second season in zone 7 really showed the teamwork and the charisma these x3 have, and I wish to see it more often! What a great variety show! Good job guys 😍👏🏽

I loved this show. The first three episodes are rather slow paced and not entirely funny however the 4 episode got me! So even if you wont watch the whole series I would recommend to watch the 4th episode. It´s my favorite together with the 6th 7th and 8th.. The further you go the better it gets. I think that the two male hosts are doing an amazing job and if you recognize them from different variety shows you know their sense of humor. I think this is the first time they had a variety show together in this composition so it is only natural that in the first episodes they needed a little time to adjust.

It's supposed to be SURVIVAL but you can tell easily from the editing that there are plenty of moments were the stars don't have to advance to survive. They just move on for the sake of the show. Think of your typical survival show: Players have skin in the game, they have to take risks to win and they can get eliminated. The players in this show have nothing to lose, they just move on for the sake of "entertainment" (which is lacking). This was painful to watch: not fun, not entertaining, not survival. I'm guessing that the good reviews come from hardcore Yoo Jae-Seok and Lee Kwang-Soo fans. You are way better off watching old Running Man episodes than this show.