Chicken Nugget

First of all, even the title's translation is wrong, so I'm not gonna write more than that about this series... The Korean title is "dakgangjeong", which are deep fried chicken pieces covered in a sweet and spicy sauce. That has nothing to do with a chicken nugget.... And even in the series, the chicken bits look more like chicken balls rather than dakgangjeong... I was very confused... That's all about the series, when you can't even get that right, there's no point going any further...

So, Netflix is on a rampage capitalising on Korea, as it has became the new trend.

Recently, there have been tons of webtoon adaptations (Death's game, Pyramid game, A killer paradox, The bequeathed, duty after school etc...), which is just the new lazy and easy way of making a K-series. Webtoons themselves are kind of a lazy way to make a manga.

What I can see in general, is a drop in quality. Years ago, before American streaming companies started mass producing Korean series, I used to think that Korean series were way better than the rest. Unfortunately, this is not the case anymore, and it seems that nowadays, mediocre and second-rate productions for an avid Occidental audience is just the usual.

I loved this show! It was so funny and unexpected. The actors were so good and their characters were really endearing. Yes, it's quirky. Yes, it's confusing at times. But I enjoyed it much more than I expected. I have to admit though that I'm not a fan of the usual K-dramas. So, if you love most K-dramas, this might not be your thing. But personally I'm happy to see the writers getting creative and trying something other than two lovers where one has a terminal illness.

ALSO this show was reviewed bombed everywhere. Don't believe the negative reviews, especially the ones that are pissed about the reference to Saudi Arabia. Was that joke offensive? Yes. Was it necessary? Absolutely not. But it also doesn't occur until the LAST 10 mins of the VERY LAST EPISODE. So anyone claiming to be mad "after that episode," clearly did not watch the show at all. "Worst Korean drama ever" is an unfair assessment for a single one-off joke that lasted 2 mins.

Korean Drama '' Chicken Nugget '' is a crazy fantasy-sci fi - comedy about a crazy-out-of-the-box adventure.

The drama is short and it manages to handle smoothly the story, which could have been all over the place and become ridiculous quite easily. Hence, the story ends up being odd, yes, but enjoyable enough.

The pace was, in addition, pretty fast, but suited the story. The CGI was pretty good as well. Also, the action scenes were entertaining and well-executed. Moreover, the story had some sensitive-sweet parts which were mostly referred to the family drama.

Finally, the performances were all great by every actor and actress in the cast and the cameos were enjoyable.

So, overall, six out of ten.

It's funny that people are rating it either 10/10 or 1/10. Shows starts well with the little fun idea of what is a person turns into a chicekn nugget . They could have kept it short and funny but dragged it too long and took themselves too seriously towards the later episodes. I was getting bored and just wanted it to get finished but they keep on dragging without any material like this review where I am repeating same things just to reach the required chracters. Acting was real good and can make one feel for the chicken nugget too lol. The ending, last 2-3 minutes, ruined the whole show as the story made no point the way it ended.

This is a fantastic series, it has everything from quirky, weird, cheesy moments. You will definitely get your time worth. The Characters don't take themselves too seriously, and are quite easy to get used to. There wasn't a single time where i found myself bored during the whole 10 episode run. Its a constant rollercoaster of moments revolving around such a basic quirky plot premise but it works. You will definitely have a great time watching this one if you're into light-hearted soft humour. The series makes it clear from the get-go that it's meant to be taken not so serious, I MEAN CMON A DAMN WOMAN TURNS INTO A CHICKEN NUGGET.