Good detective action flick
Little to no character development. Most of the characters are already fully developed and the only one with room to develop in character is Jiwoo/Hyejin. Every other character has already developed offscreen in the past. Examples of this are the majority of the main characters. Pildo is Jiwoo's partner in the Narcotics unit and he's a fully developed character already. He's a pretty generic cop superior/antagonistic protagonist. He's experienced and often butt heads with Jiwoo because there are sides of her that's shady but he is a good cop.
Cha and Choi Mujin are the most interesting characters imo and to no surprise, they are very important links to finding the answers Jiwoo is looking for. Both of these characters also don't really go through much character development.
Basically this show doesn't try to do anything special and is aware of what purpose it's serving. It is an action flick with a dark undertone. You're going to see some cringe scenes in which the main character is going to take on several men at the same time. They will inflict knife wounds on her which she will basically walk off the pain while some of the characters she dispatches will take one tiny knife slash or tiny hit to the leg and be incapacitated as unrealistically as WWE athletes struggling on the floor for several minutes after a strike.
However, there are also amazing scenes like when Mujin trains with Jiwoo at the gym on fighting and when Jiwoo shows the Narcotics unit how capable she is when she's told to bring Mango out and the scenes are entertaining; these scenes aren't anything unpredictable but they are done in a single shot with a continuous action sequence meaning the whole shot had to be taken each time they messed up. Don't expect a masterpiece; this is a good solid show that you can binge and will most likely enjoy as a slower paced action flick. If you're expecting Squid Game level of writing and character development/foreshadowing, this is not the show. My Name doesn't try to do anything clever like that; it is upfront about what it brings to the table and does a good job at it.
Cha and Choi Mujin are the most interesting characters imo and to no surprise, they are very important links to finding the answers Jiwoo is looking for. Both of these characters also don't really go through much character development.
Basically this show doesn't try to do anything special and is aware of what purpose it's serving. It is an action flick with a dark undertone. You're going to see some cringe scenes in which the main character is going to take on several men at the same time. They will inflict knife wounds on her which she will basically walk off the pain while some of the characters she dispatches will take one tiny knife slash or tiny hit to the leg and be incapacitated as unrealistically as WWE athletes struggling on the floor for several minutes after a strike.
However, there are also amazing scenes like when Mujin trains with Jiwoo at the gym on fighting and when Jiwoo shows the Narcotics unit how capable she is when she's told to bring Mango out and the scenes are entertaining; these scenes aren't anything unpredictable but they are done in a single shot with a continuous action sequence meaning the whole shot had to be taken each time they messed up. Don't expect a masterpiece; this is a good solid show that you can binge and will most likely enjoy as a slower paced action flick. If you're expecting Squid Game level of writing and character development/foreshadowing, this is not the show. My Name doesn't try to do anything clever like that; it is upfront about what it brings to the table and does a good job at it.
- joekinplaya
- Oct 19, 2021