Kairos

Synopsis:

Han Ae-Ri is busy with her studies, working a part-time job and taking care of her ailing mother. She’s been doing everything to make ends meet and save for her mother’s operation. While Kim Yeo-Jin is a successful executive in a big construction Company with a beautiful violinist wife, Kang Hyun-Chae and a daughter. Han Ae-Ri’s and Kang Hyun-Chae’s path coincide in the most unusual way during both their stressful events of their lives. For Han Ae-Ri, her mother suddenly disappeared while Kang Hyun-Chae’s daughter got kidnapped. They met in a phone call at a specific time made by Kang Hyun-Chae, but, what’s unbelievable Han Ae-Ri is talking to Kang Hyun-Chae living a month ahead of her time. Their connection seems to be a month apart in timeline with the Kang Hyun-Chae who’s living a month ahead in the future of Kang Hyun-Chae at the present time with Han Ae-Ri. However, even with the strange and hard to accept situation, they realized together they need to help each other and try to change what’s happening in their past and future no matter what will be the consequences they have to deal with to save their lives and their love ones from unknown enemy who seems to be intent on destroying them.

Characters:

Shin Sung Rok as Kim Seo Jin
Lee Se Young as Han Ae Ri
Ahn Bo Hyun as Seo Do Gyoon
Lee Jung Joon as Younger Seo Jin
Kang Seung Yoon as Im Gun Wook
Lee Joo Myung as Park Soo Jung
Jo Dong In as Lee Taek Kyu
Shin Goo as Yeo Seo Il as Company President
Hwang Jung Min as Kwak Song Ja
Im Chul Hyung as Park Ho Young
Shim Hye Yun as Kim Da Bin
Go Kyu Pil as Kim Jin Ho
So Hee Jung as Jung Hye Kyung
Lee Tae Goo as Kang Byung Suk
Yoo Yun Suk as Prison Guard

My Review:

I watched this K-Drama because I got curious of the premise. As of late, there are a lot of Korean dramas that took this topic of time travel and parallel worlds into different stories. There are some that incorporated it into a romantic genre, others in crime drama set-up while others into really a full blown sci-fi genre. However, not all K-Dramas who tackled this plot became successful in my book because they often get derailed of successfully making something illogical logical and stay true to the premise they’ve given as possible explanations and results within that premise. Others tend to just use this plot without even explaining anything except to just use to make the K-Drama’s story seems different from others, but, at the end, the story is actually as the same as the rest like being a simple love story with the element of parallel world just thrown to the mix to make it seemingly different. So, lo and behold when I finally I got to watch a K-Drama with this plot and been really true to the ground rules they’ve set for the existence of parallel worlds and time difference.

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) I have seen Shin Sung-Rok in many Korean dramas doing different roles and I believe, he is indeed one of the most versatile actors out there in the Korean entertainment industry. He is not the typical heartthrob, but, he can definitely act and bring truthfulness to whatever character given to him into life. He can both be the protagonist or the antagonist of the story and what’s great about him is that either way he can make his characters believable that one can either love or hate depending on the roles he is playing. This K-Drama is certainly a highlight of his talent as an actor.

(2) Lee Se-Young has certainly gave justice to her role as Han Ae-Ri, giving both her character’s vulnerability and strength into the forefront and make it believable.

(3) The supporting casts were great but Ahn Bo-Hyun as Seo Do-Kyun and Nam Guy-Ri as Kang Hyun-Chae were brilliant. They made their story so interesting enough that one would care to know what will happen to them even if majority of the time you feel disgust towards their characters, but, they still made their characters human enough that the audience can feel a certain understanding and sympathy towards their characters in the end.

(4) I must salute the director and the writer of being able to write the story in a coherent, logical and totally consistent manner. They didn’t gear outside and against the premise they’ve given to the audience in regards to the facts laid out in the story regarding the parallel world and its consequences. They stayed true to the course and not bend their “illogical to be logical” plot to be illogical again just to connect the events and give a plausible end. This is one of the most sensible and entertaining sci-fi K-Dramas that I don’t have to leave my brains at the other side of the door and that leave too much questions in an already impossible occurrence to begin with.

(5) Great cast and a superb sci-fi suspense thriller from start to finish even without any romance.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?

It is simply perfect to me and nothing need to be change.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? 100% Yes

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 5/5

OST:

01. Like a Star – It’s
02. Live a Day Like You – Joo Ho
03. Own Pain – Ha Jin
04. The Next Story – Jung Dong Won
05. Pray – Tart
06. Scattered – Kim Tae Hyun of The Brothers
07. Stopped – Ga Won
07. Can You Hear Me – Kang Seung Yoon
08. Where Are You – A.C.E
09. Stay with MeJung – Ka Yi
10. I Cry and Miss You – The Daisy
11. Somehow We – Seo Sung Hyuk
12. Why is it – Damu
13. Heart Feels Cold – The Lime
14. One Day is a Mess – Lydia
15. Not Yet – Langyee

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