Title: 트레인 | Teurein | Train
Genre: Mystery | Science Fiction | Thriller
Episodes: 12
Broadcast Network: OCN
Broadcast Period: July 11, 2020 to August 16, 2020
Synopsis:
Seo Do Won is a team leader of the criminal division of the police and Han Seo Kyung is a prosecutor. They were together since they were young that was initiated by a tragedy, both of their fathers died. As they grow up together, Seo Do Won and Han Seo Kyung developed a deep love for each other but Seo Do Won has to broke it off because of a dark secret he and their guardian, Chief Detective Lee Hang Na kept from Han Seo Kyung. Their paths crossed again due to a case that’s accidentally discovered at Mukyeong Station, a train station that has been abandoned for a long time. As Seo Do Won tries to unravel a seemingly serial murder case, it seems to lead them to what had happened to 12 years ago on the death of his father and the murder of Han Seo Kyung’s father. Then, another tragedy struck and as Seo Do Won was trying to make sense of it all, he was given an opportunity to change his fate, be with Han Seo Kyung and reveal the truth behind the murders, but, it comes with a big cost in doing that he may not be willing to take.
Characters:
- Yoon Shi Yoon as Seo Do Won
- Kyung Soo Jin as Han Seo Kyung
- Shin So Yool as Lee Jung Min
- Lee Hang Na as Oh Mi Sook
- Nam Moon Chul as Seo Jae Chul
- Jo Wan Ki as Woo Jae Hyuk
- Kim Dong Young as Kim Jin Woo
- Yoon Bok In as Jo Young Ran
- Cha Yup as Lee Sung Wook
- Kim Jin Seo as Han Kyu Tae
- Yoon Shi Yoon as Seo Do Won
- Kyung Soo Jin as Han Seo Kyung
- Shin So Yool as Lee Jung Min
- Lee Hang Na as Oh Mi Sook
- Nam Moon Chul as Seo Jae Chul
- Yoon Bok In as Jo Young Ran
- Cha Yup as Lee Sung Wook
- Kim Jin Seo as Han Kyu Tae
My Review:
I’ve been scouring the list of K-Dramas that I would like to watch while waiting for the next episode of “Flower of Evil” week after week and stumble upon this. It sounded interesting enough plus it has only 12 episodes which is ideal for me especially these days that I have so much to do.
So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?
(1) It is one of those sci-fi suspense thrillers that keeps you guessing and put you at the edge of your seat. It has twists and turns that will make you ask for more.
(2) I have seen Yoon Shi Yoon for the first time in an also sci-fi thriller “The Psychopath Diary”. I liked him, the story and his acting better on this K-Drama. He has delivered his character here with more depth and much interesting twist than the “The Psychopath Diary” who is more challenged whether to have a serious tone or comedic one.
(3) For some reason Yoon Shi Yoon for past 2 K-dramas I’ve watched him in it didn’t have leading ladies that fully connect with me. However, Kyung Soo Jin is a lot, lot, lot better than Jung In Sun in the “The Psychopath Diary”. At least Kyung Soo Jin as Han Sea Kyung gave a better delivery of her character especially at the latter episodes.
(4) The supporting characters have done their job, though didn’t really create a deeper impression to me more than the lead characters except Lee Hang Na as Oh Mi Sook. She has done a brilliant performance especially in the ending.
(5) This K-drama over-all truly provided close to perfection a script in tackling parallel worlds that’s fully incorporated to the story and not just make it a reason to give a love story a different flavour. It has coherence and majority stuck to its core depiction and make an impossible scenario probable. Moreover, the darker side of humanity was well meshed to provide the backbone of why a character is the way he or she is.
What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
This K-drama is not totally perfect in the sense of why this 8210 train is able to transport certain characters into their different parallel worlds and why they are specifically chosen. That’s actually the dilemma of tackling this kind of sci-fi topic of time travel and parallel worlds especially when the same characters collides in different worlds and time. This K-drama is not an exception to that dilemma especially in the ending where it is done in a seemingly abrupt manner with a strange conversation between the lead characters albeit achieving happy ending. Over-all it is actually better than other k-dramas who dealt with this topic, but, strangely enough, I would have preferred Seo De Won ending alone as the premise of certain explanation from the character (which I will not mention so as not to ruin the entire suspenseful ingredient) who went through the same. It would have given a more realistic tone in an already unrealistic world.
Would I recommend this K-Drama? Yes, definitely.
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 5/5 Stars
OST:
01. Train OST Part 1 – Jo Wan Sun
02. With You – Oo