(Image and text are samples from my work on HanCinema.net and belong to HanCinema.)
Yi In-jwa and his nine lives are quite tiresome. The character sticks around beyond all reason. Rather than focus on his ridiculous mechanizations, why can’t the show take some real historical happenings and buff them out for this rendition of King Sukjong’s and Yeoning’s lives? In any case, In-jwa is still here and fluctuating between the maniacal and the serene. Scenes of his omnipotence are punctuated by a few good moments of brotherly love, a death, and some massive political plans that don’t feel very massive.
Lisa Espinosa 