IRIS: A RAMBO TEDDY BEAR MEETS HIS DESTINY.
IRIS
He's a rebel agent abandoned by his government. She's a kickass profiler questioning her loyalties. Together, what's a little moral ambiguity between friends?
I was obsessed with this drama. OBSESSED. It has literally every single thing I could want in a story -- hot men, asskicking ladies, guns, explosions, makeouts, betrayals, love triangles, revenge plots, epic conspiracies, slippery moral slopes, gratuitous male nudity, shootouts, stakeouts, car chases... and a whooole lot of kissing. \o/ This is an OTP so physically affectionate the network actually cut some of their scenes. THEY KISSED TOO MUCH FOR KOREAN TV.
If you like angst, action and romance, drop everything and surrender yourself to IRIS.
Hyun Joon is a sexy secret agent.
Sometimes he doesn't wear shirts.
THE END.
What, you need more? Well, let's see...
Seung Hee is an agent, profiler, and all-around badass with an interrogator face that would make me pee myself.
What makes this scene is the tiny *click* of the door locking behind her.
She and Hyun Joon fall in love despite his hilarious, crushing inferiority to everything she is: she's smarter than him, can drink him under the table (look at his FACE -- that's after she knocks back like three soju bombs without breaking a sweat) and oh, did I mention?
She's his direct superior at work.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO WATCH YOUR SUBORDINATES VERY... VERY... CLOSELY...
Arms! Hair! Cuddling! Arms!
He is kissing her eyelid!!!!! *THUD*
There's a sorta-kinda triangle with their friend Sa Woo, except the only thing he can kiss is ass, so he's no match for their OTP power.
Because (spoiler) thought (spoiler) and (spoiler) (spoilered), Hyun Joon's happy life goes up in flames and he becomes a death-killing revenge-obsessed antihero. This basically means... wait for it... more excuses for nudity!
Remember, torture is wrong! That's why there are many many scenes of Hyun Joon in beautiful unbearable agony, moaning through a gag, writhing in his bonds, the camera lingering on his sweet abused flesh...
If you enjoy this, you're going to hell. Just know it.
On the other side of the law, T.O.P. plays a cold, relentless fashion disaster.
...I mean assassin.
Among his crimes: neon jackets and wristbands, friendship bracelets, skull shoes, leopard print sunglasses...
MOCK IF YOU MUST. But there's something glorious about his complete lack of shame. There's a scene where he struts through a club to his own music -- literally, his character walks through the crowd WHILE YOU HEAR HIM IN THE INSERT SONG RAPPING "T-O-P" -- and say what you want, but sometimes it is possible to be so ridiculous it's actually cool. HE'S A 22 YEAR OLD ASSASSIN. HE HAS A POWERBOAT. HE SPEAKS RANDOM ENGLISH. Don't think critically, just enjoy.
This is Sun Hwa. Sun Hwa is a North Korean spy sent to kill Hyun Joon or die trying. There's just one problem...
WHO DO YOU THINK OF THAT, SEUNG HEE?
Hmmm, I see.
You might get confused about who's working for who and who's plotting vengeance against what, so I've come up with an easy system to keep things straight: look at the hair.
Flirty hair! Someone is about to get kissed.
REVENGE HAIR! Someone is about to die.
The hair of manpain! Tears to follow.
If the hair is accompanied by black gloves or a black hat, you're probably already dead.
No reason for these, I just realized I hadn't included enough JJH.
You'll thank me later.
It's hard to cap the action in IRIS because it's very fast-paced, so just know it's awesome and lots of shit explodes. AND there are not only hot men but EXTREMELY HARDCORE WOMEN, women who can shoot, kill, pummel, and crack bones with the best of 'em.
For example, here is Seung Hee strangling a poor motherfucker with a desk lamp.
I think these caps say it all.
He's a rebel agent abandoned by his government. She's a kickass profiler questioning her loyalties. Together, what's a little moral ambiguity between friends?
I was obsessed with this drama. OBSESSED. It has literally every single thing I could want in a story -- hot men, asskicking ladies, guns, explosions, makeouts, betrayals, love triangles, revenge plots, epic conspiracies, slippery moral slopes, gratuitous male nudity, shootouts, stakeouts, car chases... and a whooole lot of kissing. \o/ This is an OTP so physically affectionate the network actually cut some of their scenes. THEY KISSED TOO MUCH FOR KOREAN TV.
If you like angst, action and romance, drop everything and surrender yourself to IRIS.
Hyun Joon is a sexy secret agent.
Sometimes he doesn't wear shirts.
THE END.
What, you need more? Well, let's see...
Seung Hee is an agent, profiler, and all-around badass with an interrogator face that would make me pee myself.
What makes this scene is the tiny *click* of the door locking behind her.
She and Hyun Joon fall in love despite his hilarious, crushing inferiority to everything she is: she's smarter than him, can drink him under the table (look at his FACE -- that's after she knocks back like three soju bombs without breaking a sweat) and oh, did I mention?
She's his direct superior at work.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO WATCH YOUR SUBORDINATES VERY... VERY... CLOSELY...
Arms! Hair! Cuddling! Arms!
He is kissing her eyelid!!!!! *THUD*
There's a sorta-kinda triangle with their friend Sa Woo, except the only thing he can kiss is ass, so he's no match for their OTP power.
Because (spoiler) thought (spoiler) and (spoiler) (spoilered), Hyun Joon's happy life goes up in flames and he becomes a death-killing revenge-obsessed antihero. This basically means... wait for it... more excuses for nudity!
Remember, torture is wrong! That's why there are many many scenes of Hyun Joon in beautiful unbearable agony, moaning through a gag, writhing in his bonds, the camera lingering on his sweet abused flesh...
If you enjoy this, you're going to hell. Just know it.
On the other side of the law, T.O.P. plays a cold, relentless fashion disaster.
...I mean assassin.
Among his crimes: neon jackets and wristbands, friendship bracelets, skull shoes, leopard print sunglasses...
MOCK IF YOU MUST. But there's something glorious about his complete lack of shame. There's a scene where he struts through a club to his own music -- literally, his character walks through the crowd WHILE YOU HEAR HIM IN THE INSERT SONG RAPPING "T-O-P" -- and say what you want, but sometimes it is possible to be so ridiculous it's actually cool. HE'S A 22 YEAR OLD ASSASSIN. HE HAS A POWERBOAT. HE SPEAKS RANDOM ENGLISH. Don't think critically, just enjoy.
This is Sun Hwa. Sun Hwa is a North Korean spy sent to kill Hyun Joon or die trying. There's just one problem...
WHO DO YOU THINK OF THAT, SEUNG HEE?
Hmmm, I see.
You might get confused about who's working for who and who's plotting vengeance against what, so I've come up with an easy system to keep things straight: look at the hair.
Flirty hair! Someone is about to get kissed.
REVENGE HAIR! Someone is about to die.
The hair of manpain! Tears to follow.
If the hair is accompanied by black gloves or a black hat, you're probably already dead.
No reason for these, I just realized I hadn't included enough JJH.
You'll thank me later.
It's hard to cap the action in IRIS because it's very fast-paced, so just know it's awesome and lots of shit explodes. AND there are not only hot men but EXTREMELY HARDCORE WOMEN, women who can shoot, kill, pummel, and crack bones with the best of 'em.
For example, here is Seung Hee strangling a poor motherfucker with a desk lamp.
I think these caps say it all.