revolutionary love

i totally forgot which one that i watched first, this one or the chinese adapted drama. anyway, this is the second drama of choi si won and kang so ra that i watched. previously i watched si won in park seon jun's drama "she was pretty" and kang so ra from some drama with lee jong suk. anyway, i've seen the trailer several times, so i guess why not try watching it.

title: revolutionary love

cast: kang so ra, choi si won, gong myung

genre: romantic drama

byun hyuk (choi si won) is the second son of gangsu group dynasty. he's well known for his carefree, irresponsible and reckless behaviour. he had made lots of mistake in the past and this time was no better. he was accused of sexually-harassed a flight attendant, ha yeon hee (kim ye won). under byun woo sung (lee jae yoon)'s, byun hyuk's older brother, order, kwon jae hoon (gong myung) was sent to sweep things under the rug. however, it backfired as the video was leaked to the public. enraged by his latest scandal, his father kicked him out of their home. he hid at his usual hotel per jae hoon's order, when he saw baek joon (kang so ra). she was involved in an altercation with his previous girlfriend. and he was amazed watching how baek joon wouldn't back down even when she was accused of stealing. at the end, baek joon was proven innocent. unfortunately, byun hyuk was borrowing some hotel officer's clothes when he was roaming around and he was denied to his room and even kicked out of the hotel. but baek joon helped him without knowing his real identity. the fun began when baek joon asked her long-time friend to accept the stranger, when the friend was jae hoon. he was surprised as well when byun hyuk showed up in his apartment. he let hyuk stayed in his apartment to keep watch of him as well as to keep his good side in front of baek joon. 

things got a bit funny as hyuk decided to keep his cover as a low-life person in front of baek joon. jae hoon had no other choice than to follow. since hyuk told joon that he was fired as well, joon kindly got a part time job for hyuk. hyuk then realized how hard it is to be a part timer and how hard it is to earn some money. but his cover didn't last long as apparently, the flight attendant was in the same apartment as jae hoon and baek joon. since his cover was blown, hyuk had no other choice to admit about his identity. but he stayed firm saying that he was innocent and all was misunderstanding. he told the whole story to joon, who believed him, but told him to make amend with yeon hee. at first, he didn't know what to do, since his father and brother have been using money to solve all problems. but he found out that a sincere apology was the only thing needed. 

decided to make some change, hyuk decided to stay at jae hoon's and kept following joon wherever she went. they even got into cleaning part time job together, even when hyuk found out that he was cleaning the company building. his father was happy to see hyuk finally decided to be responsible of something. even though he didn't approve of joon. little by little hyuk did a change into the company policy even though he did it to help joon, but his good intention became beneficial to other part timers as well. worried that his position might change, woo sung told jae hoon to keep watch of hyuk and kept reporting to him straight. however, jae hoon started to realize the feud. at first he thought woo sung was sincerely wanted to help hyuk out of trouble, but he started to become suspicious as hyuk's case kept being leaked to the public even though jae hoon had swept it under rug. this made hyuk's name became bad in front of the shareholders and his father as well. the order made jae hoon realized that hyuk has been right all this time, that he was innocent but didn't get the chance to prove his innocence.

anyway, when hyuk made the wrong choice when he was trying to help joon, he had no other choice but to apply for a position in the company. together with joon, they studied together and passed the elimination test. however, during the interview, hyuk initially didn't pass, but joon passed. however, she didn't want to accept the position hence hyuk got the spot. being clueless about his job, joon helped him. but she found out the truth about her father, who has been wrongly accused by gangsu group and got fired. determined to make amend to joon, hyuk decided to work harder. though there was mishap here and there, joon and the cleaning crew helped him along the way. 

on the other side, there was this police officer who initially wanted to catch hyuk. but since the case was closed, he was transferred to another department. funny thing was, he moved into the same apartment as the others. it was funny when yeon hee got drunk and mistakenly thinking she was going into her apartment, when it was the police officer's. yeon hee was mistakenly thinking jae hoon was having a crush on her while the truth was jae hoon has been in love with joon since college days. and the police officers eventually got smitten by yeon hee. anyway. hyuk has been working hard to change the way the company was, while jae hoon has been working on something else. he was working together with the police office to reveal hyuk's father dark secret.

well, it's been a long fight, but at the end, hyuk finally found out the hard truth about his family. his father has been embezzling money by making another company to avoid taxes. this company was in charge of several smaller companies that handle packaging, raw materials and part timers. all his father cared about was money and position, and never thought of people. jae hoon decided to help the police officers to gather evidence against hyuk's father even though it meant endangering his life. but at the end, hyuk decided to take the matter into his hand and together with joon and the whole cleaning crew, he handed the evidence to the police and told his father to surrender. 

at last, hyuk finally managed to change the way the company operated. they changed into clean management now and treated people more humanly. hyuk and his brother got along now since they didn't have to fight for their inheritance and hyuk father was imprisoned for his wrongdoings. jae hoon confessed his feeling to joon but he didn't allow joon to answer, knowing that he might get rejected. joon decided to go travelling before deciding what to do next. at first she thought hyuk was angry with her decision but she was surprised finding hyuk sitting next to her in the same plane.

what i like:

- refreshing take at how the people managed to turn the table around and the people in power accepted the punishment at the end.

- how hyuk's mom is really nice. at first i thought she would be those rich moms who would do anything for their kids, but she was really nice toward joon even though joon's mom was mistakenly thought hyuk's mom was jae hoon's mom. 

- at least hyuk and jae hoon fought for joon fairly. how hyuk gave time for jae hoon to confess his feeling to joon even though he was worried that joon might accept jae hoon's feeling.

what i don't like:

- another rich family feud as background story.

- and not forgetting corruption, embezzlement and stuff which is usual.

- sometimes i think kang sora's acting is a bit too much, but it's still okay. 

- slow story progression, not too mention the problem is typical. nothing revolutionary if i have to say.

rating: 7/10

binge worthy: so-so

recommended for: choi si won and kang so ra's fans, someone who's looking for a light romcom story.