SummarySet in 1945, with the help of detective Yoon Chae-ok (Han So-hee), pawn shop owner Jang Tae-sang (Park Seo-jun) must find Commissioner Ishikawa's lover at Gyeongseong's Ongseong Hospital in this South Korean series.
SummarySet in 1945, with the help of detective Yoon Chae-ok (Han So-hee), pawn shop owner Jang Tae-sang (Park Seo-jun) must find Commissioner Ishikawa's lover at Gyeongseong's Ongseong Hospital in this South Korean series.
As South Korean dramas flex their muscles on US shores, Netflix’s “Gyeongseong Creature” vaults to the top of the charts, offering an addictive mix of history, romance, mystery, science fiction and monsters, in roughly that order. Built around a desperate Japan’s tyranny in Korea near the end of World War II, it might not match “Squid Game’s” viewership, but for sheer entertainment value surpasses it in a way that deserves to be a monster hit.
Despite our reservations, Gyeongseong Creature has a good story buried in all the murkiness. But we’re not sure if the show will actually be able to focus on that story as the first season goes along.
In the end, this constant pulling back from its most promising elements is where Gyeongseong Creature gets swallowed up — not by a creature, but by its own repetitive hesitation.