From heists to assassins to vengeful housewives, this week’s dramas are bringing all sorts of actions to our screens! Come see what will be landing on your watchlist.
Money Heist: Korea
June 24, Netflix, starring Yoo Ji Tae (Mad Dog), Kim Yoo Jin (Miss Ma, Nemesis)
Thieves overtake the mint of a unified Korea. With hostages trapped inside, the police must stop them — as well as the shadowy mastermind behind it all.
Ultimate Weapon Alice
June 24, Watcha, starring Park Se Wan (Never Twice), Song Geon Hee (Missing: The Other Side)
A youth action romance about the bloody high school lives of mysterious transfer student and killer Gyeo Wool and traumatized high school student Yeo Reum as they meet and get chased down by a criminal organization.
Anna
June 24, starring Bae Suzy (Start Up), Jung Eun Chae (The King: Eternal Monarch)
Yoo Mi is the woman who tells a small lie and ends up living someone else’s life. Hyun Joo is a woman who lives her life holding herself above everyone, treating them with neither kindness nor malice. She has a subtly tense relationship with Yoo Mi. Ji Hoon is Yoo Mi’s husband who is ambitious and future-oriented. Ji Won is a dependable senior who is the only person whom Yoo Mi trusts.
The Witch Is Alive/Becoming Witch
June 25, KOCOWA, starring Lee Yoo Ri (Spring Turns to Spring), Lee Min Young (Love ft. Marriage and Divorce), Yoon So Yi (The Goddess of Revenge)
Three friends from different backgrounds each encounter enemies they’d like to kill.
Gong Ma Ri is a housewife who has a satisfying life with her husband and daughter. When she discovers her spouse’s affair, she seeks an alternate method of ending her marriage.
Chae Hee Soo is the daughter-in-law in a chaebol family. Her married life isn’t going well. Not only must she tend to her mother-in-law who ails physically and suffers from Alzheimer’s, she must also endure her husband’s cold indifference toward her as she struggles to become pregnant. One day, Hee Soo’s mother-in-law makes her a terrifying yet tempting offer.
Yang Jin A’s husband is a bad person. Upon his death, Jin A collects a significant sum from his life insurance policy. With that money, she is able to enjoy a lifestyle she was unaccustomed to in the past. Instead, she keeps a watchful eye over her windfall, anxiously fearing that someone will take it from her.
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