I didn't and still don't know how to feel about it. We're pretty well into the 12-month year, it's Q3 already and I struggle to believe I only just finished seeing my third K-drama of the year. Like, third as in the number 3.
Color me impressed! Ironically.
I'm not someone who fancies watching two different movies at the same time, so you bet all the while I took my juicy time finishing up my then-current movie, I had no other one on play mode.
One the woman.
The movie title alone sounded just weird to me until I saw the first episode and understood perfectly.
I came across its reel on TikTok, a very funny scene that had me replaying. My fingers moved before my mind could process it and next thing I knew, my eyes were staring right back at the downloading 1/16 icon on my phone screen.
And that... was three months ago. Three! And I finished it two nights back. Is it too early to drop in my hopefully-not-too-lengthy-words review??? I hope not.
I thought of beginning my review with the tunes and sounds and theme songs in the movie, but I happen not to be invested in K-drama songs that much, especially those played in a movie. I barely register them.
Exception of the ones that draw me in, too hard to ignore nor forget. Ones like Angel's Last Mission: Love and the intro song in Island.
One the woman features a great number of actors who all played their roles, dare I say, perfectly. It's a light-hearted family-business drama, which basically revolves around loss, revenge, justice, corruption, self-identity, love and second chances.
Lee Ha-nee as Cho Yeon-ju and Kang Mi-na, the female protagonist is our one the woman. It's safe to say that I saw the movie because of her. After seeing her character in Knight flower, I picked that she has a crazy side to her. Take the craziness from her and you will be left with a shell of a human, lol.
Having to play the role of double character as a) daughter and daughter-in-law of conglomerate families treated as a nobody in respective places, and b) a smartass prosecutor and gangster.
Weird??? I know, but that's her whole MO.
She, alongside the male protagonist Lee Sang-yoon as Han Seung Wook who eventually turned out to be her lover, sought revenge and justice for her doubled self, grandmother, dad - who spent all but the last episode behind bars for owning up to a crime he didn't commit and the male protagonist's late dad.
Though when you're up against a selfish, unremorseful, wealth and power-driven antagonist as Han Sung-hye (Jin Seo-yeon), you know better than to expect a smooth ride to achieving your laid-out goals to justice.
The presence of other actors like Yeon-ju's two uncles, corrupt senior and chief prosecutor, her cute baby boy prosecutor friend Yoo-jun who sticked beside her through it all, though an unreciprocated love thingy, coupled with her ridiculous mother-in-law and the rest of her in-law family members as Kang Mi-na, warrants to the funny, intense and cruel moments in the movie.
I can very much say that justice was done to the story because I felt I could finally breathe when I watched through the sixteenth episode.
The only flaw I can point out will be the addition of unnecessary scenes, which I felt made the movie less riveting, tiring, and amounted to the lengthy episodes.
It was a nice watch still, and I will give it a six!
Thankssssss for reading!
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