Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 24, 2022
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. RogerEbert.com
    Reviewed by: Reginald Ponder
    Jun 24, 2022
    80
    One might come for the caper but will stay for the characters. They are all interesting individually but dynamic collectively.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Jae-Ha Kim
    Jun 24, 2022
    70
    Money Heist: Korea gets progressively better and culminates in a season finale cliffhanger that, much like the original, will test the Professor’s moral compass — or lack thereof. The all-star cast is more than capable of delivering the goods. Yet the lack of chemistry between the romantic partners hinders, rather than enhances the plot.
  3. Primetimer
    Reviewed by: Aaron Barnhart
    Jun 30, 2022
    65
    The storyline of North and South Korea reunifying as a "Joint Economic Area" is intriguing, and there are all kinds of little variations to point out (the masks, for instance, are not Salvador Dali-inspired). Director Kim and writer Ryu say that their version of the iconic characters reflect Korean idiosyncracies, but these may be too subtle for non-Korean viewers to detect.

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 3 out of 3
  1. KJ_20
    Dec 21, 2022
    1
    It's honestly horrible. Same story, different location. What a waste of money and time. The acting and dialogue is even worse, often copiedIt's honestly horrible. Same story, different location. What a waste of money and time. The acting and dialogue is even worse, often copied from the original Money Heist. Money Heist Korea is quite possibly the laziest series ever created.… Full Review »
  2. Deck971
    Jul 9, 2022
    3
    The show could have improved some parts of the original series but it doesn't and leaves with a bad taste. Setting it up in a unified KoreaThe show could have improved some parts of the original series but it doesn't and leaves with a bad taste. Setting it up in a unified Korea with was a great original idea but sadly they don't play with it as much as they should (why is it only Berlin that understand that he can use that against the ostages). I would love to see some of the actors with better material to play with.

    You saw the original series ? Then it's a pass not worthy of your time.    … Full Review »
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