Korean Drama : Rugal

Year Released

2020

Genre

Science fiction

No. of Episodes

16 - running time of 65 minutes per episode

Starring

Choi Jin-hyuk, Park Sung-woong, Jo Dong-hyuk, Jung Hye-in, Kim Min-sang, Park Sun-ho

Storyline

Police officer Kang Gi-beom (Choi Jin-hyuk) was rescued by founder of Rugal, Choi Geun-chul (Kim Min-sang). Gi-beom's eyes were being gouged out by members of Argos and Rugal planted a pair of artificial eyes to save him. Gi-beom survived the attack and joined Rugal in order to avenge his wife's death.

Rugal members consist of team leader Han Tae-woong (Jo Dong-hyuk) who was an ex-Argos member, betrayed by his own gang. He had robotic arm installed in place of his broken one. Lee Gwang-chul's (Park Sun-ho) internal organs were being replaced as well since they were damaged. Song Mi-na (Jung Hye-in) who was Gi-beom's junior and her father worked with Choi Geun-chul in the past.

Together Rugal track down all Argos members especially Hwang Deuk-goo (Park Sung-woong) who carries out illegal experiments using innocent human lives to create terrorist attacks.

My View

Rugal is not too bad and I initially wanted to rate 3 stars but given those efforts put into the action scenes, I give them a 4. Another science fiction drama that passed my 1 & 2 stars mark. The first one was Duel which changed my mind on how bad science fiction dramas were.

A cliffhanger at the end so probably there would be part 2. Is it a Netflix kind of thing that their series usually come with 'to be continued'?

Rating

4/5 Stars