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Sijipeuseu: The Myth

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  • 20212021
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  • 1h 10m
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7.0/10
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Park Shin-Hye in Sijipeuseu: The Myth (2021)
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An unfathomable incident introduces a genius engineer to dangerous secrets of the world, and to a woman from the future who's come looking for him.An unfathomable incident introduces a genius engineer to dangerous secrets of the world, and to a woman from the future who's come looking for him.An unfathomable incident introduces a genius engineer to dangerous secrets of the world, and to a woman from the future who's come looking for him.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
4.2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,631
175
  • Stars
    • Cho Seung-woo
    • Park Shin-Hye
    • Andrew Lee
  • Stars
    • Cho Seung-woo
    • Park Shin-Hye
    • Andrew Lee
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 176User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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  • Episodes16

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    Cho Seung-woo in Sijipeuseu: The Myth (2021)
    Park Shin-Hye in Sijipeuseu: The Myth (2021)
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    Cho Seung-woo
    Cho Seung-woo
    • Han Tae Sul
    Park Shin-Hye
    Park Shin-Hye
    • Kang Seo Hae
    Andrew Lee
    Andrew Lee
    • Additional voices
    Dawn Anderson
    Dawn Anderson
    • Flight Attendant…
    Lee Hyun Jun
    • Member of Control Bureau
    In-ho Tae
    • Edward 'Eddy' Kim
    Halley Kim
    Halley Kim
    • Kim Seo Jin
    Dong-il Sung
    Dong-il Sung
    • President Park
    Hye-in Jeong
    • Kim Seo Jin
    Jong-Tae Kim
    • Kang Dong Ki
    Hao Feng
    Hao Feng
    • Choi Jae Sun
    Jong-Hyeop Chae
    • Choi Jae Sun
    Jung-woo Choi
    Jung-woo Choi
    • Hwang Hyun Seung
    Jung Ha-Joon
    • Uhm Seon Ho
    Yuuki Luna
    Yuuki Luna
    • Bing Bing
    Kim Byeong-cheol
    Kim Byeong-cheol
    • Sigma
    Lee Si-woo
    • Bing Bing
    Lee Myeong-Ro
    • Uhm Seon Jae
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    • Trivia
      Greek mythology: Sisyphus was the king of Corinth who was punished in Hades by having to repetitively roll a huge stone up a hill only to have it roll back down again as soon as he had brought it to the summit. This mundane task is also seen as a metaphor to laborious contemporary life and its repetition of modern society. This perpetual task is where the term "labour of Sisyphus" or a "Sisyphean task" derives.
    • Goofs
      Netflix Canada list this as Sisyphus actually a different Korean series about a cat.
    • Soundtracks
      Stay (Tempus)
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    User reviews176

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    7/10
    6.5 stars for Grit and Uniqueness, marred by silliness
    Falls victim to many of the same overused tropes that plague Korean shows, and that I have mentioned numerous times in other reviews. Namely...

    Minus (1) star: Action scenes which are completely and utterly unrealistic. 30 to 1 odds, yet the bad guys can't hit the broad side of a barn, while the protagonists can't miss a single shot. "Sniper" rifles leaving scratch wounds. "Snipers" missing from 15 or 20 meters away, which is un-scoped pistol range. The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon physics defying karate and leaps from building to building. The list goes on.

    Minus (1) star: Unlikable tacked on secondary characters, who we don't care about, their back stories are boring, and we wish would get killed off (or at least punched in the face and told to STFU). But they never are. Wasted time that could have been spent on the dynamics between the two brothers...which is never fully explained.

    Minus (1) star: If it takes an entire episode (last one) in flashbacks to explain what just happened in the prior 15 episodes, then you aren't doing your job right writers. The viewer needs to be able to figure some pieces out to make them emotionally invested in the outcome, while still surprised by the ending. But, in this case, you knew all along the genius protagonist had some trick up his sleeve that would save the day. Now, that's fine if it was one small thing. But again, they needed an entire episode to go back and show what he did to make the ending turn out the way it did. Lazy writing.

    Minus (1/2) Star: For the whole second ending to be driven by a character simply because he is butt-hurt by his status in life? Jesus, this is so lame.

    So, 6.5 stars. All, in all, enjoyable on the whole. Lead actors are excellent and develop some "unique" chemistry between them. Gritty and unique take on "time travel". The actress who plays BingBing (and is also in Money Heist: JSE) is very pleasing to the eyes. But too many unresolved plot threads, and too many convenient encounters to make this rise to the top. Plus, a tacked on "happy" ending that makes no sense, typical of these shows.
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      • February 17, 2021 (United States)
      • South Korea
      • Netflix
      • Official Site (South Korea)
      • Korean
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      • Drama House
      • JTBC Studios
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    • 1 hour 10 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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